Woah! Time has flown by. I looked at my calendar today in class and realized I have been in Hawai'i for a month! I've started getting into the swing of things. Classes are well underway and I'm trying to balance going to the beach with all of my homework. Luckily, most of my homework involves reading and you can read just about anywhere...including on the beach! :) I've started some light research/literary reviews for my thesis. I'll update on that when things become more concrete.
I miss all my friends back in Atlanta (& the rest of the continental 48) but I am slowly but surely making friends here. It's odd going from Georgia State where I knew over half of the school and was super involved to Hawai'i where I know about 30 people and have yet to join an organization or get a job. I guess all that glitters is not gold. I have been making friends though. There are 3 girls on my hall who I have gotten to know. We eat together almost every day and always go to the beach together on the weekends. I lucked out having an awesome RA (Resident Assistant for all you old people who read this.) Our hall is fairly quiet, but fun at the same time. One of the girls and I have found ourselves hanging out with a group of Samoans recently. They are super musically inclined and love to sing. It's cool hearing them sing in Samoan (or English) & they are going to teach us how to speak it. I have NO idea how to spell anything they are saying but I know how to say one or two things. Hopefully I will be able sing in Samoan soon! :)
The weather here is wonderful. It is in the 80s with an ocean breeze ALL THE TIME! It sprinkles a little bit every day but only for a few minutes. It has only rained hard once since I've been here, which is nice. There are 2 seasons here- the dry season (summerish) and the rainy season (winterish.) It's actually not as humid as Atlanta which is a nice break. I'm diggin' the consistency. Theres no use for weather.com, which many of you know I would never leave my house without checking.
One final thing, I want to send everyone postcards and fun Hawaiian things! So email me your address & I'll send you things! Or if you want to send me things (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!) shoot me an email & I'll give you my address.
heatherblount@gmail.com
Aloha!!
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