A New Kind Of Adventure....HAWAII!

Next Sunday (a little less than a week from today!), I will be on my way to Hawaii!  I will be in Hawaii for the whole month of January while participating in an Intercultural Communication course with the University of St. Thomas Communication and Journalism program.  I'm super excited and will definitely try to keep this updated along the way!  For the first half of the month I will be staying in Oahu and in Kauai for the second half of the month!  To say I am excited to have this experience is definitely an understatement.  Here's a couple of places I'll be visiting: 

 Diamond Head-Crater that formed from a volcanic explosion that occurred 300,000 years ago!

View from the top of Diamond Head: 

On New Years Eve we'll be watching fireworks from Waikiki Beach: 

Hawaii Supreme Court: 

Pearl Harbor:

Kalalau Trail: 

Nuuanu Pali Lookout: 

Smith Family Garden Luau: 

I need to get to packing, but stay tuned for many Hawaiian adventures!

EXACTLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THIS SEMESTER IS OVER!








but until then...

The Beginning of the End (Of Fall Semester)

The end of the semester is always an interestingly exciting, but extremely stressful adventure.  Luckily, I have an insane amount of awesome people in my life right now!  From coworkers at school, to my best friends near and far (okay Mankato isn't that far haha) and my family, I know that these people will always be there for me.  It was unexpectedly nice to find out my coworkers at my school job are so caring about each other and that they genuinely care when one of us is having a bad day.  It makes sense, we are like a little family on campus!

But also how freaking awesome my two hometown best friends are, Lei and Lys.  They are super duper awesome.  Not much more needs to be said!  It's nice being able to get away from the stressful vibe on campus during this time of year and be able to just chill and hang out with them.


The beginning of December has been much more friendly toward me than the end of November treated me.  I am finally registered for 16 credits next semester, which means I am most definitely on track for being able to graduate in 4 years! Uff da!  I just had an interview for a career related job for next semester and I have an interview lined up for an internship that I would be ecstatic to get in the spring!

The beginning of December has also been fun socially.  Last night I had the honor of accompanying a good friend of many years to the military ball. I had no idea what to expect before we got there, but it was so much fun!  And I got to meet a bunch of great people and make a couple new friends!  Good night, with good people.  Nothing better than that!  And having that much fun was much overdue.

But for now, it's time to get back to cracking down on studying for finals and finishing up end of semester projects!

Happy December (minus the crap snow and cold weather!)

Also, 21 DAYS UNTIL HAWAII!