Day 185: Friday, May 15 - Aloha Oe

What a fabulous Young Single Adult Luau! You may now be asking yourself, "Why did you go to a single adult activity? You are not single." Well, it is my calling after all. I had this bright idea to invite all 42 (yes, 42) YSA's in my ward to my house to carpool to the luau. Mike at that very moment refused to join me in Hawaiian bliss, so I called my friend and neighbor Janette at the last minute to save my sanity and join me as my date. Let me tell you about the whopping 2 people who showed up - my 2 new friends. Janette and I spent the entire night rolling - whether it was rolling on the floor laughing or eye rolling you will have to decide for yourself.


This is Millie.
Millie just turned 18 last week, so we had the privilege of her company. Some anecdotes about Millie:
-While standing in line for dinner, I commented on how some other kids took our seats. "Do you want me to tackle them? I played on the football team in high school."
-The meal was served by Polynesians. At the end of the line, a nice older man was handing out cups of juice. He and Millie had a quick chat about where she lived in Hawaii (she is part Hawaiian, part Puerto Rican, and part something else) and we took our seats for dinner. All of a sudden she blurts out, "I remember where I know him from! He was the man who brought me to America after my parents died when I was 1 years old. Our souls connected and remembered each other."
-(as pictured above) When the same man was looking for singers, Millie walked up and danced. By herself. He wasn't looking for dancers.

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This is Stephen. He is 21.


-Stephen refused to acknowlege that anyone else was around. I tried to get him to talk to some girls, but he "didn't see them."
-He played that cup game you learned in elementary school all during dinner and the show. I asked if he was bored. "Nope. Why do you think that?"
-Stephen kept bursting out with direct quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Space Balls.
-"I am all bone." Not muscle, bone.
-"I could take him. I am a level two orange belt."


Conversation overheard in the car by the two.
Millie - "What's your name again?"
Stephen - "Stephen."
Millie starts giggling.
Stephen - "Why are you laughing?"
Millie - "That might be my uncle's name."
Stephen - "How does he spell it?"
Millie - "The normal way I think."
Stephen - "If he spells it with a ph it's the Irish way."

And there was a moment in the evening that they thought we were weird.