POUNDED!!..... twice

So I'm thinking that I'm so good at body surfing right. Yesterday at the beach we are doing our norm of chillin in the water and trying to catch the big waves. We had brought our boogie boards down and were floating and not even paying attention. HUGE wave came up totally out of nowhere! TOO BIG to jump so yes, slammed right into us. I went down. When I say I went down I mean into the sand and swirled around and tossed with the current of the wave. Boogie board shot straight up into the air. BAM... I was a gonner! I finally get up and get situated again. One thing you have to understand when you come to hit the waves, buy the best dang swimsuit you possibly can. The wave seems to rip mine right off me every time I get slammed. Yeah, its great I tell ya. So back in I go to shoot for another and I see my roommate but right behind her is a big wave coming over her head..... I try to move as quickly as I can but before I knew it, it had me again. I was trying not to cry over my laughter. I couldn't believe twice in a row I was slammed into the beach! Don't get me wrong... it does hurt. But it's the best DAMN hurt in the world.

Birds of paradise

The flower behind me is one of my favorites!!

Hairspray...

Yesterday took a trip to the mall. It's about a 45 minute bus ride into the town of Kaneohe. It's a beautiful ride along the north shore coast. It was kind of nice feeling like I was in civilazation with the mall. We saw the movie Hairspray and I thought it was pretty funny!

Here's the funny story for the day. First off... it gets so hot here that usually when I get home from walking around town I change into my nightgown. So today was definitely one of those days. Second our washer and dryer are outside and in the front yard. My roommate and I had some time today to get some laundry done. So here we are walking down in our nightgowns going to put our laundry in. As we walked back to the door we realized we locked ourselves out!!! IT WAS HOT... I tell you!! Well we remembered we had our bathing suits and towels drying on the clothes line in the backyard. So we changed in the garage, thinking we will just go to the beach till someone gets home to let us in. Then we saw there was a ladder back by the shed. So my roommate being the brave one that she is climbed to the roof and thru our sliding glass door to unlock our front door. I'm sure all the neighbors were watching and got the best show of their lives today. 2 white girls in their bathing suits trying to break into their own apartment! We definitely hit the beach after that... just to cool off!!

My first bus ride to WalMart

Well yesterday I had my first bus ride down to WalMart. They have conveniently called the transit system here "TheBus". Imagine that. LOL. We took off about 7am in the morning and finally arrived 2 hours later. My roommate and I were lucky enough to sit right behind a woman that took a shower in her perfume before she graced us with her presence on "the bus". I thought I was literally going to throw up, it was so overwhelming. WalMart was our day-o-fun. Bought my first boogie board yesterday and a TV tray to eat on since we don't have a kitchen. Yes this was very exciting for me! The ride home was interesting to say the least. The bus gets very crowded during the day and we were able to get plenty of people watching in. It was great. Went to the beach last night and hit some bigger waves. The biggest I have seen yet. I have mastered body surfing and now moving on to the boogie board. Hoping to one day learn how to surf. Although... still a little afraid of those man eating sharks!! There is an island about a 1/2 mile or so off the shore of our beach where the tiger sharks breed. We were talking to friends last night and just found out that the sharks come up to shore after dark. Yea, I don't think I will be going moonlight swimming EVER!!