Think Blue

I went to the game last night and had the best time; even though they lost. We clinched the division title because the Diamond Backs lost in the afternoon.

My friend Kristina gets free tickets and passes to the Dodgers Dug Out Club for the 7th inning. I was able to be in the front row and cheer when they started celebrating. They sprayed the crowds with champagne and beer I tried to avoid it at first but it didn't do any good. They also thew the left over hubba bubba gun and sunflower seed packets. It was so much fun to cheer and celebrate.

The stadium was sold out causing awful traffic that it took twice as long to get there as normal and very few people left during the 9th inning; everyone wanted to stay for the celebration.

Piano Lessons

I finally committed.....I'm going to take piano lessons again. I took lessons long enough to have my first recital (about four months) and then I quite because I didn't have a piano. I'm still lacking a piano but I bought a keyboard last week. I'm excited and I think it is fun to learn new songs to play. My teacher changed her teaching method to teaching you how to lay now and read music later. I think it will be fun and I'll be learning a new song every week. I already re-learned "Ode to Joy" last week!!

I wish I had a copy of the picture at my piano recital with me and a bunch of 8 year olds!!

Volcano Video

I used my digital camera for a video camera on my helicopter tour. Unfortunately you can't zoom with the digital camera. The first shots are the lava going into the ocean, then a lava steam and the view of the caldera and main crater, Halema`uma`u from Jagger Museum.

Thoughts

I finally uploaded pictures to my blog entries from Hawaii (I had over 1,000 pictures; I'm too embarrassed to say the actual number). I had an awesome time meeting people and traveling with no commitments or responsibilities (more on that later). I would definitely do it again. I am so thankful that I had the time, funds and opportunity to go exploring on my own. I really enjoyed the days and times that I had cool people to hang out with and take pictures of me!!

Here is the conversation I had with my niece, Emily who is seven years old:

Em: Why are you wearing a wedding ring?
Me: It's not a wedding ring, just a ring I bought for myself?
Em: Why aren't you married Sara?? Wait, have you graduated from college?
Me: I have graduated from college and I haven't met someone I want to marry.

I then told her that I was 25 years old and she said her dad was a lot older than me. Her dad would be proud of her asking if I graduated from college prior to getting married.

The conversation made me laugh and lately I've been asked why I'm not married. I was asked by someone in Hawaii that is 5 1/2 years younger than me why I haven't gotten married; I'm used to being asked by older divorced guys or married couples but a college kid and my niece!! I really enjoy my life but I might need to consider marriage more seriously. I do want to have kids some day but 3 weeks with no commitments was awesome!!Maybe I just need to be more seriously minded and less nonchalant. Any suggestions?? I definitely won't get married just to be married (getting married is easy, having an awesome relationship and be married takes a lot of work).

Wakiki

I'm off to the Marriott Waikiki which will be really nice and relaxing. I'm sad that my vacation is coming to an end I could be on vacation for a long time......

I'm so grateful for the opportunity to travel and for all my friends I met along the way. I don't know if I'll see any of then again but they have my trip that much better.

Sharks Cove and PCC

I got up to early this morning, like most mornings and went snorkeling at Shark's Cove (because of the shape not because of the sharks). It was awesome. I loved snorkelingin the cove because I didn't have to worry about waves or drifting too far out. I loved watching all the fishes interact. Afterwards I tried to go to two beaches were the show Lost is filmed and I decided not to trespass.

I stopped by Ted's Sunset Bakery which is famous for it's chocolate haupia (cocnut) pie, picked up a slice for dinner tonight and a malasada (portugese donut)for then.

I saw turtles at Turtle Beach, they weren't on beach just cruizing the water and rocks. It was fun to watch them swim around and get tossed by the surf. A turtle was killed last week and there was a memorial on the beach.

I enjoyed lunch at one of the many shrimp trucks that are famous on the North Shore. It was delicious and I got a side of the sweet corn that was amazing without butter our seasoning.

In the afternoon and walked through the back security gate at the Polynesian Cultural Center (benifit of being a chick and a polynesian was on guard). I was able to walk around and see the demostrations including the canoe show. I was really excited about watching the IMAX movie about the coral reef. It was an amazing show and I purchased the dvd to share with my students. I was so glad that I was able to go and enjoy the environment.

Hiking and USS Bowfin

I was able to do two different hikes and USS Bowfin before church. I hiked out to Manikuu Point and Manuwilli Falls (I'll correct the spellings later when I have my pacitures).

I really enjoyed the both hikes, both very different. Manikuu Point was up an old road to above the lighthouse with awesome views of the islands, including Maui.

The falls hike was through the rainforest with several stream crossings and lots of roots to hike/slip over. It shocked me that parents would let there 5/6 year old child hike by himself and have him talk to strangers about being lost.

I crusied over to Pearl Harbor and decided to tour the USS Bowfin since I did the USS Arizona last time. Just the USS Missouri to tour next time......

I attended a singles sacrament meeting because they were having a conference all weekend and it was scheduled for the evening. I really enjoyed the last speaker and his comments about life. He stressed the importance of agency and making the correct decsions in your life. I'm so glad that I've been able to make good decisions most of my life and that I don't ahve any major rejects with anything that I've done.