The weather people are saying that this is a very active tropical cyclone season. A tropical cyclone can be any one of a hurricane, tropical depression, or a tropical disturbance. It just has to be rotating. Otherwise it’s just a tropical depression. Right now we have a tropical depression moving across the islands and we’re getting intermittent torrential downpours followed by brief periods of sunshine while water evaporates, saturates the air, and the downpour happens all over again. Meanwhile Hurricane Kilo fizzled out a few hundred miles west of here, but Hurricane Natcho is coming our way quite rapidly. These storms have a tendency to turn north as they approach the islands, so maybe that’ll be what keeps the hurricane from making landfall. Meanwhile, the heavy rainfall has impacted Waikiki causing sewer overflow and closing several beaches. It has also been a problem here in Laie seriously impacting the sewer system as well. At the Center the problem is the fountain pool is full to overflowing! Today was a very good day to spend most of the day indoors.

The bedbug battle is finally being won. The landlord’s person after a couple of trips seems to have conquered the little beasties. No bites have been reported for a few days now. Life is returning to normal!

The big news, and it is indeed big news for us, is that President Uchtdorf of the First Presidency is coming to Laie to participate in the dedication of the new Hukilau Marketplace at the Polynesian Cultural Center this coming Saturday. We’re quite excited to be there. One of the security guys says that they’ve been instructed to set up a corridor so that President Uchtdorf can shake hands as he enters the marketplace and goes to the gazebo where the ceremony will take place. I think that means we need to get there early.

Life is full of anticipation today!