The last day of September has finally arrived and with it
is the knowledge we are only 3 days from flying home. This is somewhat welcome
as home would be nice right now but thinking about leaving this paradise and
returning to the crisp fall back home is somewhat depressing.
The shorebreak is still a bit rough out there so we started the day again
with the trip to the pool. It doesn't bother me as it gives me a chance to
spend some time checking my emails and facebooking, keeping somewhat caught up.
In the world. I find myself viewing my page as more of a waste of time and less
of the requirement that it used to be. Everything is more of the same and find
myself doing a quick scroll to check up on friends before setting it aside and
wondering what to do next. When having the option to go to the pool and check
it, rather than looking at this opportunity as a great thing like at the
beginning of the trip, I'm more blasé about it and would rather leave the iPad
behind. I was taking more trips to the pool while the kids were sleeping or
before they woke up to check in more frequently, and now leaving it at home is
more appealing. I think a habit may be pretty much broken.
Back at the condo and after lunch is eaten, I'm almost disparate to get the
kids and us out of the condo. Cammie is tired and not feeling well and very
homesick. She wanted to head home to her puppy and her grandma and was very
upset we have to wait a few more days. I can't spend another day with them
mostly in front of the TV and we load into the van with plans to head up to the
summit for a walk or hike around. Of course just before getting into Kanului we
look up and see the summit so entrenched in clouds that it seems kind of
pointless to take the 1.5 drive up there to just look at clouds....we decide to
possible try it out tomorrow and head up a little earlier in the day when it is
supposed to be clearer.
I did not want to turn around and head back home and Grant agreed. So we
headed to the mall in Kahului to spend some time just walking around there. This
excited the kids as there is a play place there fore them to play. The kids had
fun looking at the clothes in Sears. We walked into a quant little used book
store called the Friends of Maui Library. It had a great selection of used
books, all of r around $1-3 and we picked up some great titles like Forks over
Knives, The Gerson Therapy, The Omnivores Dilemmna, and several others. I was
very happy, but we will have a couple heavier suitcases to take home. The kids
played at the play place while Grant and I browsed and were even given balloon
animals from a mall worker. The next stop was over to Costco where we browsed and had
supper before we headed back home to the sun setting behind the west Maui
mountains. We stopped in again at Crazy shirt with all the kids so they could
pick their souvenirs to take home.
Another trip to the pool in the dark rounded out the
evening. The kids enjoyed watching a movie on deck in the dark while Grant and
I visited with other visitors in the hot tub. Then it was time for bed and a
movie to relax.
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