Hawaii update....

I meant to put mostly poker content in my blog, but I have hardly been playing any poker lately so I haven't had much to blog about other than my vacations. With that being said....I'll post an update on my vacation.

Hawaii has been awesome...during the day. Jeff and Robin seem to want to start their day at around 7:00am (Jeff to practice and Robin to lay by the pool) and they are ready for bed by seriously....8:00pm! I'm not much of a nightlife junkie anyway, but 8:00pm is a little ridiculous. When they go to bed I have been going downstairs to listen to the live music and/or walking up and down the strip and usually in bed by 11:00 or 12:00. Robin and I have been pool buddies everyday. We tried surfing one day and I sucked just like I did the last time I tried. I told them I wanted the biggest board they had and they told me I was getting a 10 ft. board. We met a surfing instructor while we were out there and he told me I was using a 9 ft. board and that I should be using at least a 10 ft. or 11 ft. board. Everyone else just lays on top of their board and their board stays right on top of the water and they just paddle where ever they want....my board is basically underwater the whole time and it would probably be easier to just swim without the stupid board! I got up one wave, but it was pretty short lived and not too satisfying. Basically, I just wore myself out trying to paddle out to and back from where the waves were breaking. We've eaten lots of good food and had lots of fun everyday...even if we are going to bed at 8:00pm.

We tried to go to see Pearl Harbor one morning when Jeff wasn't practicing, but there was already a two hour wait for the tour so we just turned around and came back to the hotel. I had already seen it anyway so I wasn't two disappointed. We also tried to play some sand volleyball, but the courts were full and we were reduced to just watching some really good people play. Since would couldn't play....we obviously had to gamble on someone else's match! I scouted these two really young girls out while they warmed up and they looked like they were really good. It was winner stays so when it was finally their turn to play the defending court champs I talked Jeff into laying me 2:1 odds that the two youngsters couldn't knock off the champs....my $10 to his $20. The match was looking like I had a good bet as my team was up a couple of points when one of the women from the defending champs came down with a rather unique injury....she STARTED HER PERIOD!! I tried to convince Jeff that I had won the bet since they couldn't continue, but he wouldn't go for it. Now, I only got my two superstar youngsters vs. the new challengers at even money...my $10 to his $10. My team won and since it felt like free money I gave the girls half of it and told them to buy their self something to drink. They were probably only 14 or 15 years old and they were actually really appreciative for the money (I wonder if I just violated their amatuer status? haha).

Jeff played the first round of the tourney today and ended up tied for 32nd at 2 under par. It is really incredible how he managed to shoot -2, because he hit it worse than I have ever seen him hit it. He made lots of putts and never really got into any serious trouble so that made up for some of his lackluster shots. He said that after he finished warming up on the range he felt like he might shoot 80...and believe me it certainly could have happened they way he hit some of his shots today. I think he just needs to shake off some of the rust and hopefully it happens sooner rather than later. Anyway, it is a really good sign (and a testament to how good he really is) that he scored so well with much less than his A game. The leader is only at 6 under and there are tons of people within just a couple of shots ahead of Jeff so it shouldn't be too hard to make up some ground tomorrow. The cut will probably be -2 and possibly -1 if the course plays any tougher tomorrow.

It's getting to be REALLY late for our typical bed time...almost 10:00pm so I better hit the sack. Actually, since Jeff tees off at 7:30am tomorrow and our wakeup call is scheduled for 5:30am it isn't so unreasonable to be going to bed at 10:00 pm this time.

Here's to hoping I don't just lay here trying to fall asleep for the next 4 hours!