Monday, December 19, 2005
Breakfast at home (Chris and Nate's): yogurt, english muffin, raisins, a banana, orange juice. Worked on one last piece for Lodestar. I drove by myself to Lani Kai and lay out on the beach reading Harry Potter 6. Chris started his new job at school today. Nate worked on his dissertation. We all met back at home. Shower. Got a bite to eat: cheese sandwich, banana, raisins. The three of us took a drive to the North Shore. Our first stop along the way was the Dole Plantation and Tourist Trap. We bought Dole Whip (which seemed to be pineapple frozen yogurt) but didn't pay for anything else. The giant gift shop had something I had never seen before—a Hello Kitty with brown skin (we took a photo). We drove some more and stopped at Matsumoto's for shave ice with ice cream—yummy! Mine was green apple and cherry. We continued north and stopped at the Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau State Monument, then walked along the beach somewhere around Pupukea or Ehukai Beach Park. Dinner at Cholo's. Drove home, stopped at Long's drug store since my stomach wasn't feeling well. Showered. Nate kindly and apologetically killed a cockroach which had found its way into my room and on my bed—ick! I finished Harry Potter 6. I couldn't stop reading in the last couple of chapters—so exciting and devastating!