lost days and nights

OMG(osh)! I've been gone from my house and home for 4 days and collectively probably slept less than 12 hours!! Now I know how a hula competition works, and how much work goes into it. The core people of this halau are awesome. Uncle Harrom took charge of the cooking and had a willing and able bunch of brawny guys running the barbecue pits. They were set up outside the cafeteria of Auburn High School. The kitchen crew (supervised by Nalani) made sure things were on ice and packed and served and cleaned. There were ticket takers and supervisors of workers (Tanya Jose),Auntie Sue was in charge of vendors, of which there were 12 or 14. People could buy everything from bake sale items to Hawaiian jewelry, baby quilts, decorator towels and stinky food snacks, jams and artwork. The different hula groups that came were set up in their own classroom.

Inside the auditorium were judges down front, backstage was a tally room for keeping scores. I got to sit with Rowan (of lei judge fame) Pekelo Day (chanter extraordinaire with halau in Hawai'i), Richard Makuakane (large halau in San Francisco), Kamuela the olelo judge and Mark Ho'omalu (more recently of Lilo and Stitch fame). On stage were the trophies and prizes and things were decorated in greenery and flowers. There were sound people and light people and security people (with Uncle Pete). I had the honor of being time judge. It was a scream when I was introduced only as LEONA because the emcee didn't know my last name. On the second day of competition when the judges were introduced he explained that now he knows my last name and it is Looters that rhymes with Hooters. Hallelujah!! I can't be more pleased with the situation as now everyone remembers who I am!! NOT! and double NOT! NOT!

Anyhow, I'm trying to get back into action here at home and Wes is claiming to be Mr. "A"-"D"-"D". He has bounced from grocery shopping (left all refrigerator items on the table), went outside for something and ended up checking the oil in the car. He was chasing a moth in the laundry room and noticed the fan vent is dusty so after taking care of the moth he vacuumed the vents! Now he is mowing the yard (the grass is still short from a few days ago!!

I've gotta move the sprinkler hose and work on a project in the garage but I just want to take some pills and go back to bed. My headache feels as big as Mount Rainier!!--Leona