The Pookies in Oahu

i'm in waikkiki the night before we return to california.

we flew out two days ago to visit with family, and pooklet didn't sleep but for 10 minutes or so during the 5 and a half hour flight. he cried a lot and was restless.

it was a long day, with heavy rains meeting us in Honolulu and difficulty finding our hotel. then, once we unpacked, we changed rooms to get one with a bath tub. nice hotel, though. the wyland waikkiki - $100 through priceline. good staff, great amenities, unexpected valet-only parking.

the wee tired pook slept good Thursday night but was nap deprived the next day, enduring long car rides (traffic and getting lost) and irregular feedings.

tonight i spent what seemed like an hour trying to get him to sleep, patting his side with most of the lights out, straining to see if his eyes were closed.

as is most often the case, the books i brought, including a bible, went unread. although i suppose it was foolish to bring along de toqueville's "democracy in america" as my vacation book. a bit difficult to get into so far.

i missed my devotional times, despite having brought along kay arthur's inductive bible study.
when you're parents, everything takes longer, and as organized and prepared as i tend to be, i inevitably misplace a few things. luckily, the binky we thought we lost turned up under the bed.

besides the lateness, there's not much you can do when you have to be quiet in the dark so as not to wake your child. we watched 'get smart' on pookie's laptop, sharing my ipod headphones, and woke the pooklet up because we were laughing so hard. thankfully, he went back to sleep easily.