Day 278: Kauai Trip and First Week of School.

I'm baaaaack!

As everyone who follows or talks to me knows, my family came here for Christmas. I saw my family around 7 the night they got in and we left for Kauai the next morning. The flight from island to island is seriously soooo short. Like, half an hour. You get up in the air, listen to 2 songs on your ipod, get some juice, and land. I went to Kauai when I was like 4, so it was like going to a place I have never been to before.

Kauai is very country. Not a lot of people are there, and it's just really relaxing. We stayed in a resort and spent a lot of time at the pool and laying out for the first few days. We did hit the north shore there (although I must say, Oahu's north shore is my favorite. I might be biased tho) and the beaches are super pretty. I went snorkeling and it was so unreal how many fish were around me. There were so many, it was insane. There were so many pretty ones, and there was seriously hundreds of them. Probably my favorite part of Kauai.

For Christmas, I got a flip video camera which I am so stoked about. I also got final cut to edit it in. I also got some new clothes, movies, and yes, I finally found a place to fulfill my craving of my peppermint chocolate chip shake craving.

We flew back to Oahu, and spent some time in Waikiki, the beach, shave ice, and we shopped a lot. I got a lot of new clothes for this semester and I got really tan this break. Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is being filmed here in Oahu, and I actually saw the Black Pearl in the marina next to our resort. One of the workers told us about it, and it was fun walking over to see it. Now I just need to find Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.... My family was here for 15 days, and it was a blast being able to show them around my island and just being together again.

My family left me monday night, and classes started on Wednesday. Can I just say, I ALWAYS get laughed at on the first day of class? Don't ask me how, but for some reason, it always happens to me. It's a curse. It's never anything crazy, but I'm always noticed the first day. Which could actually work out in my favor. Anyway, my history class was calling roll, and I am used to being one of the first names called. So I heard, "Lindsay" so I raised my hand and then I heard him say "Bush" and I saw him marking down my name on the roll. I turned to the person next to me and said, "uh, that wasn't my name." He kept calling names, but no one was responding. After a few more names, he was like, "oh, this is the wrong class roll." And then picked up our class roll and looked at me, along with everyone else. I said, "Oh, I don't know why I raised my hand." Everyone and the teacher started laughing at me. He then called my name, and I raised my hand once again, and everyone started laughing again. Not totally embarrassing or a big deal, but still. Every single semester something happens I swear. Keeps life interesting for sure.

I'm really excited for my schedule this semester. I'm taking 12 credits which consists of a World Music class, History 201 (one of my last GE classes left!), Intro to Anthropology, and Intercultural Peacebuilding. I'm actually excited for most of them and I already have quite a few friends in each class, so that will make class more fun. I'm also still working for the campus news shooting videos of events around campus.

One of my old roommates transfered out here and is now my roommate! I have missed her terribly, and I am so happy that everything worked out and we are living together again. It's going to be quite the semester. We always have so much fun together, and now that we are in Hawaii, we are seriously going to have a blast.

I seriously got so dark this break. The first few days on campus, everyone was saying "Wow, you got some SUN!" I guess that's what happens when you spend your whole break laying on the beach. If school doesn't work out, I know I have a future in becoming a professional beach bum. I'm well on my way!

Just a reminder, in 2 days it's 1/11/11. I'm pretty sure that's a powerful wish day and whatever you wish for will come true if you wish exactly on 11:11. Of course, it doesn't measure up to November, but it doesn't hurt:)

listening to: bob marley-one love/people get ready.