August 09, 2004

the Dancing Rain Girs says Ah, its stay at home day!

I love being out here. I feel Surrounded by my Hawaii and this old growth Ohia forest. Its lovely on a bright sunny day like this, and smells like a forest should all green and growing... Its as close to being outside as I can be. One of the things that we didnt know about here in Puna was how bad the bugs are out here, and I am eaten alive in a very short period of time when I visit the back 40. Here I can see the outside and not get eaten up and for the occasional creature that gets in I have my furry bodyguards who will often eat the thing before I can get up to get rid of it. Nani's motto is "waste not want not" and Makoa's motto is "I never met anything that creeps, crawls or flies that I didnt like, after all I gotta show Aloha." He is Mr. Aloha for sure...

Its been a Quiet Week in East Hawaii, Woody is doing a near back to back on this weeks shifts on his job. He worked Wed-Sat then home Sun then Mon-Thur this week. This is great as he was called by TSA to test to become a baggage screener and one of those security guys you love to hate at the airport...Hilo airport. I applied for this job for him online and he got very high marks. Woody thinks this may be the only time he will be thankful that he went to Vietnam and had the high security clearence. So he has a three hour test on Sat morning. Pray that he gets this job 20.00 per hour 30 hours a week 10 min from the store. It doesnt get better than that. hes really excited and the lady head of the TSA people here is too. She thinks its a good fit. Woody is level headed and easy going and people like him on the spot. That helps when you are asked to be strip searched. Having traveled a lot we are more sensitive to all of this and a bit of that will help a lot on this job.

Things are slow at the store. I am doing a project that involves research and some Bible study which I am loving. You all will see the fruits of this next month. My Polishing unit is at the harbor, my bench and other equipment is in route. My first day of work as a goldsmith is Aug 17. I can hardly wait.

I am having a bit of trouble with malaise, depression in a word, but I may also be a bit under the weather too as a nasty cold is going around. Woody had it last week while in Kona, and I just feel yucky.

I want to thank all of you that read My Wide Blue Seas. I appreciate every one of you. You give me hope and encouragement. If you have topics you are interested in regarding Hawaii, or anything else that youd like me to write about or not write about... please feel free to email me at mywideblueseas@gmail.com

Well its late and I want to go out to the lanai and lounge a bit before bed. Its pouring down rain, the noisy frogs are singing and my kitties are rubbing my leg. Its been a lovely stay at home day. But the store awaits and another week beckons...