some times you just need things...

like a trip to hawai'i for example.

yes, i said need. like you need water and air and shelter and clothing.

that's a want. not a need, becky. don't be silly.

oh really?

so i got this anniversary gift from clint way back in december. it was a piece of paper folded in half. when i opened it up i saw two people walking on a beach at sunset and underneath that were a few little green blobs which looked like islands. and know what's great?--they were! islands! a gift bag with tissue paper containing a picture of islands and people walking could only mean one thing... HAWAI'I!

so stoked was i.

fast forward a couple months. the doubt monster took up residency on my shoulder and began whispering nastiness into my ear concerning our upcoming trip: maybe you shouldn't go to hawai'i. i mean, you are kinda saving (kinda) for a post-med school trip already and your parents have'nt even been to hawai'i before, so who are you to be able to go to hawai'i. AND in the middle of tax season, no less. what kind of tax attorney's administrative assisting receptionist are you, anyways? hmmm?

plus, i added to the doubt monster's ranting, maybe after finishing his billionth exam clint will just need to sleep for several days and won't even have fun in hawai'i. (well, i was only half right--- see subsequent posting for more info).

all these doubts whirling around in my mind until one night when i was perched on the couch and saw this...

in case you can't tell because of the weird orange glow radiating from our table, this is clint studying with a pint of blue bell cookies and cream ice cream.

do you see this poor fellow i live with? look how his eyes are drooping...at his sad little pouty lips...the "please throw me in a dark pit and let wolves eat me" expression on his face...

and there i was on the oversized red couch fiddling around with the tv clicker, witnessing this distressful sight, and i took a picture of this and chuckled. the nerve.

all this told me one very important thing-- we NEEDed to go to hawai'i. immediately.

do you ever just need stuff?

WARNING: it is very likely that the next several posts will be about, during, over, under, or around hawai'i. my apologies. but you should still read them. you need to. like we needed hawai'i.