Army Strong!

Today I took the Army Physical Fitness Test at work and as my workout. This test is to see how many pushups and sit-ups you can do in two minutes each and how fast you can run 2 miles, then you get a score out of 300 (there's also an extended scale, but that gets complicated) based on how many you did. That score can help you with promotions, awards, or maybe just bragging rights. Not to brag or anything, but when I took the test 2 months ago, I did get a 300 with 48 pushups, 80 sit-ups and a 15:30 two-miler (see? Bragging rights) Today, I didn't do as well, with 49 pushups, 73 sit-ups and a 16:55 run. Not my best work, but still okay with it.

Now, I have to mention the coffee situation, because there is none. What?!?!?! Luckily, I planned ahead and bought these Starbucks iced coffee packs that you just pour directly into a water bottle and voila! Instant coffee fix.

It's pretty good and, either way, it's better than nothing.

I also got to wander around in the woods for awhile doing land navigation. It was the perfect weather, nice and cool, and there were some mean hills along the route. Even found a surprise along the way.

Living the Army dream.

Hawaii-Day 2 - Turtle sighting!

Another beautiful day in Hawaii. Can I stay?

Today we went to Laniakea Beach, also known as Turtle Beach! We were walking along when my momma goes 'oh! Oh! Oh!' We had our first official turtle sighting! After that there were so many of them right along the beach line, poking their heads up to say hi.

We went beach hopping after that and stopped at a cove as we were driving along and got to see a Hawaiian Monk Seal that was only about 5 feet away from us. He was just chillin in the shallow water enjoying the sunshine.

We found another beach and attempted paddle boarding. That was an adventure all on it's own and definitely a full body workout. None of us had ever done it before, so the rocky bottom, snorklers, and extreme winds were not ideal for first timers. Seriously, the wind was insane and you can't stop paddling because as soon as you do the wind takes you past the buoys and that's not where you want to be. Ask my momma. She turned paddle boarding into surfing and caught a couple waves on accident, while my hubby fell off his board, then handed me his paddle and then had nothing to steer with. We were a bit much to handle for the instructor.

On our way back we hit up the Dole Plantation and rode the Pineapple Express. We learned all kinds of tidbits about pineapples, like that they're all planted and picked by hand, it has an enzyme that aides digestion and once a pineapple is picked it will not ripen any more. Who knew?? We also split a 'Dole Whip' which was pineapple ice cream, and is highly recommended.

Isn't it amazing how exhausting being out in the sun is? Aloha!