So, today was okay. Got up crack before dawn early. Drove to the shop to pick up the truck and equipment and as usual Karen had coffee for me. I would marry her if she were a man and not already married to Geoff. But just the fact that she has coffee ready for me every morning is so schwank of her. Even though sometimes I suspect that she thinks that there is something between her husband and me. (Nothing, I swear, not my style). Annnnnyway, drove to the site. My people were already there. When the wife walked down the ramp towards the truck she had a huge armful of case o' beer. I thought "uh, okay....interesting choice of kayaking refreshments" But she had just cleaned up the upper parking area and was throwing the trash away. I had hope, these seemed like good people to spend the morning with.
Got them loaded onto the kayaks and off we went. It was one of those days were the trades could do anything so I took a gamble and headed towards the Hapuna site that I like. We made it in good time no one chummed the water, good thing. I beached the kayaks and we went a'snorkelin'. Nothing out of the usual but the usual is pretty damn nice here. Turtles and fishies and more turtles. Nothing that spectactular happened, but by the time I had loaded the equipment back on the trailer, i just felt calm. There was a local guy eating Opihi and he offered me some and we sat and talked while eating Opihi. I told him next time I would bring some hot sauce for it. Opihi is Hawaiian for "sticks to you".
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I was skeptical when I first decided to go ahead and make the move. But things have really fallen into place for me. Now instead of working all week to pay for a dive trip I work the dive trip. Overall I am actually able to save money. My rent is less then San Francisco, and I get more for it. I don't really need that many creature comforts (internet connection, computer, warm bed, coffee, friends) I tend to be happier so I spend less money on things to make me happy. They say that the Island either welcomes you or chews you up and spits you out. So far so good. When I look back on the other places that I have lived in my life, this is the most reasonable, the one that makes sense. I would say the only drawback is that there are no good shows that come this way. John Doe or X for that matter will likely never being doing a show at the Aloha Theater. But I spent years seeing my favorite people perform. And have it mostly out of my system, mostly. I can go see music when I go to NYC or Boston to see family. That keeps me.
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