Home from Hawaii

I'm home from Hawaii, just in case y'all were wondering when I'd return. My sweetie and I just got in a few hours ago, and we're currently in the process of settling back in, unpacking, and reacquainting ourselves with our cats, our neighborhood, and life outside a tropical heaven.

Hawaii was beautiful, and amazing, and once I've re-established some sort of life routine, I promise more detailed updates - for now, I'll just say that I had a blissful time and I need to get back there soon, possibly forever. Or at least on a fairly frequent basis.

I did not, however, have internet access while I was there. The hotel charged way too much, and to be completely honest, given the choice between going online and strolling along Waikiki beach, the internet didn't stand a chance.

So, if you posted anything you really feel I need to read, let me know. Meanwhile, I'm heading back to work tomorrow, armed with a bunch of spiffy new tips and tricks from the conference, almost no sunburn, and a heck of a lot of phenomenal memories.....

Hawaii Travelogue, Day 1

For those of you who are interested in the actual details of what I did in Hawaii, I'll post a more detailed travelogue here. I set out with the highest hopes of keeping a day-to-day journal of what we did and where we went, but I'll admit that after the first few days, that fell by the wayside as the appeal of actual vacation and relaxation overwhelmed almost all ambition.

However, what writing I did turned out fairly long, and I'm sure that as I note down the last couple of days, the same will hold true - so I'll break things up into bits and pieces, and hide them behind cut-tags so that those who aren't particularly interested in what beaches we saw and where we ate don't have to wade through those details.

( So, without further ado - Hawaii, Day One )