The night before we left for our Hawaiian vacation, I had developed a stuffy nose and sore throat, and slept only three hours because I couldn’t breathe through my CPAP.  On the plane, I went through an entire pack of Kleenex.  In the Kapaa condo, I collapsed at 8 PM with a fever, but awoke at 1:30 AM with screaming sinuses.  To avoid waking hubby, I hung out in the darkened bathroom playing Whirlyword on my phone with tissue stuffed up my nose for two hours.  I finally got back to sleep around 3:30 AM.

This morning, I awoke to guava juice, sunshine, tropical breezes, a balcony overlooking a lovely garden, and the crow of Kauai roosters.  If I’ve got to be sick, this is the sickroom I want!

  
Today was a Kauai afternoon with 3 generations of family, good Hawaiian food, whales breaching offshore, the sound of crashing waves below, and a stellar sunset. I just sat in a corner of the lanai and soaked it all in while life happened all around me.

  
 I am sated.  Sometimes it’s enough to just BE.

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Thanks to Steve and Gerry for crowdsourcing the blog title