Karima went to Hawai'i. It was okay
Yep, I got back from HI on the 22nd. It was fun, but not loads of fun. HI was beautiful and the weather was almost perfect. I would definitely recommend it to anyone (though it ain't cheap, let me tell ya). The fact that I didn't have a fantastic time is almost certainly due more to my own shortcomings than anything else, but, hey, what can you do?
I think my expectations were too high. Or maybe they weren't high enough. I tend to get disappointed easily. Or maybe I get mad when I don't get my way. I don't know. I should've been able to loosen up more and roll with the punches and just enjoy myself, and I really wasn't able to do that. I don't know why. I don't think I was a very good traveling companion for my poor mother.
It's all a learning experience, of course. I think next time I'll have a better idea of what it's like to travel with my mom. I won't have such grandiose notions of what our trip and our experience *should* be like, if you know what I mean. I'll know more of what I should expect.
Or maybe it's just that I'm a big baby...