Urban Poly Princess

Nice Sunday-Jonni and I met with both of our people. I missed the last two of my Institute classes when  I started working on finishing my thesis. I'm sooo glad I'm done with it even if I have to go through the annoying bureaucracy now.  They may not let me complete everything this month but I sure as hell am going to try.

I saw Nolan in Sunday school. He asked me why I missed FHE. I told him I needed a break. He said FHE is a break. Actually I needed to work on my thesis. I asked what we were doing tomorrow since I didn't get a program although I got there right in time for the opening song. He didn't get a program either. We always have combined activities the 3rd Sunday. Jonni said we're making gingerbread houses. That's perfect. It's exactly what I wanted as part of my decorations for Christmas. This'll give me some practice. I did this with my mentees at the Asian Association years ago. I want maybe a couple for my nieces and nephews when they get here. If it's not too hard to do that'll be one of our activities. Half of my chicken is marinating for katsu and the other half is marinading in shoyu, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic and onions. I'm going to fry it in the marinade.

There's a musical fireside going on now at the stake center but I want to be ready for work tomorrow. I haven't been there for awhile AND I have a bunch of books I got from the Logan library that are sitting in my car. It's a new module on Monday so I need to make sure I'm there on time.

I was thinking about David today because it's Sunday AND it was snowing and he's soaking up the sunshine in Hawaii. GRRR... It's not like he did anything wrong  BUT REALLY!!! How the hell did that happen. Of all the places his parents have to live in, they live in Hawaii!!! Why the L am I in Logan!!! Maybe if I just pretend he's in Oregon instead. I am sooo missing Hawaii and he gets to be there now.

AT LEAST I'm going there in September. I found these condos at Turtle Bay-that place has so many memories for me. They are cheap as in 140-160 a night. I want to own a condo at Turtle Bay. I don't want to live in Hawaii but I want to go there on frequent vacations. PCC's reunion is from September 1st through the 8th. There are many former employees who live in Utah so they are making special flight arrangements. I hope they come up with a killer deal. It is PCC's 50th anniversary. They are having 2 alumni shows-1 for the first 25 years and 1 for the 2nd.

It is seriously amazing that my mother and I both worked there. My mother went to Japan with the first promo tour. She's in a movie with Elvis too along with a bunch of people I know-it's a movie he filmed at PCC called Paradise Hawaiian Style. When she was dancing Elvis knelt in front of her. She told me she was embarrassed and told Elvis she was dating my dad who was there on the side when this happened. My brother danced there for a minute too when he was interested in some annoying girl who used to work there. I'm VERY glad I wasn't there then. My dad also worked there backstage when we first moved back to Hawaii from Tonga.

It was truly a blessing to work there. If I hadn't I never would've learned to dance Tongan. My mother taught me Hawaiian and Tahitian but I never had anyone to teach me Tongan. It's not like my dad would or could do that although he could dance Tongan very well he couldn't dance how the women did. What a blessing that was to me. I love dancing and I know I have some serious skills there because I did dance there for 3 1/2 years. Performing every day several times a day in front of tourists AND smiling were all a lot of fun. Getting paid to do something I loved was the icing on the cake.

All of that was so much fun. It's part of the reason why I want to be a Zumba instructor. Performing and moving your body is a blast and I would like to do that again AND get paid for it.

I really am blessed. I just have to quit thinking of the snow outside. Who gets to be a paid to be a Polynesian dancer starting in Jr. High and then continuing UNTIL she graduates from high school? I know I'm lucky. Who gets to do that at the top visitor attraction in the state AND works for a company owned by the church? Our line up and cast meetings began with prayer every night.

My life has just been one blessing after another. I am grateful. Sometimes it's easy to forget.