Beyond the Looking Glass

We had a shortened, but wonderful trip to Hawaii.  Shortened, because 2 days before we were to leave, our youngest DD ended up in the hospital.  She has bi-polar illness, and had a manic episode that required a few days to get her stablized.  Seems she had not been taking her medication regularly and then began losing sleep and the whole thing spiraled.  I saw it coming a few days before and ws anxiously counting the days until we were to leave, but also worried about leaving.  Anyway, we cancelled most of the trip at first but could not cancel the week at the Hilton Hawiaan Village in Honolulu.  So, a few days later, after she was pretty much back to herself, we got new airplane tickets and found a last minute hotel in Maui, and went for two weeks.

I loved Maui, very wild.  We rented a motorcycle and took some pretty challenging winding roads around the island.  Did some snorkeling, wave riding, skinny dipping in a rain forest, and ate lots of yummy fish.  Then on to Honolulu where we enjoyed luxurious accomodations on the water.  We went to the Polynesean Cultural Center  and took a windy sailboat ride.  Here is (hopefully) a photo of me on a Maui beach.  Anyway, its back home to 2 inches of SNOW already.  I only gained 2 pounds over the 2 weeks, so I’m pretty happy about that.  Now I’m on Cape Cod visiting my sister and her family for Thanksgiving.  She’s alsomst done with her chemo therapy (breast cancer) and is in good spirits.  I’ll try to be more faithful at blogging.   Lyn

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