Happy Father's Day!

Sunday, 18 June 2006

After yoga this morning, went to Dad's to drop off his card and gift, a gag gift really. I found a t-shirt that said "Armchair Triathlete": Sit, Sleep, and Eat
How perfect is that...

Spent the rest of the day cleaning the house, years of dust and grime behind shelves and in the cracks of the legs of the rattan furniture. Walked boxes of stuff up to the driveway to donate. Got into a zone, but didn't forget that the hike that was supposed to happen this morning, and then the lunch, and then dinner, didn't go as planned. Played phone tag instead.

Went to dad's for take-out Chinese for dinner. The real Father's Day dinner will be tomorrow when Jay can join us.

Among the other weekend events, went out to lunch and then an evening movie with Jon on Friday. We saw "Nacho Libre", which was stupid, but Jack Black made it funny. We had late night Zippy's and continued to get to know each other. Two dates in one day, not bad.

There was a yoga seminar on Saturday, taught by Bikram's wife Rajashree, but I couldn't afford $125 for the session, so just took a yoga class instead. There was a teacher from his studio in LA who was super bendy and flexible. She could do all the advanced poses with ease and put everyone to shame. Crazy to see someone's body do that! That afternoon, went with Linh to the Hale Koa Hotel pool to swim in the saltwater pool and hang out with the military tourists and Linh's boyfriend K who is a lifeguard there. Mike, who I met at the poker party last week, called me up just in time for dinner. We were both famished after he played beach volleyball and I barely ate lunch today. We got ramen in Kaimuki and chatted about volleyball, teaching, and living in Hawai'i. We still planned to go hiking and have lunch on Sunday (which, in the end, didn't pan out), so he said he'll make it up to me this week.

To all of those fathers out there, hope you had a Happy Father's Day. And to my friend Andrew Olson who lost his father (aka "Coach") a few days ago, my heart goes out to you, and may you always remember the fond memories you had with him and your baby Max forever.