I’ve been wanting to post for a few days now but somehow settling back into life here has gobbled up all my time. Hawaii was wonderful. I used a ton of sunscreen and sat in the shade a lot but I still managed to get a decent tan. Pregnancy has changed how my skin reacts to the sun so it seemed like I would get patches of darker and lighter tan, much to my chagrin.
Highlights of the trip for me included attending my childhood friend’s wedding and seeing many of my other childhood friends there, chilling at the beach, trying my hand at paddle boarding (while seated), playing in the waves, having T cook breakfast for me every day, taking in the scenery, eating delicious food at places recommended to us by friends and finding a gardenia scented perfume that I truly love.
Taking a plane while pregnant was an interesting experience. On the way there, the lady in the aisle kindly traded seats with me so that I could have the aisle seat. I had a really hard time falling asleep though because I couldn’t get comfortable. The funny thing was that the same lady was on the same flight back as us – but not in the same seat.
On the way home, we sat next to another lady who was travelling with three young children – ages 2, 4 and 6. Since her kids were sitting in the row across the aisle from her, we opted to keep our seats. We were amazed at how well-behaved her children were and inspired by the way she related to them calmly and respectfully. Of course, the lady was very understanding of my need to use the bathroom often. Thankfully, sitting in the window seat gave me a bit more sleep, which was great because it was a red-eye flight. We were supposed to land at 6:30am but because of a dense fog, our plane ended up attempting to land 5 times with a re-fuelling stop before actually landing at 9:30am.
Anyway, here are some pictures from our trip. Enjoy!
