Aloha means hello, goodbye, and swine flu

A couple of weeks ago, we SD minions headed out for a tropical getaway. What could be better than 10 days spent lounging on beaches in Hawaii, with family there to play with the little fella? Well, 10 days without illness would have been better. 10 days with 0 emergency room visits, that too would have been better. 10 days that aren’t reduced to 8 after you push out your flight due to a bed-ridden wife and kid, at a cost that dwarfs the entire SD annual budget… but, enough, so it wasn’t perfect. It was, actually, still very fun.

We tagged along with the genetics wing of the family, as my mom and brother-in-law attended an American Society of Human Genetics conference in Honolulu. We landed a sweet house on the beach near Waikiki, and spent our days getting tan, chasing rainbow colored fish, surfing, and eating too much Mahi-Mahi. Which are good ways to spend days. Well, half days, with naps and all. But anyway, see!