~~~~ Lea's Hawaii Adventure ~~~~: June 2007

Aloha my friends !!!! I figure its about time I updated this blog, don't you think?? I've been so busy catching the island sunrays !! LOL LOL ~~ My trip back to Cali at the end of May was a nice visit, but may have been too soon to visit, as I did get a bit homesick being back~~~ I ended up working more than expected while I was out there, and that is one reason that I was not able to see some of you on this trip :( :( (really sad bout that) ~~ Next time, I'll make sure to see those I missed visiting this trip. Being back in Cali, was a bit strange... I did frequent my ol' stomping grounds, Maggianos, and working in Fountain Valley and was able to stay at some friends when I was in the Orange County, when I wasn't up in the Valley at Mark's (Big THANK YOU to you all-you know who you are :) ) ~~~ Seeing mom on Mothers Day was a good trip and she was very happy & the trip up to SLO area was relaxing, as always! ~~~~ Now that I'm back to my "island home", I really am going to focus on embracing living here - After being here 3 ½ months, it still hasn't felt that I truly "live" here - maybe, I'm still in denial or something.. But, I'm going to learn to begin living here, and embrace every day, that I am here and soak up the sun and continue to enjoy laying out at the beaches and to continue to “carmelize” my body – LOL LOL -- I don't want a whole year to go by quickly, and I still haven't done what I've wanted to do. ~~ Going to maybe take a look at joining an outrigger club and maybe check out some hiking clubs or something... a chance I guess, to meet new friends here. I really haven't met any new people, but thats okay... My co-wrkrs continue to be wonderful and they are the ones that I've done the happy hours with :) :) Actually, going to hit a Kareoke bar with this this week – lol lol ~~~ I do get very excited to have friends continue to come visit, and I want all of you, to keep looking into coming to visit !! You have an island place to stay !! ~~~~ Nicholas & Nambe have fully adjusted to the island weather, but they really missed "mommy" when I was gone !! I did notice, that the weather has gotten a bit warmer since I've been back--its now averaging 85-87* during the day, and the evening a nice 75* --island paradise weather!! ~~ I am planning on meeting Mark in July, but will be flying directly there ...looking at Vegas or NoCal... ~~ Have a set of visitors coming mid-July and late July and I'm excited about that :) :) In begining August, I'm going to spend a weekend in Kauai and watch my flip brother, Aaron do a 130 mile cycling ride to cheer him on !! So, for SoCal and SLO, it will more than likely that I'll be out there sometime between mid-Aug - Labor Day weekend. I’m sending a few pictures out on this update as well ~~ I’m going to attempt to be more on top of updating this blog this summer , so I hope you all keep checking in ~~ scroll down, and check out the latest pics that I've uploaded ~~ Aloha & Miss you all !! ~~~ Lea