There is No Hawaiian Word for Multi-Tasking

Today started off early again, with a 5:30 AM conference call followed by about an hour of work.  After wrapping that up, I dropped Bob off at the bicycle shop in Pa'ia where he rented a really cool titanium bike and went on an escorted 45 mile ride on the hills and roads around the Hana Highway.  He had lots of fun, not just on the saddle, but also because he got to meet Owen Wilson's girlfriend (Owen has a home just down the road from the bike shop), and also a guy who placed 2nd in the Tour of California last year.  This guy is on the Garmin team and he owns the bike shop and excursion company that Bob rode with today.  Bob was able to chat with him briefly about this year's upcoming tour, which was pretty cool.

Bob worked really hard this morning on his ride, so as a good wife who properly empathizes with her husband during his amazing feats of prowess, I got a massage and lavender-sugarcane exfoliating scrub after soaking in the world famous hydrotherapy baths at the Grand Wailea.  The spa day was a birthday gift from my sister-in-law Jennifer (thank you Jenny!!!).  The facility was amazing - I felt decadently guilty amidst all the marble, fountains, and statues of romanesque goddesses.  The hydrotherapy baths were incredible - there were five or six different sunken mosaic tubs each named after an island, and each filled with a different medley of sea salts, herbs, and fragrances that purportedly had a variety of healing, medicinal, regenerating, and calming powers.  It worked for me!  My skin was soft as a baby's afterward. 

I returned back to Pa'ia in the early afternoon to pick up Bob and have a light lunch together.  We are enjoying this little town because it is full of natural foods stores and several vegan restaurants which help us stick to Bob's diet.  Lunch was delicious and consisted of a very tasty slice of cheese-free tomato pizza and a green papaya salad.  After eating, we strolled through the quaint shops and galleries in town and then headed back to our hale to take naps and hang out listening to the birds from the lanai, where I am sitting now as I write this blog. No big plans for tonight, just more of the same.... sitting, sleeping, relaxing.  It's funny how the islands just suck the ambition right out of you!  Even my cell phone has caught the Aloha spirit -- it can't seem to keep a charge for longer than 10 minutes anymore!  Hmmm,  now what was I supposed to be doing?.......zzzzz