Grammar Police Officer

Travel Update

I write this from Hilo, Hawaii. And I am so glad I am here! I was expecting the weather to be hot and muggy, and it is hot but not as much as I expected, and it is muggy but not that bad. Fans make life great.

Well, I got to Denver to get onto my first standby flight to Salt Lake City. Then, once I was in Salt Lake City, I found out that I was the fourth in line with two extra seats. In the words of Princess Bride, Do you think it'll work? It would take a miracle!

The miracle happened and I made it onto the plane, and flew to Hawaii. The next miracle happened in the Honolulu airport: I heard somebody call my name and it was Elizabeth Proko! I was amazed. We had been on the same flight from Salt Lake City and didn't even know it. We were both travel-tired, so we went to the bathroom and washed hands and brushed teeth and whatnot in the bathroom and caught up. I think it is amazing that we have both been though so much in the last year and ended up in the same security line in the Interisland Terminal at the Honolulu Airport. Whew...that was really a miracle!!

So I got on my interisland flight to Hilo (I could look out the window and see Hawai'i as we approached) and when I deplaned...I realized the airport had no walls! The whole thing was open-air, and the air was so soft and warm.

The scenery here is lovely. The plants are big and jungly, much, much junglier than in Colorado. I went to Wallyworld and Safeway the other day, and today I am at school trying to quell the panic. It comes in waves, and right now I am ok. But when I think of all the work I have to do...whoa. Then I have to calm down.

Things are good.