Slow times and no wheels

Hello once again. I haven't written much lately since there hasn't been much going on for me lately. Kristin's family is still here though they have left the house and headed to a bed and breakfast for the remainder of their stay. I have been staying at Rick's since Friday and last night was my first night back in my own bed--it was so great! Relaxing in my own home...

But then there's the car situation--I went to town on Saturday and took Rick to Puka Dog (ono, brah!) and when we went to leave, my car didn't shift into gear easily. It seemed to take a lot of acceleration to get it rolling. So I parked it Saturday and haven't successfully driven it since. I tried on Tuesday morning and it went into gear fine, but wouldn't go over 25 without whining. It wouldn't upshift. So now I'm really stuck--I was going to sell it anyway, but now it's going to be really hard. I'm thinking of calling my mechanic to see what he'll give me for the parts. So not only was I out of my home, but I'm also relying on Rick (and others) to take me to work and back home. Luckily I haven't had any serious errands to run...yet.

Friday night was the movies, Saturday night Rick and I went for a drink at the Brew Pub with Rhian and then played Trivial Pursuit. Sunday I went SCUBA diving. During the first dive I kept feeling like I was backing into something and found out my tank had come loose and was actually next to me instead of securely strapped behind me. On the second dive, my tank was leaking a little making a weird noise but, fortunately, it didn't mean anything major for me. Sunday evening Rhian, Rick and I put together a puzzle (or at least part of it--we didn't finish it until tonight).

Wednesday Rick had his interview--he feels really good about it. He should know something next week. And so should I, I hope. But then again, on the converse, work has been pretty good lately. Not only did they discard a bunch of my projects last week, but the rest of my projects may also be sent off somewhere else leaving me with pretty much nothing left to do. Perfect time to leave? My employees have improved a lot in the last month or so as well, so things are finally starting to fall together.

And even though I'm thinking about how things aren't really that bad and wondering why I wanted out so badly, I think about how much of this past year I have been stressed or unhappy. I sometimes forget what life used to be like...

I finally got around to scanning in some pictures of our kayaking trip (if you missed that story, see blog entries from July). Enjoy:

The group: Amanda, Craig, me, Rhian, Sam, Dawn, and Rick
Getting ready for launch at Ke'e
Landing at Miloli'i Miloli'i Beach on the Na Pali coastline, only accessible by kayak