July is off to the races already.

The fourth went smoothly. We didn’t get tickets to the Picnic on the Pier at the Mighty Mo, but we were able to drive over to Ford Island and watch the show for free from the parking lot near the Pacific Aviation Museum. The show was far enough away that the sound wasn’t an issue and since the show was put on by one of the military installations, there weren’t any pointless flash-bang mortar type fireworks set off. It was a great show!

We were pleasantly surprised with the crowd too.  Everyone was really orderly and respectful.  Even leaving the parking lot was smooth–usual traffic on this rock is soul crushing. We had a nice time and saw a really good show for free.

The Mister has had two of the four staff duty shifts.  Just two more over the next two weeks and he’ll be back to a normal schedule.  Our weekends have been really messed up since his shifts fall on Fridays and Saturdays. Our long 4th “weekend” didn’t really go the way I thought it would so the only thing we did was see the fireworks. 

This week it’s Friday, so we’ll still have Sunday to try to go out and see some new sites. I’m going to push for the Dole/Birthing Stones trip.  We’ll see what plays out. It’ll come down to how the Mister feels.  Staff duty takes so much time to recover from!

In other news….

Finally got a snap of the stray kitty in our yard.  

It’s super skittish. I keep moving the food a little closer to the door/house every day and it keeps coming back. I’m considering getting a trap from the Humane Society so I can get it fixed and microchipped in case we can’t tame it–that way it won’t increase the feral cat population on Oahu.  It’s really shy about fast movements. And Hina is a diva so she’s not very thrilled to have it in her yard.  But she’s that way with everything….Secretly, I want to tame it and keep it because I’m a bleeding heart and have a soft spot for kittens.

Aside from all that, I don’t have much to update on yet. I’ve got a dentist appointment and my yearly in the next couple of days (yuck!).  On the plus side, my new workout routine is going to be here in a couple days! I’m really excited to start it.  It’s time to kick this bod back in to shape. 2010/2011 body, you’re welcome to come back any time now!

I’ll keep everyone posted as the rest of the month progresses.  Hopefully, it’ll have more day trip photos and some new sights on film.

Until then…

Cheers!

–A. xoxo