Today was another downer day in the battle of the bedbugs. So far everything we’ve done has not eradicated the pests from one of the apartments. We upped the ante today by bringing in someone from the landlord’s arsenal to do a thorough cleaning and spraying of the apartment. She was scheduled to be there at 6pm this evening. I’m hoping to hear good news tomorrow morning! If nothing else, their apartment will get a good cleaning. Of course, this doesn’t come free. The charges will be added to this month’s bill!

We had another assignment at the Polynesian Cultural Center. This was our 2nd favorite assignment, guarding the exit at the Aloha Luau. I took the picture just as the luau program was getting underway. The program starts with the introduction of the “King” of Hawaii and his entourage. Shortly after the picture was taken the two tables in the foreground filled up with a family all dressed in purple t-shirts (note the color of the napkins on the tables) advertising “The Smith Family Reunion”. Why weren’t we invited?? Some things are just mysteries, I guess.

The assignment at this luau is quite straight forward:

• Direct people to the bathrooms or smoking area
• Keep people from coming in the back way

Supposedly there are people who try to slip in through the exit. We haven’t encountered any of those. However, there are always a few people who have tickets for the luau who try to come in through the exit rather than walking all the way around. The PCC is forty-two acres in size (a little more than 1,800,000 square feet). That is, it is somewhat large. The PCC is about half the size of most Six Flags theme parks and slightly smaller that Lagoon. Cedar Point, the world’s roller coaster capital, is about 300 acres in size, and that’s very large. So, PCC is kind of on the order of a theme park and takes all of an afternoon to experience everything there. So, lots of folks are plenty tired when dinner time rolls around and walking another hundred feet to find the real entrance would be avoided if possible. But, it isn’t. We kindly direct them around to the entrance.

The benefit is that we can see the entire show while we’re sitting at the exit. This is the only luau assignment were we can watch all of the show. Even though we’ve seen it several times, we do enjoy watching the show. The host MC for this show is also very good and runs a very lively show.

When we volunteer at the PCC we get a free meal. The menu is the same every time. I have no trouble with that at all (this from the guy who happily eats the same thing for breakfast every day of the year). Nina likes a variety. But, that’s not going to happen at the PCC. Most people go there only once in their lifetime. A few may go a second time many years later. Consequently, there’s no reason to vary the menu. It’s more important to be good food and plenty of it. Doing the same menu over and over day after day makes it possible to be close to perfection.

On the way to dinner we passed this little waterfall with stuck boats. I thought it was funny. I wonder what happened to the boaters? Did they abandon ship under the waterfall or someplace upstream? The water is about two or two and a half feet deep, but who knows what’s lurking on the bottom! Maybe the boats weren’t secured and made a dash for freedom only to be thwarted by the waterfall. I’ll never know and the only way I’ll ever even remember is if I somehow look back on this blog post sometime in the future.

Life is quite sanguine!