It's that time again

I'm talking about the Hawaii International Film Festival! The spring festival is only a week long, but I've already picked 5 films I'd like to see. It's just very exciting to look through all the film synopsis' and see which ones catch your eye. And, then you scroll down to the showing dates and times ... and, that's where your films get narrowed down.

With the film festival in full swing this weekend, it will be a pretty busy one. But, since I didn't get to post over the weekend more than once, I'll have to share happenings from this past Easter weekend.

In my last post, I mentioned how my army friend is back and he had been drunk texting me Friday night. Well, the texting went on into the wee hours of the morning (til around 4:30 am ... in between bouts of sleep). So, after a nice Easter Saturday with B, M and his parents, B and I went home and I got some sleep. Army guy kept me posted about his activities with his parents and after he fulfilled his family duties for the night, we met up at the Sheraton in Waikiki. The plan was to have drinks and catch up at Rum Fire, but we got there thirty minutes shy of last call. 

So, it was on to Senor Frogs. I had never been there and neither had he, but we were both open to a new experience and went for it. We got there just before midnight and it was a bit crowded. After finding one of the only tables left way at the back, I sat down while army guy went to get us drinks. He came back with two green bottles of beer and scooted in close to me. I thought, this guy either really missed me or just missed being next to a woman. 

After chatting a bit, sipping on our beers and taking in the atmosphere, he tells me that he isn't really in the mood for crowds. I thought that was fine, but I had still wanted to check out Kelley's to see if my friends' band would be playing. So, we headed over there after finishing our drinks. We sat near the entrance and listened to the band that was playing some nice jazz. Again, army guy sat close and put his arm behind me. After getting us a few more drinks, I was buzzing pretty good and we were chatting more. We somehow got closer and I suggested a walk to the beach since he didn't feel like being around crowds. 

Now, after finishing our drinks and a pit-stop before leaving Kelley's, we started the trek to the beach. It wasn't long before we hit the cool sand and took off our shoes to continue bare foot on the beach. It was a beautiful night with an almost full moon shining down on us. He and I walked with arms around each other for a little while before finding a place to sit and relax. We sat and I caught him staring at me with a sort of longing in his eyes. Before I let him any closer, I ask "did you miss this?" His gaze went from my lips to my eyes and he says "Yes." And, before you know it, we're locked in an unending kiss. It seemed to go on for a while, but it felt nice ... natural, like he'd never gone away. 

We sat on the beach together for a while before walking back. I parked at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center and I was so glad to have gone to Senor Frogs that night! Had we skipped it, my parking would have been $16! With their validation, it came down to $5 and army guy offered to pay for it ... very sweet and thoughtful. I drove him back to his hotel and headed home. 

It was a very nice reunion with army guy. I'm looking forward to all the things we planned to do while he was away. Just one problem ... Mr. Movie-pants wants to be the only one in the picture. Ohhhh  man ... it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. 

On Easter Sunday, the family got together at my aunty's in Waipio. We colored eggs, had an Easter egg hunt for B and my twin nieces, Re & Ri, and had a wonderful family day together. Re & Ri are getting so big and I am missing them so much. They'll be 2 in October, and B & I absolutely love their little antics! 

We left Waipio before 8 that night and B slept on the way home and straight through the night. It was so nice! My B needs to be going to bed at that time every night. As for myself, it was still a late night up watching Grey's episodes one after another. I'm thinking of doing the same tonight, but with a much earlier bedtime. 

Well, this ended up being a rather long post. Hope I haven't lost anybody! You all have a great night unwinding from the workday. If I can get myself to move off the couch tonight, I just might have another post in me ... xoxo