Manu is up and rumbling about in his kitchen like nothing happened. He’s muttering about something but I’m not sure what. I feel the best I have in a long time. No more stomach ache. No more cloudy brain. I actually feel like doing a shift at Kava Kava Coffee right now. Talking to customers, …
27: Chapter 8
“We have to bring this guy Coors Light,” Gary says. “Coors Light?” I ask. I’m confused. “Isn’t this guy some sort of a priest or shaman or something?” I ask. “I don’t know, Josie,” Gary says. “I mean, I don’t know what you call him. He knows Huna and he likes Coors Light. If we …
Burnout is officially a “syndrome.” What comes next?
The results of chronic stress in the workplace have been getting a lot of attention this week. First, we learned that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially redefined the term "burnout" as a "syndrome" resulting from chronic workplace stress in their handbook of diseases. Despite some reporting, the WHO previously included burnout in their handbook …
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27: Chapter 7
I’m all mixed up. What’s happening with my life? I’m sitting here alone in our rental car and Gary’s inside a pizza place using the phone. I can’t see him talking. I don’t want to see him talking. He said he was going to call our Aunt Halani and try to find out why she’s …
27: Chapter 6
Hawaii is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. I live in California and in my opinion, it’s one of the most beautiful states on the mainland. But Hawaii is like a fairy-tale dream of all of the shades of green you could ever imagine. I was still reeling from my bad Benadryl dream on …
27: Chapter 5
I’m really hurt this time. “This time,” I mean since the second time that man ran into me. Or faded into me. I don’t know where he went. It’s been a week since he punched me in the stomach in my kitchen and disappeared. I’ve been so sick I had to call into Kava Kava …
27: Chapter 4
He’s been sitting next to me since Ocean Park and 23rd. Sitting in the passenger seat of Gary’s light blue pick-up truck as I drive home. He could’ve been there longer than 23rd Street but that’s when I first noticed him. I jumped and swerved when I saw the man from Gary’s exhibition in the …
