True friends are hard to find, keep the real one's

Well… two weeks into my new life, and there are up’s and downs as usual.

The up’s are that I love my new life. My job is interesting and not taxing on my physical wellbeing.
It is more that I have to think and come up with new ideas, which I find I am quite good at. I get to travel around the island, meeting new friends. I also will be traveling inter island to Maui, Kauai and the Big Island [which I have never been to] as well as New York, LA and possibly Hong Kong.
This job is perfect for me!

I like my apartment, it is in the heart of Waikiki, where I can walk everywhere [traffic is AWFUL]
there are fun places to eat and mix with other single people. :}

The downs…I had another supposed friend turn on me. But I am used to that, so no big deal. Move on.

The worst thing is that I had a box stolen/lost that I shipped from LA and in it was my external hard drive with ALL of my photographs that I have taken in the last 10 years on in.
That hurts!

Africa, Nova Scotia, Venezuela, Maine, Out West, Montana, Florida all of the memories gone.

Once, in another life, I went to Italy and took a whole lot of photos of the Florence area. When traveling to Venice, in the train station my camera bag was stolen. $4000 in camera equipment and all my photographs disappeared in an instant.

I freaked!

We never made it to Venice. We hoped a plane and went home.
I know I made the other person that was with me miserable, and I deeply regret that.

I just did not know how to handle it.  I do now.

I am praying that the person who has it will mail it back to my address on the box. If not… I will go on and make new memories.

So such is life. Already looking for a larger apartment. Maybe in the Kailua area? It is expensive there, so maybe I can share a house with someone.
My friend Debra used to live there. And I have very fond feelings for that area.

Thank God for Jeff, my son’s father. I would not be able to rent anything if not for him.
Debra always said Jeff and I were always best friends, and would be again someday.
We just let marriage get in the way of it. And her death brought us back together.