I feel the triumph of Mr. Darcy. I successfully intercepted a love connection that would not have connected on one end. don't worry ya'll this ain't no Bingley we talkin bout. but a definate jane.
Actually, she is a kat- RAWR! well her name is Kat. she is from West Virginia and I have been waiting a long time for the opportunity to blog about her. she and I have become fast friends. her major is Tesol as well and we are both mapped out to graduate about the same time.
her story (the short version):
she joined the church while attending the FIT (fashion institute of technology) in New York. when she graduated she realized as a new member of the church that she no longer wanted to live the life of a fashion guru. she also needed a change of venues so she applied for BYU and BYU Hawaii and was accepted to both. She chose Hawaii because of the Tesol program that is not offered to undergrad students at BYU and.........it's Hawaii.....need I say more?
Anyway- so we are excursion buddy's and we have had a blast bumming around the island and there are many more adventures to come - I am sure of it.
So, the other day we bummed a ride with my good friend Cowdry to Mililani to do some much needed shopping. on the trip back he was asking her all kinds of questions and I could sense his interest in her. she didn't see it coming but he was about to pounce. she mentioned that she had never been on a date since joining the church and she didn't date very much before because she had a boyfriend for 6 years. He was going to offer his services to her - a pity date.... oh, no, no, no - not gonna happen homeboy. I called him on it.
"Are you asking Kat on a pity date Cowdry?"
Yes, I know, I am too blunt - but for good reason. She doesn't need a date. I think she can handle it on her own don't you? So he backed down and scampered off with his tail between his legs. Kat thanked me and we are all just good friends now.
see Laura, my brutal honesty can pay off sometimes.
Our house turned in the potluck house this last sunday. It was quite the turnout- we only got half of the people in the photo. Next week it will be breakfast foods.
This is a picture of me, jessie and kat. Jessie is my local girl roommie- she is so fabulous. She is a surfing instructor and very good at it. We will be pros in no time!!
to bad there was a water drop on the camera- it blotted out Jessie! we had so much fun trying to catch waves- i am going to be so sore tomorrow!
We had a blast. It is so beautiful out there on the waves. We saw a turtle and tried to chase it down. I love Hawaii!
ask me what I did for labor day! ASK!!
some would say I did it all.
go hiking. go dating. go snorkeling. go kayaking. go sunning. go sleeping. go blogging.
in that exact order.
I started my day at 3:30 a.m.
we went to the stairway to heaven. I love that place! I could go there once every week and be happy. I blogged about it before. those of you that come to visit me better be in shape for this because it is the most amazing experience of the island. tourists don't do this.
we cruised on home and at about 10 a.m. my date picked me up. we went to sharks cove to snorkel. it was amazing. I am still getting used to my camera and also diving so my picts aren't the best. the good pictures were taken by the guys. did I mention snorkeling is the coolest thing ever. a-mazing!!
after I was dropped off I felt like I hadn't gotten enough, call me crazy. so I went to the beach to just take a nap and chill. when I got there I attempted to find my own little secluded spot but was stopped by a few local boys. they were kayaking and I just tried to walk by and say hey but that wasn't happening. they said to me in classic pidgin:
"you want try?" the intonation in pidgin for questions goes down, mind you.
I was about to turn them down but I have wanted to go ocean kayaking since I have been here. so they strapped me in and I cruised out. here's where I get cocky. as soon as I started paddling they said "Oh, you try before." no. I have never tried it before. but one of them came out with me and I ended up knocking his kayak over- ACCIDENTALLY! I felt so bad. I thrive on beating guys in there own sports. HAH!
WHAT AN AMAZING DAY! I can't stop thinking about it. my sore body won't let me. I'm so beat . . . sigh.
I cheated.
I am supposed to wear my glasses until wednesday of next week but you saw the pictures- I went to the beach and I wasn't wearing glasses. I gave myself a day- just one day!! why am I being punished?
so here's what happened. . .
I am still not completely orientated with my surroundings and with all the unpacking I am constantly searching for things. I think I accidently left some things home. so I couldn't find my contact solution and it was getting late. I haven't worn contacts in a long time so I just assumed that I left the stuff home. so I asked my roommate Mana if she had some I could borrow. she told me it was in a basket under the sink. so in my drowsy state I checked the basket and grabbed the first thing that looked like a contact solution bottle, filled my case, popped out my contacts into it, and went to bed.
the next morning I knew I should wear my glasses and hold off for the contacts for another week but it was so nice wearing the contacts and my eyes felt fabulous. my rebel alter ego won the internal battle and I went for the contacts. I unscrewed the tiny lid and preped for inserting the contact into my right eye (the non-ulcer side). As soon as the contact touched my cornea my eye muscles contracted and my eye started burning like a mo-fo. I kid you not- I started to scream it hurt so bad!! I couldn't pry my eye open to get the stupid contact out! it was stuck tight and I started gushing tears and snot all over the place. after a few futile attempts, I finally pryed my eye open using all of my fingers and pulled the litte buggar out. OUCH!! I had to lay down for an hour before the stinging was bearable.
later on that night I talked to Mana about it and we discovered that I grabbed her very concentrated cleaning solution- which was a crappy generic brand anyway. I told her it felt like clorox and she said it was probably just as stong. she did the same thing once and paid for it too.
two days later . . . it hurts and is still red but I've learned my lesson. yeah, it's a pretty good idea to follow doctor's orders. . . . sigh . . . I wish I were smarter.
