Girls' Night

For the first time in a long time, I had the chance to go out for a REAL girls' night this weekend, one that included actual dinner out a restaurant, a show, and NO KIDS in the next room. It was awesome!

Thanks to the organizing efforts of Heather (the friend from Montana down the street) a group of eight of us women left our husbands and kids at home at the early hour of 5:30 p.m., and started out our evening by having dinner at a local Italian restaurant, Auntie Pastas. After a yummy and peaceful (i.e. no kids) dinner, we headed to the theatre at Fort Shafter to see "Fiddler on the Roof." The show started at 7:30 p.m., and I swear that by 9:00 p.m. we were officially a pack of old ladies, because we were all yawning, nodding off, and counting the minutes until intermission. At intermission we all stood around outside, yawning and hoping that the night air would wake us up a bit, and we all whined about how tired we were. I heard that a couple ladies even officially fell asleep during the first part of the show. Don't get me wrong, it was nothing about the show itself that caused our inability to stay awake, but simply the fact that we are all a bunch of old boring moms who aren't used to staying up until such a "late" hour. Pathetic, huh? So, we all dragged ourselves back in the theatre after intermission, and truth be told, I really enjoyed the show . . . the acting was awesome, the sets were well done, and even though the story was a dark one, it was entertaining and kept my attention the entire time. So, I really enjoyed my night out, and look forward to hopefully doing it again soon.

We have officially entered the rainy season (a/k/a "winter") here in Hawaii, so we've been laying low this weekend, watching football (yeah for the UH Warriors, sad for UW Huskies, sad for Chicago Bears, and sad for the GB Packers) and enjoying the rainy weather, even though it's still in the 80's everyday. We are trying to capture the feeling of Christmas time as much as possible here, such as putting up a Christmas tree and decorations, burning a pumpkin spice Yankee candle, watching Christmas shows (like the Grinch and Charlie Brown), wrapping gifts, and listening to Christmas music, but it still doesn't quite feel like Christmas. Any suggestions?