Okay, I know you are all about to start playing the tiniest violins, rolling your eyes and/or cursing as you look to the west. But it is hot, friggin' hot. It's at least 30 degrees and the sun is relentless. I know you really don't want to hear this - sorry. That first day, I said to Neil - "do you think we'll get used to this?" Like seriously, one must get used to it. Locals wear jeans and t-shirts on a regular basis. I guess we feel it too, since we don't really want to fry our skin too badly. I haven't been burnt yet, but Neil did get one on his shoulders from being in the water a bit too long (the one place you don't notice the sun/heat!)But seriously we're just fine - and our house is very breezy - it gets awesome cross breezes almost all day. Kihei gets quite a wind as it funnels through the valley between the West Maui mountains and Haleakala volcano.
We are now one week into our little sabbatical and have had a good rest this past week. We didn't do much, swam when we wanted, bought groceries, got the place set up, invested in some boogie boards, researched surf schools and locales. But now, it's time to settle down to business. This trip is not meant to be a simple "lie on the beach vacation". We have goals and so we are setting up a schedule to achieve those. We think we'll trade off the childcare so that each of us can pursue our interests. Here they are:
Neil - guitar, body/boogie boarding, stand-up paddling, golf
Michelle - spanish, yoga, surfing, body/boogie boarding
By the time we come home, Neil will be able to play the guitar on a stand up board, while I do yoga, singing in spanish... Tonight is for laying out the schedule, cuz if we don't, we'll never git 'er done!
While we sit here in paradise, we do miss our friends and family and we are definitely thinking of you, wishing you were also here.
We are now one week into our little sabbatical and have had a good rest this past week. We didn't do much, swam when we wanted, bought groceries, got the place set up, invested in some boogie boards, researched surf schools and locales. But now, it's time to settle down to business. This trip is not meant to be a simple "lie on the beach vacation". We have goals and so we are setting up a schedule to achieve those. We think we'll trade off the childcare so that each of us can pursue our interests. Here they are:
Neil - guitar, body/boogie boarding, stand-up paddling, golf
Michelle - spanish, yoga, surfing, body/boogie boarding
By the time we come home, Neil will be able to play the guitar on a stand up board, while I do yoga, singing in spanish... Tonight is for laying out the schedule, cuz if we don't, we'll never git 'er done!
While we sit here in paradise, we do miss our friends and family and we are definitely thinking of you, wishing you were also here.
