For Mom :]

SO...this post is mostly for my mom because i promised i would post pictures of where i am living here in laie, hawaii. rest assured mother....i'm on an actual bed (bunk bed really) and i have a nice bed padding that is actually so soft that sometimes i wake up with a back ache :] not a bad thing. so here are some pictures. they aren't really exciting or anything, but this is the house where i sleep and shower. ha most of the time i'm not here. but thats ok :]

this picture really has nothing to do with this post but its my aunt valle and she is cute and crazy and fun and this was at a family dinner we all had and i figured i should post a picture with actual humans in it.

so this is the front of the house from the sidewalk. from where i'm standing while taking this picture, if you look to the right about 300 ft is the ocean and behind me is the pcc and byu hawaii campus (i can hear the singing and drums from the pcc at night)

this is the front room right when you walk in the front door.

from the front room pictured above you turn left and you see this little dining room/computer nook area.

then in the dining area you look left and you see the kitchen.

haha this is in the ceiling of my bathroom and i thought it was ironic that i get to see this every day and be reminded of one of my favorite families :]
oh and the bathroom is just your basic bathroom, except the shower is totally jimmy rigged so really i'm showering beneath a heavy duty sprinkler head. its awesome (and has realllllly good water pressure)

this is my room. i'm on the bottom bunk. uhhh sorry there is stuff on it. its a simple little cute room and its perfect.

the closet area. lots of clothes and shoes :]

I've decided that chris and i need to take more pictures...we really are doing fun things here i just don't have pictures to document.

Some things i have observed/experienced in my first few days here in hawaii:

1. i am SO not a fan of humidity. not only does it make your hair do weird things it makes it hotter than hades when you are trying to get ready. seriously my face has totally broken out this week and i'm not ok with that. dear face, please acclimate to this weather quickly so i no longer look like a 12 year old going through puberty. thanks, jess

2. gecko's make this clicking sound and even though gecko's are our friends here because they eat all the little bugs, its kinda a disconcerning feeling hearing that clicking sound and not knowing where its coming from :] like when i'm laying in my bed or showering in the bathroom. just sayin...

3. yesterday chris and i went to turtle bay and i loved it. we went to the swimming pool (ummm he has the code to get in....so we used it) and it was awesome. and so refreshing. then we ate lunch RIGHT on the beach (for free thanks to chris's awesome roommate david for hooking us up) and while chris golfed 9 holes i went and layed out. it was perfect.

4. i LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOOVE acai bowls. seriously. they are pure heaven and chris and i have eaten one the past two days, and i might beg him to get another one today. they are that good. and it doesn't help that they are literally across the street from chris's house. they will be my monetary downfall and i'm pretty sure it will get to the point where i will no longer be willing to split one with the boy.

5.my body has totally not adjusted to the time difference yet, so by 10 at night my eyes BURN they are so droopy, but i force them awake because really, what 22 year old in hawaii goes to bed at 10. oh wait. i do. ha.

6. i LOVE it here. i'm so close to everything (the pcc, campus, the grocery store, the beach). i don't have to get a car and i just discovered today that there are 2 ooooold beach cruisers at my house that i'm assuming we have free reign on. sweet.

7. i start orientation and training today and tomorrow for my new job at the PCC (polynesian cultural center). SO excited to have a job (and to have gotten it on the 2nd day i was here!!!). yes i have to wear a cheesy aloha shirt, but i'm ok with that, because i have a job!! yeah!

8. i miss my family and want them to come visit because this place is so fun!!

thats all for now. i know this post was ridiculously long. SORRY. but rest assured mom...i'm alive and doing well out here and my bed isn't just a mattress on the floor :]