Melekalikimaka...

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... is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day!  On Dec 23 N and I successfully boarded a plane to visit my dad in Hawaii.  There is some moderate drama with the airline, but I'll save that for another post.  We are staying at my dad's new condo and it has a spectacular view.  You can see Magic Island, the main part of the park and Ala Moana Harbor all in one breathtaking view.  I have pictures which I will prob. post after I'm back on the mainland.  The weather is 80 pretty much all the time unless it's raining, then it drops to 74.  The humidity, unfortunately, is obscenely high.  And while the view from the southwest facing windows is awesome, it makes being in the condo from 1-5 in teh afternoon pretty impossible.  I know, anyone not in Hawaii who reads this is like "cry me a river" - but it's like a friggin' kiln in hte afternoon.  At morning and after sunset is when it's a great place to be.

Christmas Day: I got some really cool presents from N (a Fluke(tm) IR thermal reader and a kitchen scale with automatic turn off.  The first is really fun and the second will save me money on 9 volt batteries - rock!  I love my N.  He liked his gifts too.  Christmas day was good and simple.  N and my dad watched sports all day and night long and ordered pizza for dinner.  So a good, uneventful, fairly lazy Christmas day with family.