Books!

Today was a beautiful day! I hadn’t mentioned it, but we had some pretty intense thunderstorms this week. Like the simultaneous-lighting-and-thunder kind. One night I sat on my patio and watched it rolling in over the ocean: flashes of lighting revealing piles of dark clouds sitting on the horizon. So beautiful. I love the pre-storm atmosphere… it’s my favorite weather. The rumblings of thunder coupled with the sound of crashing waves makes for my perfect paradise.

But today was beautiful. Warm and sunny without being sweltering… my other perfect paradise. I spent the day running errands for my boss in Lihue. I ran a few “errands” for myself, too. The Borders in Kauai is closing (sad), so the entire store is on sale (happy) and I spent quite a while rifling through the selection. So far the only things I’ve bought for myself since being here (besides food, gas, and a couple clothing items) have been books. Which aren’t the easiest think to bulk pack into a suitcase. I suppose whenever I move back to the mainland I’ll have to ship them separately. Anyway, here’s what I picked up today. I’m particular excited about the last book.

I also bought myself a cheap purse. I’ve been carrying a green, scaled-leather purse I bought in Chinatown NYC during Chorale tour my senior year of college, and I still love it… but it’s not very island-y. So I got something more Kauai appropriate. Plus it’s a lot smaller and lighter than my other purse.

In other news, I’ve become a fan of sushi. I was kind of on the fence about it for a while—didn’t dislike it, didn’t love it—but last night a friend and I went to Kintaros (I’d been there once before with Shikinah and Ryan, if you remember) and we ate so. much. food. Fried wonton, soup, Hanalei roll, Super Doop roll, Bali Hai Bomb roll (my favorite), and poke (raw fish.) The Bali Hai Bomb was incredible. I couldn’t stop thinking about it all day today, so I picked up some sushi from Foodland for dinner. It was satisfactory, but nothing compared to Kintaros. I had a second dinner at a Radnight meeting (Shikinah surprised us all with Subway and remembered what I always order!), and then for Saturday night church we watched a movie on the projector in the tent. The particular movie might not have been my first choice (Megamind), but it was so relaxing and such a nice night that I didn’t mind in the least. It felt like going to a drive-in theater.  

Random fact: I’ve stopped wearing shoes most places I go. I always end up taking them off and going barefoot anyway, so it just makes sense not to even put them on in the first place.

That’s all for tonight… next time I update I’ll continue recapping my parents’ visit. Aloha. :)