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September 10, 2006
Almost Paradise
The weather has been gorgeous, the ATV-ing exciting, the surf gentle, the beaches white and sandy, the company delightful. It's almost paradise. What's the problem? It's twofold:
1. Our scavenged internet suddenly disappeared on Friday night, leaving us without connection to the outside world. "But it's your vacation, " I can hear you protest, "you shouldn't need internet access at all!" Well, dear reader, you are flat wrong. Having no internet access meant we can't download the hiking maps offered through Amazing Waterfall Adventures, can't verify Big Idea meetings (I hope I'm still on for a 7:30 a.m. conference call tomorrow morning), and are otherwise inconvenienced.
2. The shark cage people refuse to call us back, thus preventing us from making an appointment to scare the living bejeezus out of ourselves. Mr. Bad Apologies chose the ATV adventure as his preferred outing and I chose the shark cage. Guess who got screwed? The third option on the table was swimming with sting rays, but frankly I find that to be more daring than the shark option.
How will we resolve these issues? (There is also the fact that teensy ants have taken over every square inch of our condo—even setting up house in my laptop so that every 17 seconds one scurries across the screen—but I've decided to prioritize this as a second-tier complaint, thus proving I can distinguish between REAL problems and minor irritants.) Well, Mr. Bad Apologies had the brilliant idea to scoot up to the roof to scam another free wireless internet signal. I can't believe we didn't think of this before. So while I’m writing this entry in the comfort of my own sofa, I will soon put on some clothes (I'm wearing a post-bathing-suit nightshirt) and see if I can make the magic happen too.
As for the sharks, we have 4 more days to find them. I just hope we're in a Plexiglas cage when it happens.
Comments
didnt that austrailian guy (the one who was in trouble for putting his baby's head in the crocadiles mouth a while back) get stabbed in the heart by a sting ray's tail and die recently?
Not a recomended activity.
Posted by: bastish at September 11, 2006 05:05 AM
Yes! I would also like to vote NO STINGRAYS! Glad you are enjoying hawaii....Ahh...Hawaii....
Posted by: La at September 11, 2006 07:17 AM
Though stingrays would give me pause do to recent events, until Steve Irwin died there were only THREE recorded deaths by stingrays EVER in Australia.
Talk about a freakish and rare way to go. I think you'd have a higher chance of being bombed by a falling satellite.
Posted by: KT at September 11, 2006 09:50 AM
I swam with stingrays, and found them as cuddly as kittens. I love them!
Posted by: Red at September 11, 2006 08:11 PM
anything can happen anytime... it's your holiday, just do whatever you feel like doing! :-D have fun!
Posted by: siti at September 11, 2006 08:18 PM
