My best friend Sam came to visit me from Phoenix today, and will be staying the week. I was so excited (really like a kid before Christmas) I couldn't focus at work, and ended up watching part of a baseball game at Murphy's pub and playing shuffle puck with some of the BLT crew.

When I met her at the airport it was like we were meeting after a week apart - not the months it has been, which is kind of weird but at the same time a big relief. She is just now going to sleep (4 am Phoenix time), we were yakking non-stop since I picked her up. Also to my great relief, she loves Waikiki and thinks my apartment is cool, not a dump, which makes me feel better about living here. It's just sooo awesome!