Well in a flash of brilliance on Thursday night, I realized that I had the next 4 days off from work, and I could use that time wisely. I hopped onto every low price airfare site I knew of, and searched for tickets to Honolulu to see the g/f. I found one that was -reasonably- priced for being a short notice next day flight. After I ran the idea by her, the ticket was bought.

I realize now why last minute tickets are sometimes cheaper. They treat you like the bane of everyone's existence, and you WILL get a middle seat. That's a 6 hour flight, stuck between a fat old lady and an "I don't speak english very well" german chick whose face looked like it had a run in with a brick wall. Even with the poor seating and the hostile flight attendants, all my thoughts were close to "WOOOHOOOOO" the whole flight.

She picked me up when I landed, and we drove to our nice little townhouse. Our home. First impressions of the place were pretty good, I like it a lot. It will be very comfy living for the 3 of us *totally getting a puppy*. The next day we went shopping. We went to the NEX (Navy Exchange), but realized Costco would probably still be a better deal for starting out. Got the essentials like pots and pans, a microwave, all kinds of kitchen things really. Then we headed over to Walmart, which as it turns out, is a mere 4 miles from the house on a backroad. This is gonna be AWESOME, because traffic in Hawaii sucks all the time. I drove the whole time, so I could learn the area. Oh yeah, I took her out to a fancy Valentines Day breakfast at McDonalds, which we were too late for. So it turned into a fancy McDonalds lunch. After the shopping though, we decided to go downtown to a really nice Japanese Steakhouse, which was booked solid for the night. As luck would have it though, someone missed their reservation (guarantee they were stuck in traffic banging on the steering wheel) and we were seated almost immediately. Dinner was absolutely fantastic, I had Filet Mignon, scallops, lobster tail, and shrimp. Along will all the other tasty food you get there. She had the steak and lobster tail, because we are just that high class. Also met one of her friends there and got ice cream later on that night, so that was neat.

The next morning (yesterday), we drove out to the North Shore. Brought a couple of towels and other beachy things, and sprawled out for a few hours in the sand. It was really nice. I played in the water for a little bit, and earned a terrifying sunburn that I can feel pulsing even as I type this. Note to self: suncreen next time, retard. After the beach we did a little shopping up there, I got a sweet sweatshirt and hat. Then we went to a burger place that she has been telling me about for months now. Totally lived up to the hype, it was amazing. We split (she had like 3 bites) a HUGE bacon cheeseburger with avocado. I'm not talking like a slice, this was half of a freaking avocado. It was scrumtulescent though, so whatever. We headed home to shower and wash the beach off so we could go out. Went furniture shopping, and ended up getting a super comfy cal. king size bed, that will be delievered next weekend. Looked at couches and man-chairs too, but didn't find anything that really jumped out at us. Saw some that we liked, but if we can find it for a better price that's probably the way we'll go. Oh and we saw a ginormous 55" hdtv at costco that we're getting, but not till we have a way to get it home haha.

We went to dinner at a nice little pasta place, and headed home so I could pack up for my flight. I checked in online, and I will do this forever from now on if I can. I found out that I could use my miles to upgrade my seat to First class for the flight home, so I jumped on that opportunity. When I got to the airport, I got to check in, go through security, and board.... all in the 'special' line that was notably shorter. I slept the whole way back in my giant seat with tons of leg room, wincing every time I moved because of the burns. I don't think I'd have made it in coach.

Now I'm back, and here are a few countdowns for those following along:

Days left in the Army: 13
Days until the g/f flies out for vacation: 21
Days until I move to Hawai'i: 48