Surprises

It was my first day at work today after my Maui vacation. By the end of the day my friend had been fired. There was no explanation. I'm sad because she made the day fun and she had recently started to become a friend. I'm stressed because I know expectations about my ouput are going to increase A LOT and frankly I do not have all of her skills. I'm upset because I cannot work with the person that is left. We are at a point where we don't even talk to each other unless it is work related. I'm shocked still and have had a headache since I found out. There has been speculation as to the reason. Someone said that it was due to personal emails at work. If this is the case, then I am next. ..this caused me some stress. Imagine if I blogged from work! There would be no doubt about my future and it would not be pretty.

My friend will be okay once the shock wears off. Her skill set is going to get her a job pretty much anywhere she wants. But it still is sad, shocking, upsetting!



Maui was a blast. I took freakin' exercise clothes with me because I was going to exercise in the mornings when I got up. I did the first day (Saturday). That discipline disappeared by Sunday. Oh yeah, and Sunday I turned 32 years old. Freakin' 32 years old, I don't know what 32 is suppose to feel like but i doubt I feel that age. Went to mass on Sunday to give thanks for my life so far but mostly because it was Easter. It was a cool mass, different from what I am used to.

We found one Spanish AM radio station in the whole state of Hawaii while we were lost on some road. They are only on the air from 6 - 10 PM, Monday - Saturday. Spanish speaking population is tiny. Everyone thought we were Filipinas. I guess.

Saturday we went on a road trip to Lahaina. Cute little town. Lots of galleries to enjoy. Reminded me of Santa Monica but more quaint.

Sunday we got up and went to mass at 7:30 AM. Our day was spent floating in the ocean, floating in the pool, soaking in the hot tub, repeated the process. Worked on our tans. Went to a lua. It was very relaxing. As relaxing as it was we were exhausted by the end of the day. notice I used the word floating....that's because we don't know how to swim. Yes, very pathetic, but we still had fun.

Monday we took the road to Hana. There were a bunch of waterfalls along the way. Everything was a luscious green. Exotic plants. Bunch of tourists. It was pretty cool, but we were in the car most of the day. We got lost again trying to find a specific waterfall. We wound up on private property. We got a little scared once the sun started going down and we did not know whether to continue looking for the pool or going back to the condo. We followed our guts and went back to the condo.

Tuesday was another pool, ocean, hot tub day. Loved it. Too bad we did not take our books with us to really work on the tan. ;) Almost ran out of sunscreen by Tuesday. Let's just say we were protected. There was no way in hell we were going to get sunburned. Well, I tan. jejejje My friend burns.

Wednesday was proof that we don't know how to pack. We majorly overpacked and we had to buy another bag just to get our souveniers in place. We were considering shipping them from Maui but the shipping would have cost more than the souveniers. Next time I need to force myself to limit myself to one light carry on. Reality was a 28" pullman, a backpack and a purse! I was only gone for 5 days! Ridiculous. But have to have a choice in what shoes I can wear, as well as tops and shorts. I need choices, plain and simple.