Lazy Saturday

Last Saturday morning I was awoken by a phone call with a very distinct ringtone, a ringtone so distinct that I ignored the call and let it ring until the voicemail picked up. I knew exactly who was calling but I was too tired to wake up and pull my phone out of my pant pocket which was in my laundry hamper inside the bathroom. So as soon as the voicemail picked up I was already snoozing my way back into dreamland. Half an hour later the phone rang again, and as expected I ignored it with the same zeal. I’m way too tired to peel myself out of bed and stumble my way to the bathroom to pick up the call.

Having an over eager girlfriend who’s way too excited to spend the Saturday morning with me can sometimes dampen the plan of sleeping in till 2 p.m. So finally I got up at around 10:45 a.m. to answer the call. Apparently she woke up that morning and decided that today was a very good day to go to the beach. She couldn’t contain the excitement that she had to make sure we don’t miss out on this opportunity by calling me every half hour until I picked up the phone. This is one quality that makes her so endearing and lovable – always excited to spend time with me

It was gloomy and wet outside, but that’s typical Wahiawa weather around this time of the year, and is never a good indicator of how the weather at the beach is going to be like. So, 10 mins after informing me that we’re going to the beach she was already ringing my doorbell and we we’re on our way to the beach.

It was a little overcast when we got to the beach, but it was perfect since we forgot to bring sunscreen.  I jumped in the water right away while she took a nap on the sand. After spending a few hours at the beach we decided that it was time for lunch. A friend of hers suggested this great sandwich/sub place around Haliewa called Storto’s. I’m not really a big fan of sandwiches but since they have pastrami I gave it a try.  To my suprise it was actually very good. The bread was nice and soft, the veggies were fresh, the meat was very tasty, and best of all it’s the size of Subway footlong but for a fraction of the price. My girlfriend always gets excited when we make little discoveries like this because O’ahu is such a small island and discovering good eating places like this is like finding El Dorado or the fountain of youth.

Staring at her and watch that sparkle of excitement in her eyes about our great discovery of the day, I can’t help but smile. It just makes me realize how lucky I am to have someone whom I can spend a gloomy Saturday with and still make a great day out of it.