#4 - 53

so... not so lucky. the lottery on was saturday, i got number 53, which pretty much means in order for me to have a chance at getting a home those other 52 people ahead of me have to pass it up. well, still a little bit of chance, my number is at least low enough so i can go and put my name down as a "back-up" for one of the units. but really... how realistic is this? my only hope is that everyone's trying to get the bigger units and they won't want the 2-bedroom and then maybe i'll get lucky. well, hasn't worked so far. haha. anyway, the good news is that even though I wasn't too lucky, "someone" else was VERY lucky! So that's good, at least someone i know can take advantage of this opportunity... actually, that makes TWO people i know... hmm, grr? but well, things happen for a reason and you can't do much else besides go with the flow.

anyway, after that semi-exciting morning i was a little bummed so i decided to go surfing, for the first time in awhile because it's been frickin' freezing all the time. that plus i've gotten the thought in my head that lugging that big heavy board outside, strapping it to my car, hauling it to the ocean and back and then strapping it back on again is a real hassle. haha, it was fun. another reason why i like surfing is driving down there... it's some nice alone time out of the house, just me and the radio in my personal karaoke studio.

it was a pretty decent day, blue skies, very sunny. only thing it was hella windy = cold = choppy surf = short, mushy rides and hard to paddle. but still fun. i don't care to much for surfing at kalaeloa cause it's usually always mush, but some days it's clean and the best thing about it is that you can spread out because the waves break all along the shore. then in some places there's like a second break closer to shore so if you catch a good one you can ride it all the way in to the sand standing up. but today it was mush, that's okay though, i like surfing more for being out in the water and sun and not so much for the cut-backs or whatever, it's just nice to be out in the quiet (quiet meaning no people sounds) floating on your board in the middle of the ocean... then when a wave comes that's fun too.

but then i had to pack it all up again... grr... i kinda wish i had a short board just so's i could stuff it in my car without having to strap it all up to the top, but longboards are the bestest! minor hassle. anyway, after surfing it was time for jamba juice to get my smoothie fix. see, in college my routine every tuesday/thursday was tennis class at 8:30am, then grab a chex mix breakfast pack and eat it while walking down kapahulu (thx nicole) to waikiki, jog around kapiolani park, take some laps in the ocean around canoe's, then head back up to rainbow drive inn for a loco moco (scrambled) and then to jamba juice for a bounce back blast (which they don't make anymore, darn them), and then back to class after lunch. anway, after a year or two of doing that i developed an urge for either jamba juice or some kind of loco moco thing after everytime i went to the beach (although it kinda turned into a kua'aina thing after surfing north shore and picking up a bacon burger on the way back home).

weird. well, anyway, pop on those shades and it's off to jamba juice!

so surfing is something i'll definately take into my new life, in fact, one of the considerations about buying that home is where do i keep my longboard? a covered garage would be real nice. but there are lots of options for that i guess. oh well, better luck next time?