BACK TO THE MAINLAND

I spent 8 days in lovely Hawaii, on the wonderful island of Oahu and it wouldn't be enough to say what a great time I had. I couldn't possibly relay every detail about the trip to you all, but here's a list of things we did each day:

Day 1: June 17, 2004, Thursday
-Arrived in Honolulu at 11:20 am
-Checked in at the Aston Coral Reef
-Lunch at International Marketplace
-Fun in the Waikiki waters
-Dinner and drinks at Dukes

Day 2: June 18, 2004, Friday
-Diamond Head (or according to Ryan, "Mountain Head") hike
-Lunch at Ono's
-Dole Plantation
-Sunset Beach (for like 5 minutes because of the high tide warning)
-Waimea Beach
-Dinner at Cheeseburger Paradise

Day 3: June 19, 2004, Saturday
-Pearl Harbor - Arizona Memorial
-Aloha Bowl Swap Meet
-Feng Shui Club at the Hyatt Regency

Day 4: June 20, 2004, Sunday
-Mass at St. Augustine
-Brunch on the Beach @ Kalakawa Street
-Lunch with Randy's relatives in Pearl City
-Matsumoto's
-Kuhio Beach (where we experienced some near-drownings. I'll have the victims tell you about that one)
-Walked around and had a late dinner at the Int'l Marketplace

Day 5: June 21, 2004, Monday
-Malasadas from Leonard's Bakery...mmmmmmm
-Maka Pu'u Beach
-Kailua Beach
-Lunch @ L & L
-ATVing at Kualoa Ranch (where Jurassic Park and 50 First Dates was filmed)
-Giovanni's Shrimp Truck
-Mai Tai Bar

Day 6: June 22, 2004, Tuesday
-Shopping all day (Ala Moana Shopping Center), some peeps went mopedding
-Paradise Cove Luau
-Singles spend the evening to the morning on the beach

Day 7: June 23, 2004, Wednesday
-Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay
-More shopping at int'l marketplace and Local Motion
-Dinner @ Tiki Bar & Grill
-Threw leis back into the ocean

Day 8: June 24, 2004, Thursday
-Got ready to head back home =(
-Last minute shopping at Int'l Marketplace
-Flight at 1:15 pm
-Landed at LAX at 9:39 pm

I wish I could go back and not have to deal with the realities of our lives here, like work, school and other issues. We all wish we could stay and loaf around Hawaii a little longer and sadness doesn't begin to describe how we feel about leaving. But Matt told us all something our last night in Hawaii and it's really stuck since we got home: Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Click on the links on the side to see what I mean.