And you can post from ANYWHERE!

So that was the plan.  Go to Hawaii for Kim’s wedding and take the laptop so I could keep up with my intentions of posting to my blog daily.  Instead, somewhere over the Pacific, it decided it was not interested in participating and took a nap – forever! You know what they say about good intentions and best laid plans…

Of course there were a few options to pay for online access – coffee shops, hotel lobby, etc.  But that would have meant that instead of snorkeling with sea turtles and dolphins (and a puffer fish that I think might actually have been in love with me); instead of a beautiful sunset cruise with friends and family of the Bride and Groom; instead of quality time spent in paradise with my husband, I would have been planted indoors on hard wooden chairs trying to come up with something clever to say.

I think it worked out the way it was meant to.

We had a great time.  The wedding was the most romantic and seriously beautiful I have ever been to.  Kim was a stunning bride.

Maybe I was caught up in the Spirit of the Hawaiian Islands, but the people who attended the wedding were all some of the most genuine and interesting people I have met.

I even felt relatively good while I was there which was great, because traveling with Fibromyalgia is sometimes a crap-shoot.  Besides one minor flare-up that lasted only a few hours, I was able to snorkel, walk around the historical town we stayed in, and even dance with little reservation at the wedding reception.  I mean come on.  Who can resist getting a little groove on to Brick House?

Fun – huh!

So all in all it was a great trip, but the universe has a way of making sure that for every “great” moment, there is an equal if not greater “oh no, I can’t believe that happened” moment.  I am saving those moments for another post.  For now I’ll just say they involved a black cat, a sacrificial offering to the island, and some fog!