It seems I'm not delusional, after all

Look what came in the mail today:

Ever since I defended I kind of couldn't believe it and felt that I had somehow just forgotten to go back to work. I guess I'm really done. Good thing, too. :)

I don't know what I'm supposed to do with the ribbon...

I guess I now have to get it framed.

Aloha 'oe!

Well, back when Bonnie visited in May, she said she'd been comped a ticket to fly to Hawaii in September and that she didn't really know what she'd do there since she'd be going to Maui alone. I (mostly jokingly) said that we'd come join her if I was still unemployed. Obviously, I thought and hoped I would be employed by then. No dice. So, off we went to Hawaii in the middle of September!

Bonnie rented a condo that had a fabulous view (Kuleani condos, if anyone's interested). Here's dawn, midday, and dusk from our balcony (lanai) the first day I was there (Thursday, the 13th). On the left is the island of Lana'i and on the right is the island of Moloka'i. Moloka'i has a leper colony, but, apparently, no lepers anymore.

 

 

Since it was rented by owner and not through the condo complex, it came fairly well stocked. We were able to eat and cook in it quite easily since it had a fully functioning kitchen.

Maui is known for its rainbows and we saw some almost every day. Here's a double one we saw when we hit up the market for some groceries.

We wandered old-town Lahaina and saw the famous banyan tree. This tree drops roots down from the branches as it grows, expanding outward. So this huge mass of tree is generally referred to as "one" tree.

 

Not that you can probably see from the picture, but some dolphins swam past our condo one day.