Up All Night

So this weekend was a long weekend. There was no school on Thursday or Monday, but for some reason there was school on Friday. My goal for this weekend was just to relax and hang out. On Thursday I went to town with two of my roommates, Sharee and Kelts, and we had a blast. We went window shopping and just had fun. It was nice to get out of Laie for the day. On Friday, I went to class but then hung out with the roommates all night, went to the beach, and had some fun. You never know what is going to happen at the Quiet House when all the roommates hang out together. On Saturday, Heidi and I tried to go to the beach, but it was overcast, windy, and started raining on us. We were probably at the beach for a total of 30 minutes before we gave up and headed back home. Since it was such a crapy beach day, all of us just watched movies, went out to dinner, and had a blast together. My roommates also tried to teach me how to do a cartwheel. I probably have attempted over 200 cartwheels and almost have it. I just have trouble keeping my back leg completely straight, but I am going to get it!! On Monday we just watched some movies, made treats, were silly, and had a good time together. We stayed up late every night over the long weekend and had fun together. I live with some of the greatest girls in the world!!  There never is a dull moment at the Quiet House. Someone is always thinking of some new adventure, crazy stunt, or some other outrageous thing to do.

My Favorite Places

There are a few things in life that make me really happy--and i mean like a little kid on Christmas happy. There are four spots I have found in Laie that give me this feeling. They are so random, but I love them.

1. The end of the Point-I have an obsession with water/fountains/things like the Belliago water show and the end of the Point has its very own. Off the point maybe twenty yards, there are 2 other volcanic rock formations that stick up out of the water. When the waves are huge they hit the rocks just perfectly that they splash up and make a "water show". Sometimes the water splashes up 10 or 15 feet in the air. It is really cool and I love it!! The pictures do not do it justice and I always took them a second too late so you cannot see how amazing it really was.

2. The swing set and grass field-I love playing on swings so much and a few weeks ago I found a swing set!!! My favorite part about this swing set is that it is not easily found, You would have to know where it was to find it. This means that no one is really ever there!! I love to go on my morning run around Laie and then go play on the swings afterwards. There is a huge grass field around the swing set, so at night time you can lay in the grass and see a million stars!! It is gorgeous and might be my favorite spot in the entire world right now.

3. The grass hill-I love this grass hill because after I do my long hills workout, it is the perfect place to just go lay down and rest. It is also a really good spot to look at the stars and clouds from which I love. This grass hill is one of my favorite places because you literally can see the beach from it. It is really neat to be up on this hill and see the small little town of Laie, the beach, and the ocean. I wish I had a picture of it, but believe me, it is breath-taking.

4. The Little Mermaid rock- There are actually two places on the beach I really love, but I don't know how to describe the other one. The Little Mermaid rock is literally this rock (with tons of sand on top of it) on the end of Temple Beach that goes out into the water. It is a great place to lay out and you feel like Ariel when you are on it. When I go to the beach, I always go to one of these two places and love it. You can see forever into the ocean and it is just so relaxing.

This is the other spot, it is a little past Temple Beach and after the curve in the beach. There really is no better way to explain it.

Weather report

It has been raining cats and dogs for days. There is tons of flooding and there was a huge thunderstorm last night. I went on my phone to check the weather forecast for this week and this is what I saw. I am pretty sure that is a picture of snow and it is not 32 degrees outside. But it is raining with a flash flood advisory!!!! Maybe, just maybe, campus will flood and school will be cancelled!!!

SUNSHINE!!

In Hawaii, there is no such thing as winter. But there is a rainy season and a cold season. And when I say cold, I mean the 60s and I am putting on a few layers and bundling up cold. The past week in a half, it has been nothing but overcast skys and a constant drizzle. However, the sun is out today!! There are still a bunch of clouds, but it is warm enough to go to the beach and have a nice relaxing weekend. I have actually missed not going to the beach this week! But some nice beach time in between the two huge papers I have left to finish this weekend will be fun!! Hurray for a good start to the weekend!!!