So tomorrow I am going out in celebration of Cathy's 40th birthday. I don't think she's very happy about her new age; she's been acting very...off...lately. However, we will be having cocktails at a friend's house, to be followed by dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Groovy. Too bad I ain't feelin' so confident these days (you know, post-holiday fat build-up). And it's not even cold enough weather around these parts (it will be in the mid-70's all weekend) to cover my fat ass up in layers of clothing.

I do think I'll buy myself a new outfit with part of that tax money...

(I hate that word: restaurant. Every stinkin' time I write it down, it looks as if it's spelled incorrectly. Thank God for Spell Check. It's just one of those words that continually sticks in my craw...like "necessary". I can never remember - one c and two s's or the other way around?

While we're on this subject...although I can spell the word "rural", I can not for the life of me say it. It won't come out of my mouth properly. I stand around trying to say it for like three minutes before I give up. When trying to say the word, I sound suspiciously like I should be waiting for one of those little busses to the "special school"...)

Another friend, Jody, has invited me to Hawaii in August when she will be competing in a triathalon on the island of Oahu.

John may be getting a new job and if he does he won't have any paid vacation time for a year. Therefore, our planned trip to British Columbia in the Spring may be cancelled. If it is, I am seriously thinking about going to Hawaii, for the following reasons.

1) I've never been to Hawaii, oddly enough.

2) One can get great deals to Hawaii.

3) I'd like to go support my pal.

4) I really need a vacation. I know I go away for long weekends on a fairly regular basis, but it has actually been a couple of years since I've been on a trip for a week or longer. This is practically unheard of for me. To make matters worse, I've had at least three trips all planned which, for one reason or another, had to be cancelled. This is always extremely disappointing. I love to travel and moreover I need it. It keeps me sane...well, relatively speaking.

Drawbacks to the Hawaii trip:

1) She's going in August which is a very humid time to go to Hawaii and I am a complete wus when it comes to humidity. Plus, I don't like to travel during summer months, just cuz everybody else does.

2) Although I will be going with friends, they are going to be all about the triathalon whereas I, who have never been to Hawaii before, may have a few other things I might like to do. Everyone else who is going on this trip has been to Hawaii several times (Jody even has relatives who live there) so they won't care about my sight-seeing wishes.

3) None of my other friends are able to go to Hawaii at that time and therefore partake of the sight-seeing with me.

4) She is going to the island of Oahu - the only island I have absolutely no desire to go to. I know if I want to visit other islands, I'll be doing it on my own.

So do I spend the dough and go to Hawaii under less-than-ideal circumstances, just in case I don't get the chance to go again; or do I wait and go at a time when I actually want to go and to the islands I actually want to see?

We should all have such dilemmas, what?

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