I Have Returned... :P

I'm back in Hawaii now! Been a long, fun-filled summer... but it's not over yet! I know my updates have been few and scarce between but to sum it up, I had such a wonderful time with my family and church family that I almost wish I didn't have to come back. :P Once school starts I know I'll get into the 'groove of things' but I'm still going to have to go through 'Japan-withdrawal-symptoms'. :P

First off, many thank yous to the people who came to see me off before I left for the airport. Your prayers have helped me so much while I'm in Hawaii and knowing that I will continue to have everyone's support is such a great encouragement. Oh, yes, before I go on, I didn't come to Hawaii alone; my good friend Maria also came along to spend a few weeks with me in Hawaii for vacation. It's definitely going to be lots of fun while she's here. :D

The road to the airport was a bit crowded so it was a bit slow going though it was nice getting to listen through a whole Dave Dobbyn album. ^_^ Got through the check-in veeeeerrryyy quickly so Maria and I were able to have a relaxing dinner with my parents. Good Japanese food; yum!

Good-byes are always really tough so with many tears and hugs, I said good-bye to my parents. *sigh* Going to miss them sooooooooo much though I know I can still 'bother' them through the internet. lol! Maria and I were able to share three seats between the two of us so got to stretch out and relax more than we would have had to if we had someone sitting next to us. Had our own individual tv screens so watched Ice Age 2 and while Maria slept I watched Take the Lead. First movie was really good, second was so-so though I really liked Antonio Banderas in it. He's really a talented dancer and played a really likable character. Slept a little bit afterwards but not too much. Did some computer then we landed in Hawaii, about 30 minutes off schedule since we had some departure delays.

Going through customs was crazy what with the heightened security after the Europe incident the other day. :S So it was almost an hour before we finally got through everything. Naomi was there to pick us up and we went straight home first. Unpacked a bit before heading to Happy Days to have a late lunch. Yum-yum! Missed their food...

Got home and did a little more unpacking before exhaustion set in and Maria and I just HAD to take a nap. Slept soundly for about 2 hours before Naomi came to wake us up since it wouldn't be a good idea to sleep too much else we'd be unable to sleep at night. More unpacking to do, plus I had to shuffle stuff around and clean my stuff up to make room.

Erin came back then after a little while, we went to pick up Taco Bell for dinner. Got the Mexican salad as usual; delicious! Watched 'highlights' of Fosse then watched an episode of Monk. FINALLY got my room cleaned up. ^_^ Took a shower and now here I am, typing away at my blog. I apologize that I have no pictures up; for some reason I'm having a problem with blogger.com and it won't let me upload pictures. Grrr... I have to try to figure out what the problem is.

Anyway, I'm off to bed! No particular plans tomorrow except we might do some shopping in the afternoon. G'night!