One Week To Go

That right folks, one final week left until I'm legal. I don't think it will be much of a big deal once it's come and gone, but then again birthdays are typically that way. The good news is Cheryl and I *may* go to a luau on my birthday! That would be fun, and I am required on penalty of wasting my time in Hawaii to see one. I mean, people may ask lots of questions, but inevitably "SO DID YOU GO TO A LUAU?" would be one of them. Although I'm not sure I'm spelling it right.

Cashed one of my two tremendously huge paychecks today at the Federal Credit Union. Seeing all that cash counted out made me almost pass out. The largest amount of cash I ever held before was 200 dollars. This was approximately 6 times that amount. Holy Maracas, to quote the great Miss Piggy. And I also have some birthday cards finding their way here, so I'm beginning to wonder if buying heaps of clothes wouldn't be such a decadent thing. There's also the possibility of visiting another island, but I don't know. I almost feel like I'd rather come back someday with friends and do that. I'm finding travelling alone just isn't really that fun at times. But that's all part of the journey and the lesson that is this summer.

One thing I should learn is to NOT watch MTV "Fear" right before going to bed in an empty house. Not that I was really that scared--the show, to me, is only creepy because I can imagine myself being locked in abandoned basement for 20 hours, and how scary THAT would be if I was there. I think that's the only thing the show really has going for it. That and whoever is writing the dares for these kids to complete is downright sadistic (Example: going to the Childrens Ward in an abandoned Asylum and rolling balls around and asking the children to "come and play."). I think perhaps the show is a little scarier for me these days as I have been forced to rethink my views on the afterlife, and coming to the conclusion that there is one of some sort. . .which opens a whole new can of metaphysical worms for me. But I severely digress.

There was supposed to be a large swell (meaning 5' plus waves) on the South Shore today. I think maybe that did happen, and I hope so, because the water is packed with surfers waiting for it. Apparently there are some real rules of conduct on catching waves, including that a wave can only be ridden by two surfers going in opposite directions--which means there are alot of people waiting for waves. Aquatic traffic jams: they do exist.