#186 - great week

so after reading brandi's last post, and reflecting on the one-week vacation that ends today, i feel pretty great about how well this vacation turned out. and what made it great was that i had so many new experiences, different activities throughout the week that taxed by neuronal horizons and broadened my scope of life events. that makes for good stuff, so here's the low-down on my week off of work:

1. NO WORK!
of course, that's the best part about it. get to go to sleep and wake up on my own time, don't have to worry about schedule or traffic, get to be free and see where the day takes me.

2. birthday party
well, i already posted about the b-day party, but it was a good one, plus gyukaku = yummy, and sake bombs = awesome
3. surf
even though there weren't a lot of waves this week, there was nice weather and clean stuff up north so i had a great time. some old guys talked to me about my board again, saying i should fix it up and hang it on my wall or something (i've got a really old board, beat up and all, but old and kinda vintage), and i'm becoming more and more inclined to do that, except then i would have art that's too big for my house and no board to surf on so...

4. hiking
two types of hiking this week, with old friends and with new friends from work, both were fun and both were very different (aiea loop trail one day and waianae coast the other). the pictures up here are from the waianae coast hike, you go all the way to the end of the highway and you can walk along the coast (and past that cool sea arch) to kaena point (where these two seals were hanging out).5. football
went to the football game on saturday too with the new friends. tons of fun of course, we tailgated in front of the car, inside the car, and away from the car all in one day, also we go the most awesome parking spot in the history of games ever, like right in front of the main box office entrance, we were actually sitting and tailgating on the sidewalk in front of the stadium, sweet.

6. great tv
that probably seems antithetical to the other points in this post, but in between beaching and hiking and whatever some down time is important to recharge the mind and body. this week was a "back on the air" kind of week for all my favorite things to watch, there was terminator on monday, bones on wednesday, the office on thursday, volleyball on friday, and snl on saturday. plus i just discovered that they're playing "3rd rock from the sun" on the tvland channel, score! that's being dvr-ed as i write this post. i love dvr because then i can take tv in little segments, watch what i want in short spurts and then go off to do other things out in the world, it's a great balance. also, i just found this website where i can do the same thing, watch a little and not get too couch-potato-y and go do something else so that my life can be well-diversified, gotta keep the brain and the body active, that's the key to living a healthy and happy life right? just like these guys: