Home again

B. & I had an uneventful plane ride back from Maui. And both of us were glad to be back home though we did have a fine time on our travels. We drove the road to Hana, hiked down the crater at Haleakala, went to a magic show over in Lahaina, had dinner at Mama's Fish House and lunch at Kula Lodge - plenty of excitement for a one-week vacation. The cottage we rented was fully equiped with all the kitchen tools needed. It had space enough for the two of us and best of all, we had use of the front yard (of our landlord's place) which was right on the ocean. We would go down at night to sit on the bench in the front yard and listen to the waves while looking out to sea or staring at the night sky. Very nice.

Our cats seemed happy to have back to normal with our return. Zoe settled right in and was a pleasure to have around. Devin, however, must have been quite stressed out as this was the first time we were away from him. The first night we were back - both of us very exhausted from the flight - he sang to us for much of the night. He rattled the shades, knocked things off the shelves near our bed, leaped on each of us a number of times, meowed and meowed. Did he think we should get up and play with him?? Well, we didn't but it sure was hard to sleep with all that fierce meowing going on. By the second night, he seemed to accept that we were actually home again and he calmed down.

So now we are back to our usual endeavours - deciding what courses to take at the local community college, attending the courses from this semester, taking walks, getting groceries, etc. Another couple of days and we may feel normal again.