Now I realize that I have not really updated this blog since I set foot in Hawaii, but there has been so much to do! A "pet friendly" hotel, new keys, painting, beach-going, etc. Point is...I have been busy, but because I still have almost an hour until the Aggies BTHO Auburn and both the Tech/K-state and UGA/Florida games are ridiculously boring, I will update as much as possible now.
First off...for future reference "pet-friendly" may or may not mean the same thing here in Hawaii as it did in Texas. We stayed at the ONLY hotel that allowed dogs over 20 pounds without a huge fee (this one was $25 a night). We reserved our room for a week, but quickly decided to cut that stay a little short. Now when I say quickly,I mean as soon as we walked into the building, smelled the marijuana, and saw the security guards... :-/ We did stay the one night, but got up the next morning...looked our "roommate" in the eye and went to Kmart and bought a futon! (our roommate was of the roach variety...living, not the one our neighbors were smoking) It was great! Luckily we were planning to buy a futon anyways. We had water and electricity so all we needed was a bed for a few nights until our stuff arrived. No big deal.
Second, for everyone wondering how life is on this island...I honestly don't feel that it is that different. I mean it gets a little awkward after about 7pm when you realize EVERYONE you know is asleep and you have no one to text your funny jokes to, but I am getting past that. But other than that...we have Wal-mart, Kmart(which I am not used to, but it's nice), Lowe's, Home Depot, Target, Ross...McDonald's...Pretty much everything except for a handful of restaurants that I miss somewhat, but I never really ate at them so it's not too bad.
Third...what am I doing? No, I have not been to the beach everyday...It gets hot at the beach! The Hawaiian islands have been a little lacking in the wind department...which is rare. Take the wind off the beach and it gets pretty hot, humid, and a little crazy feeling. I have never in my life had the opportunity to sit and watch a flag on the beach NOT move. It was slightly confusing. However, the weather up here on the mountain is amazing! It rains almost everyday, but it has not reached 85 degrees yet. most days it has been about 78-80 degrees. I dig!
We have been working on making our condo...ours. If you remember, we had this PURPLE master bedroom. It is now "del Coronado Tequila" (a shade of tannish white) and "Island Orange." Our dark tan living room is now also the tequila color! We ordered black countertops for the kitchen and they should be getting here in the next few weeks.. Hopefully, it will look really good! We will see. Other than that, we are taking it slow. living on island time I guess.
Here are a handful of pictures I have taken so far. Hope you enjoy. Sorry we haven't done anything "cool" yet, we are LAZY! haha no, not lazy...we are on island time :-)
our living room...notice that Robbie still has painting to do
my new beach bummin pal :-)
Yes! you can actually order Pizza Hut from your TV...I think this is great!
some wave action...waves were over 10 ft yesterday
Patio...we still need an umbrella
the haze is called "vog" aka volcanic fog!
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