Life Power Now - for gay men

Aloha,

My last few weeks in DC were an absolute blur of activity: organizing, packing, housesitting, paperwork, finances, visiting with friends and family. By the end I was indeed, "running on fumes," as a close friend put it. That made the change all that much more apparent when I landed in Hawaii and was immersed in the decidedly different rhythms of island time.

With island time, sometimes the beat gets skipped, in the oddest places. Like standing in line at the store, and somehow ten minutes go by while some incomprehensible activity takes place at the register. Or at the internet cafe, where neither the connection, the bathroom, or the lettuce for my sandwich could be gotten for twenty minutes. You wait, patiently, because that's how things are done here....

Phones go on and off, even when you're sitting absolutely still with all the bars visible. It's pretty much like the rain, which is thoroughly unpredictable. I'm going to have to learn to ignore it, or revel in it, because every time I get up to go out, it starts raining... <grin>

But I'm getting settled, and the electric static of DC is fading under the constant breeze, sun and showers. Chris has welcomed me into his home (picture attached), I've met the neighbors (we had a bunch of them over for dinner last night), and I've started to work on projects for Kalani.

I just have to overrule my DC work instincts and make more time for the beach!

a hui hou (see you later)
paul

picture: picture used to be attached, but after 4 days, I still can't get it mailed out because of timeout issues. Internet access problems continue... pictures later.....