Directions

Hawaii is great. I can't, right now, remember the reasons we don't just live here. There is family, and jobs of all sorts. Wait. It's coming back to me now. Something about a calling to work with poor people. Oh yeah.

There have been 2 major hilights from our trip so far. The first is Ben's awesome grandpa. We had an hour and a half long conversation about mental illnesses and deamon posession the other night. It got late and he had to go to bed. Instead of saying, "Well, that's enough of that," he said, "to be continued..." Geez. Bob loves to talk about politics, religion, and money. Loves it. I'm game. And I do mean talk, not argue. It's great.

The second hilight was our hike on Monday. 2 years ago we cruised by the hanging valleys--the awesome shore line at the begining of Jurasic Park. Monday, we took a 6 or 7 mile hike out onto the top of one. The view was so amazing, and the sides of the trail were sheer in some places.

The biggest downer of the trip has been the really very crapy head cold that I have. It was at its worst during our 7 mile hike and made my head throb for the second (uphill) half.

I got a voicemail from Jen saying she's stranded in Athens with no knowledge of how to use our DVD player with the TV. Jen, here are direction. Everyone else, stop reading now. It's mind numbing.

1. Turn on the TV, DVD player, and stereo receiver.

2. Insert DVD.

3. Look at the rown of buttons on the stereo. One of them says "video 3." Push that button.

4. Get the old TV remote--the big gray one, not the colorful Direct TV remote.

5. To the right of the up/down chanel buttons is a small, round input/av button. If you can't find this button on the remote, you can also use the button on the front of the TV by the power & volume buttons that looks like a button you would never, ever need to push. Both buttons do the same thing. Hit this button until you get to a screen that says "a/v 2."

6. You should now be able to see & hear your DVD.

7. If you CAN'T hear it or see it, try hitting "video 2" on the stereo.

8. If you can HEAR IT BUT NOT SEE IT, hit that input/av button on the remote until the right screen comes up.

9. TO WATCH TV AGAIN, turn off the stereo and DVD player and hit the input/av button until you come to the screen called "s-video." This in the Direct TV screen, and you can now switch back to the normal, colorful, familiar remote.

I realize this is complicated, but wow! it really sounds like you're in the movie!