wow, crazy times...

So, a brief synopsis of the last couple days...

Thursday:
-Worked at the stand
-cleaned my cabin
-went to the hotel bar with my friend Rebekah because i refused to stay another evening in my cabin reading, writing, cleaning, or listening to music (at least, those are the only activities that I will let on about). We had a great time, some drinks, an awesome burger, and I actually went to bed around midnight instead of 9:30

Friday:
-Red Sand Beach. All day. Me, some Miller High Life (it is the champagne of beers, you know), and a LOT of sun. I spent the entire day there until the sun went behind the cinder cone that creates the magic that is Red Sand (if you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up).
-Ananda (the manager of the stand who has been gone for six weeks in Maine) comes home. She goes straight to our good friend's house (Glen and Athena) and we end up partying with about ten people until all hours of the night.

Saturday:
-wake up on Glen and Athena's couch, hungry and thirsty and hot from the morning sun. Another person who slept on the floor was already awake from the sun and regales me with the story of how they woke up at 5am (I was totally dead to the world, apparently) and found a coconut candle burned down to the base and in flames on the kitchen table about four feet high. Yeah, let's just all be thankful that everyone is alive and all's well that ends well--wow.
-get kahula pig tacos and breadfruit, then hike through the jungle to this place called Stoner's pool (the family whose property it is has the last name of Stoner--hilarious, right?), and swim around under a waterfall for a couple of hours with no one else around....amazing.
-work at the stand, then go to Ananda's house for dinner, yum!

Sunday:
-wake up early, go to the stand and work, then Ananada and I go grab Athena and go to Venus Pool, a great jumping spot (I was the only one who jumped from anything higher than 8ft., they're not big fans of heights). Watched some guy jump from about 50ft. The water was perfect.
-pick up some food and beer and head to the Landing, which is a spot overlooking the ocean with a 250 degree view of the ocean and horizon...really, really amazing, great for sunsets and bonfires, always people there.
-go to a friends house who live in a treehouse, have a BBQ and sit around and hang out enjoying the full moon til late...

Monday:
-bake. Clean. Getting ready to go running...I made this running CD and i think it is the only reason I can rouse myself to go...screaming along to the songs (at least in my head) is good therapy...anyone else experience this phenomena?


...Anyway, busy, fun, amazing times...still can't believe i live here...can't wait to see who my first visitor is! Miss you!

Hamoa Beach

So, after going to the kitchen at 8am this morning, I started baking around 8:30 and am still working out a few kinks in my process...but, I'm getting better...I got done about 12:30, dropped off some stuff in town for a local vendor, put some gas in the truck, and then went and did the most important thing on my list today--mail out some banana bread to friends and family...which is freakin' expensive! But it was okay when I thought how happy they would be when they got it.

Did you know that Hana is one of only like three places in the whole country who does not have overnight delivery? There is no way that your package will get there the next day, not with FedEx, not with anyone. It's that remote. You just have to wait.

Then I went to the beach at Hamoa. Apparently, Hamoa is one of the top 10 beaches in the whole country and it is one of my favorite spots in Hana. The only thing that sucks (can i really say that? is that i am on the eastern side of the island and if i don't make it out to the beach before around 3'oclock, there is not much laying out to be had...needless to say, with baking and working and getting used to my role here on the farm, my beach time has been limited, and my sun time even more so...I am craving one morning at Red Sand Beach (you know, lose the tan lines...) from about 10:30 to 3:30...not sure when that's gonna happen, but until then I will enjoy any spare moment spent laying on the black sand at Hamoa, getting sand all over me and watching the crazy sand crabs all over the place, hopping around and dancing sideways and trying to fight each other. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon...

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Beach Day

so, it was a gorgeous Sunday morning...I got up early, went running in the rain, and the sun came out on my way back and there was this gorgeous rainbow all the way across the sky...it was awesome...definitely an excellent way to start the day. Then I worked at the stand until 2, and the weather seemed like it couldn't make up its mind...first it was rainy, then clear, then rain, and then the sun finally came out and it was unbelievably gorgeous...there were so many cool people who came by today too... I had a local woman come by and chat with me for like an hour (she is 5'11, so that was cool too), then I had two truckloads of local guys stop by and buy like a dozen loaves of bread, and then I had these people from Santa Cruz who shared some awesome "Nor Cal love" (if you know what i mean), so I was definitely a happy camper when I got done at 2.

Paul and I were super hungry, so I ran into town for some awesome Thai food from a local woman who only makes it on Sunday and Monday. She totally remembered me from when I came to visit in June, and even hooked me up with some free food! After dropping off the food, I had the van for the afternoon and spent the first sunny day in a week just soaking up the sun at the beach...I saw a family with their two sons that I had met last week, and hung out with them for a bit while they surfed, caught a fish, and played in the sand. Their boys were making "sand angels" instead of snow angels and burying themselves in the sand...it was pretty hilarious.

I ran to the store and bought some pickles on the way home, and I think I am addicted...i ate like the entire jar in ten minutes. Pickles, my new favorite food...ha!

Still need to wash the saltwater off, so it is time for me to go chill out in my cabin...leave me a comment or send me a text if you think about it...