July 26, 2005

2:01am ~~ I'm still up, packing for the big adventure. Just got off the phone with Doug. He says that he is really excited that I am going to be there in less than 48 hours. He is going to the store tomorrow to get me some of my favorites things for when I get there. Ya know, the usual: Fierce Grape Gatorade, grapes, apples, etc. And of course something has to happen. My Ipod stopped working yesterday. Doug says I need to replace the battery - which I won't be able to do until after I get to Hawaii ~ so it kinda defeats the purpose cause now what am I going to do on the 12 hour plane ride? I'm bringing my laptop to watch DVD's so I'll just have to keep charging it at the two stops. I will be leaving at 9:11am (early for me - I know - means I have to leave at 6:30am) and arriving in Hawaii at 7:46pm. Now, in case you weren't sure, Hawaii is 6 hours behind us. So, it will be 1:46am our time when I finally get there. I better hurry up and go to sleep tonight to get extra sleep cause you know my nerves will be going crazy and I'll be running around doing all of my last minute stuff and probably not even go to sleep. Well- I guess my next update will be in a few days after I get to Hawaii. I'll let you know how it is...
By the way - did I mention I'm gonna be so LOST there. That is right! Lost! I've been looking at maps of the area and I can't pronounce the names! My friend Rita and my Aunt were confident that it would be easy for me to learn the names - so I showed them the maps and asked them to pronounce the names - they looked at them and laughed! Thanks guys!! lol.