Daughter-in-Law’s

Day

Today is 3-14 the annual celebration of Pi day. (Mmm, pie)

By a happy coincidence, my daughter-in-law Irene’s maiden name is also Pi, so she gets a shout out too.

In my post a couple of days ago I mentioned that Kate and I would be traveling to the Aulani Disney Resort in Hawaii in April. Sis replied asking if I would be there over my birthday (April 21st) and reminiscing about being stationed at Naval Airstation Barbers Point back in the mid-70’s. She closed with “I wish I was going with you!”

I answered her “No, we’re going for Apr 9 through 11. I remember coming out to visit you at least once at Barbers Point. Any chance you could get sprung? We could cover your costs if you could go AWOL.”

Less than 10 minutes later I received a Facetime call from Sis. After confirming that I was serious we discussed how we could meet up in Denver for our noon flight. I then called Kate to alert her about the change. I got on the United Airlines website and booked another ticket and changed our seat locations. By 10:00pm we had booked and changed our travel arrangements.

Since we are looking at checking out the changes in Barbers Point and elsewhere on Oahu, I decided to spring for a rental car. It will also make it easier to get over to Aulani from the airport. Looking at Google Maps there are a lot more freeways, but some things look the same. Kaena Point is still unpaved and labelled as a hiking trail. It was unpaved in the early 70’s but mostly passable for the adventurous, but if you got your vehicle stuck it would have cost thousands to get it out. Nu’Uanu Pali still overlooks the Kaneohe Marine base and the Northeast side of the island.

One of the issues from my physical in February was my weight (and subsequently A1C). So I’ve gotten back on the intermittent fasting wagon. I’ve also gotten back on the water walking. Like today I got up at 7:45am or so and went immediately to Casper Aquatic Center and walked a mile or so and came back home for a cup of coffee and breakfast. I cut off eating about 4:00pm or so and just suffer through the evening. So far, I have lost about 10 pounds since my high of 253.6 at the end of February. My goal is to get down to somewhere in the vicinity of 220 by May when the PCP wants me back in for and A1C check.