waiting for church.

good morning all :)
i'm waiting to go to church with joanna.
so i figured i'd update some mo! haha.

so back to last saturday. quite possibly the most exhausting day of all! saturday we decided to hike pillboxes for sunrise. we'd been planning it for a few days, and i was quite ready to be adventurous! we tried to leave at like 5am, but clearly that wasn't happening. haha he we didn't quite have the directions. but it's all g, we still got there fine. :) after trecking it out to lanikai, we rushed up the mountain to the pillboxes! it was all worth it though--as we got to the top, the view was absolutely breathtaking. i just felt in the midst of God's beautiful creation. mm. AMAZING. i recommend this to anyone! it ended up being us girls plus matt f. and his friend kaiser. good group to go with. (: anyway, we were QUITE exhausted after to say the least. and MUDDY! so we decided to go grind at this onolicious place called boots & kimos. honestly, the BEST pancakes i've EVER had! i don't even really care for pancakes, but these were just ridiculous. haha. They served it with this macadamia nut sauce, that was thick and scrumptious. jo and i also shared some eggs and portuguese sausage! good choice for sure.

after boots & kimos we went to the swap meet! we were beattt, but we reallly wanted to go. haha. i ended up finding a pendent, and i've been wearing it ever since! it's a flower. :) swap meet was chill, lots of stuff going on. and very touristy. haha. all that stuff used to interest me, but now i think i'm upped my status to a kama'aina poser, so i'm not as excited about touristy goods. hahaha.

anyway, after thattt. i had to rush back to make it to the carnival at magic island with popo and aunite pat! haha barely made it. but it's all good. the fair was HOT. but it was good to see popo and aunite pat. :)

thenn. i was in GREAT need of a nap! so i took one. haha. and then had to get ready for the chong's family get together. it's so nice of them to invite us along to their events.. i really enjoy spending time with them. auntie raz and uncle bobby are just so welcoming, we feel right at home! it was cool meeting the rest of their extended family. i feel like i get along with them very well.

haha and to finish off my amazingly long day, we ended up going out to our friend kanes' house. honestly, his house is the nicest house i've been to since i've been here!! out in kahala, he's situated across the street from the beach, with an enormous pool and yard, and a luxurious house. i think i heard his neighbor is supposedly one of the richest people in America. haha. nuts, ya? i mean real estate is super high in california, but could you imagine a ridiculously large house in hawaii next to the ocean?! CRAZY. haha. it was a really good night though. for real kine.

continuing that weekend, on sunday we just did homework and restedd. didn't do much either sunday or monday, but we did go NIGHT SWIMMING! it's my new favorite thing to do. since we can't go in the ocean at night at home, i've been taking full advantage of it here. it's SO warm, and relaxing. especially since the full moon has been out. :) it's been a real treat. i'm really going to miss this...

tuesday. just did our thangg and went shopping. :) that was fun! didn't really buy much, but hey, i had fun. it was good to just get out and walk around. i like spending time with jo & becca. girl time fa shoo. haha. later that night we met up with some of the guys and went to likelike! i ordered too big of an omelette, but it really good nonetheless!

wednesday. BEACH BEACH BEACH. after our presentation :) we had lunch with kanes', leo, andrew, amanda, and some others at ala moana. that was fun! and then dat took becca and i to makapu'u! that was awesome. we finally got to sleep in the sun. haha. we'd been craving beach, even though we go basically every day. :P After makapu'u, dat took us to kahala mandarin hotel! and we saw DOLPHINS. and honus. and a stingray! it was so cool. honestly made my day. :)

thursday. BEACH BEACH BEACH. :) haha. went with Andrew, which was way chill. we traveled the coast, just exploring. went to makapu'u, waimanalo, and finally ending up at lanikai. where we actually saw a portuguese man of war! they're tiny little buggers, but oh so hurtful. so we peaced out quickfast. hahaha. all in all, really fun day with andrew.
alsooo. steve arrived! becca seemed quite happy. so it was cool to have him. :)

friday. class. BOO. haha. i shouldn't have gone. we didn't learn anything and we don't even have a final exam! haha. o well. i guess attendance is always good. right after that jo and dat picked me up to go hiking! we decided to go to diamond head. which i had done about 5 years ago, but had forgotten what it was like. ended up being super easyy. haha. which was cool. nicole ginoza met us there! hiked it pretty fast, and then got shave icee. nom nom nom. always good stuff :) then we proceeded to eat at yardhouse that night! i'd missed my ahi steak sandwich. it was soo good. the last time i'd been to yardhouse was during our senior trip in palm springs. just as good as i remembered. (; haha.

saturday. BEACHH. haha.

okay, i'm admittingly getting a bit tired of typing. plus church is coming! but hope that was a good enough update for y'all. :)

god is good. i've been so blessed with this trip. and i'm honestly grieved just thinking about only having one week left. i will be back though! and by back i mean hopefully moving back. ♥ ♥