'ōkole-OW

Just a little hawaiian language humor, gentle readers. 'Ōkole is a kind of rude way to refer to the butt, and 'ōkole hao is a liquor distilled from the ti plant. [Lit. iron bottom] This morning Mom woke up with a pain in the rear NOT named Gay. I was sympathetic, but couldn't resist asking her if she wanted some 'ōkole hao for her 'ōkole-OW. She was not amused.

Low brow humor aside, mom was active and eating like a trooper today. We even got outside to prune one of the plumeria trees. Trainer K would have been pleased at the way mom wielded the hedge trimmer to get at some of the higher branches. No need for additional upper arm exercises today.

Around midday I whimsically asked mom if she had thought about what restaurant would be her first stop after she finished chemo and, hopefully, was able to enjoy eating more normally. I thought I might get the gimlet eye or a grimace, instead she surprised me by saying she had been thinking about the prime rib at Lei Lei's Bar & Grill at Turtle Bay Resort.

Caught off guard I asked, "Today?"

She replied casually, "Today or tomorrow."

I got all excited thinking that I would get to eat 1 1/2 prime ribs, but she dashed my hope, mentioning we could share one.

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in the name of love.