5 On Friday

I have never been looking to a Friday more than I have been anticipating this one. By the time you read this, I’ll be kicking back on the beautiful island of Maui for a long-time-coming trip. I haven’t left the island since last summer and while that doesn’t seem like a long time – it’s a LONG TIME. I was ecstatic when Island Air asked me to island hop to capture all that Maui has to offer. Be sure to follow along on their Instagram this weekend as I’ll be running the show!

Of course this weekend couldn’t get here before a few hiccups along the way…

Last weekend, we noticed a funky smell coming from Judy’s mouth. Of course it was late on a Saturday night (when else would it be?) and she wasn’t letting us anywhere near it. After managing to pry open her jaws while Dane held onto her, we noticed what was unmistakably an abscess. Gross! Her mouth stunk like sewage. We rushed her to the vet, only for them to tell us that the dental doctor wasn’t on duty, but not to worry because they could call them in for a fee that sort of made me shit my pants. We decided against that after learning that the abscess wasn’t anything that would kill our baby if we just brought her back during regular business hours. Our sweet angel ended up having the infection cleared out, teeth removed and was able to come home on Tuesday night. I was really lonely without her and Bill kept looking everywhere for his sister. Poor guy!

And then I made the conclusion that our dishwasher (which was installed into this house in August) is on the fritz. And by on the fritz I mean that it fills up with water, swishes around the dirt and food particles and then leaves them right there on the dishes to rot until the timer dings and it’s time for me to see the mess that has ensued. It is driving me MAD. I actually told Dane I just wanted to entire dishwasher taken out, because honestly if the damn machine is that finicky that I have to thoroughly wash each dish before I put it in there…what the hell is the point!? I rinse them before putting them in now and sometimes it seems they come out DIRTIER than when I put them in there. So for now, we have a “for show” dishwasher that just sits there and looks pretty. ::Eye Roll::

Last weekend, I had the chance to go out on the MaiTai Catamaran here in Honolulu for the first time – can you believe that?! It’s such a staple of Waikiki and I had never done it, so when friends offered I was all over it! It was such a beautiful day and the waters were surprisingly calm for this time of year. We even managed to see a few whales breach kind of near the boat, which I thought was AWESOME, mostly because seeing whales that close from Oahu is not the norm.

As soon as we get back from Maui this weekend, my mom will be arriving! I am so, so anxious for her to visit and have been getting our house in order in preparation. I finished off our guest room and guest bathroom (full reveal posts coming!) and have been planning activities and meals for her time here. I am so dang excited I could burst. Does anyone else get this excited when family is coming to town?