OK, labored this weekend (on the lana'i in 75F temps, we might add) so we could get this vlog launched starting today. In fact, today is precisely one month since we left the apartment in the capable hands of our subletters, let's call them P&C and ventured West, first to Redding, CA to celebrate Thanksgiving with some very special folks, then on to Hawaii 07 December (2008).
This vlog starts with our arrival into Honolulu...
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Below is an early morning view from 08 December, as seen from our first 'virtual office':
And here, a little video of the Waikiki 'morning commute':
Late morning on 08 Dec we had an appointment with a well-qualified Honolulu Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist, Dr. Hazenfield (in case you need a good one at these latitudes...). The goal: Camilla's first (and hopefully ONLY) post-op check of the right vocal cord (the one whose paresis became part of the reason for her total thyroidectomy in October 2008). Dr. Hazenfield looked and saw....NOTHING wrong!! The conclusion was, therefore, that the paresis had resolved - presumably as a result of the thyroidectomy. As you can imagine, this led to a lot of high fives, because you know how much Camilla likes to talk!! She has a lot of catching up to do after all that quiet time from July all the way into November....Anyway, here she is leaving the doctor's office with a big grin:
Cruisin' Honolulu (First 'The Mustang'):
On this evening, as you can see, we (middle, right) celebrated the great news with mai-tais and some hula. The other fellow is Matt (left) is one of Steve's colleagues, who was also in town on this evening):
Here is a video of the wonderful hula dancing we saw (play it here or click on the picture and you will get a new window showing our actual YouTube page, which may work better for those with slow connections):
And here, moving our menagerie and returning the rental car before flying to our next destination:
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