Saturday, August 30, 2008

Farewell to Madison, Hello Hawaii!

Amy and I left Madison at the begining of this week to head up to Minnesota, and eventually down and over to Hawaii. We had a great last weekend in Madison - one I'll never forget. I'm going to miss everyone - a lot. Andy and I had a great man-date series last week, where we went to Whitewater to see Megan before I left and then we went to see Tropic Thunder the next day. Wow. Tropic Thunder is very politically incorrect, but hillarious!

We drove up to Minnesota and went to the State Fair with Courtney and Ek. That was my second time going to the state fair and I recommend it to anyone who likes fried fatty food. It's safe to say that the state fair is by far the leading cause of obesity in America. There is more fried food and more food on a stick at that state fair, then in the rest of the world. There's so much waste produced there they have to haul the trash away throughout the day, they can't do it all after hours at night!

Wednesday we flew out of Minneapolis to go to Hawaii. We had to spend the night in Seattle, which was nice. When we landed I started to think about all my family out in that neck of the woods - my Grandmother, Uncle, Aunt, and maybe a few others. I would have loved to see my Aunt Joy (my mom's sister), but she left last Sunday for Thailand, where she's going to spend a year abroad teaching and doing other things.

The last leg of the trip took us from Seattle to Hawaii. There were free Mai Tai's on the airplane, which rocked. Nothing says "Good Morning" like a nice dose of booze. The flight was long (5 1/2 hours), but it's always worth it. Now I'm here in Hawaii, with my folks and my Amy.

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