Last night Charles and I drove down to Waikiki to our favorite sushi place on the strip. We love it so much because it is never too busy to make us wait for a table and there is a balcony that looks over the city. We always sit at the same table and they are beginning to recognize us there. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing! Their prices are pretty reasonable too! Last time we were there was July 4th and we parked in a nearby parking garage expecting to pay the necessary fees. Little did we know that our favorite sushi restaurant was about to be "favoriter"! They VALIDATE the parking tickets when you eat there! This means the usual $10-$20 worth of parking fees is waived. How wonderful is that? Very. We used to park in the military lot for $3.25 and walk all the way down (which gets old) but now we don't have to. This is exciting for us and I wanted to share!
Anyways, I was getting to a point and here it is....As we were driving towards town, I was just riding and thinking about how blessed we are to be able to have a nice car that works pretty good and nice clothes and the ability to eat out about once or twice a week. As we passed all the homeless (and there are a lot of 'em here) I was just thinking...How am I more deserving than they are? How did I end up so lucky and so blessed and with not much of anything to complain about? Sometimes it almost makes me feel guilty to have all the things we do. I mean, we don't ever have "tons" of money, but we usually make do fine (thanks to our family that helped us get on our feet). Now that our pay is worked out and I am working, we have enough to do just about whatever we feel like. I don't "NEED" anything. I have everything I need. I do "WANT" things just like everyone. I usually am able to buy most anything I want with the exception of big ticket items. For example, if I am shopping and see a shirt I like, I can usually afford to add it to my basket. I am so thankful that I am able to have everything I do and I know I don't always deserve it.
I always wonder how people end up in the positions they are in. Is it their fault? Did they even have a choice? How did I get so amazingly lucky to have a wonderful family that would do ANYTHING for me (and I do mean anything)? How did I get to grow up in a loving environment like I did and have the great life experiences that I've had and others don't? Who decides that and why is it fair? Fortunately, Charles has also had the same story. We both have just "always been provided for". Our families have worked very hard to get us to where we are and I just wanted to let everyone know that I do think about it and I am very appreciative.
Ahh. Thank you for letting me get that out. I've been needing to blog that for some time now.
Today Charles and I drove down to the new Petco in Pearl City for the grand opening. I found an extra-large kitty litterbox that Felix can actually fit in! I was very excited. We also got Bourbon an extra large tennis ball which he tore up immediately. We are slowly learning from that mistake. We always want to have hope that the toy might make it longer than a few minutes...but that usually doesn't happen. Yet we keep trying.
Now we're back home and I just woke up from a long nap and now I am blogging. Just a lazy Saturday. I am doing laundry and I need to clean up the house. Those are the plans for the rest of the evening.
Now that you have all been updated, I am going to get started on my housework. Love you all.
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