So, luck me, my Gram decided that because I am leaving for Africa in July that I should come to Hawaii with her for two weeks, and I just got back on Tuesday. It was a really, really great trip. I got to spend some time with Gram, get to test my high heat/humidity endurance (although I'm pretty sure that Benin will be both much hotter and much more humid than Hawaii), and have some R&R. I also got to test my big duffel bag: it works great- but I think I am going to need to take advantage of Osprey's amazing warranty because bringing back Deruas (Tahitian bamboo instruments)for the class I'm working in at the moment put a couple of little holes in it (and I don't want it to fall apart en-route to Benin!).
I am also going to take this opportunity to steal Camille's amazing blogging skills and upload them on Picassa with a link from this blog- coming soon!
