Good Bye, Kai!

Kai is trying to leave tonight. He received 2 messages that his departure would be delayed. The 2nd delay pushed his departure back to 12:30 am and made it unlikely that he would be able to get to his connecting flight in San Francisco, so I tried to reschedule it. Only problem was their website would only allow me to reschedule the 1st part, it would not give me any alternatives for the 2nd flight. So I had to call. Good Luck finding a phone number on their website! Even with googling it took me many pages and about 10 minutes to get a number. Once there the rep was very helpful. Only thing is, when she helped me check Kai in for his flights and pay for his bag, it did not show up as being paid when Kai got to the ticket counter. Auwe! FYI - This was on United Airlines. David was on the same flight last night and it was also delayed, though only to 12 midnight.

This morning we met Erica, Marc, and Mitchell at Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha. Since they moved here last December, Erica has been trying to sample shave ice at all the places on O'ahu. But since they are leaving on Thursday, to return to San Francisco, she has not been able to do that. We had fun anyway. Mom tried the Uji Kintoki (green tea flavored shave ice with vanilla ice cream, mochi hearts, & adzuki beans) and I tried the Choco Coco Paradise (chocolate & coconut flavored shave ice with chocolate ice cream, coconut flakes, & chocolate chips).

Mitchell, Erica, & Mom

We also bought some mui - various edible things seasoned with li hing mui powder. Kai is taking a jar of Gummi bear mui back. I got a jar of jabon mui; now we have something to do with all the pomelo rind! We also tried to find some Grandpa Mui's All Natural Li Hing Mui Powder for Kai to take back but were not successful. I will have to be on the lookout for it and send him some later.


It's starting to pour! There is another flood advisory due to a storm front predicted to bring in a lot of rain. We saw some lightning on the way to the airport, hopefully it does not delay Kai's flight any more. It's a good thing David went back last night, he is heading to Mount Rainier on Wednesday afternoon. If he was on the same flight with Kai as originally scheduled he would not have much time between getting off the plane and heading to Rainier!

Happy Birthday to George, Susie, Lyussy, Jette, & Kito!