Small Wonders

When it rains really really hard, the mountains are covered in waterfalls.

When we get bored.

There wasn't much to do today. Didn't fee like going to the beach, didn't have much in terms of homework. Tiffany and I were at loose ends.
So what did we decide?
Arts and crafts.

Then our roommate said she bought fake cobwebs to put up.
Tiffany and I took matters into our own hands.

Then our R.A. Lloyd came to join us.

Then we got a big box and made a fort.









It was a weird day.

Mom: Crusher of Dreams

So I talked to my mum today.
I was excited because in an email she referred to the cats as "fat and sassy."
It made me smile.

I told her about school and how much Thursday's Biology test sucked.
Then I told her that my weekend project was to turn my bed into a fort.
And I told her that I was looking forward to it very much.

Her response?
She doesn't think I'm spending enough time studying.

I was upset.

And so it begins.

I probably should have started this a month and a half ago when I moved to Hawaii. Better late than never, though.

I miss having weird people around me. Everybody here is pretty normal. There aren't even any "alternative" people here. It's bizarre. People here thing I'm a huge hippie slash tree hugger. Not that I'm contesting the fact, both counts are very true, it's just different. It actually makes me kind of sad.
I don't have people who walk around barefoot.
I don't have people who embrace the grubbiness of the great outdoors.
I don't have people who braid weeds into their hair.
I don't have people who surrender themselves to spontaneity.
Oh well. I'm making friends anyway.

Hawaii is an interesting place to live. I live in the mountains, have to walk uphill everywhere I go. At the same time, I can see the ocean from the Pali Highway. And if I'm willing to take The Bus for thirty minutes or so, I'm confronted with the beach. And the ocean. That clear clear water and that blazing golden sun.

I'm getting into the swing of things.
Slowly but surely.

Can't wait until I go home.