Aloha

I was in Honolulu with my coworkers for a convention (yes I have a very generous boss..!)--spent a very enjoyable (understatement) 8 days on the lovely isle of Oahu, where I was born. It has been 3 years since I was last there.

Spent a lot of time on the beach and swam nearly every day. Snorkeled on Friday and a sea turtle came up out of the reef/rocks right in front of me!! He was beautiful! I watched and swam along with him for as long as I could, until a guy with an underwater camera scrambled up and scared the turtle away. I considered the sighting quite a nice gift, and one of the highlights of the whole trip. Got sunburnt a couple of days ago--even with sunblock. Hope to write more of my trip and hopefully get some pix up.
But I had such a good time, it was just what the Doc ordered.

I flew back home last night, and was shocked to wake up to the news of the earthquake this morning in Hawaii. Airport closed, no electricity, water, rockslides but fortunately, no reports of deaths. I still have some family (uncles, aunts, cousins) there so hope they are OK. Will attempt to contact today.
Hope life gets back to normal soon for everyone there. My prayers are with them.

unpack, pay bills, open mail, get ready for work tomorrow....