Aloha!

The time has finally come for me to move to Hawaii! I can't believe it has come and yet here I sit dying of heat in my dorm room in Hawaii! The journey here was quite the adventure so I thought I would update you all on the fun! So my flight left yesterday morning. We had two layovers.. one in Boise and one in Seatle and then we flew to Honolulu. I know it makes no sense, but it was the cheapest flight so I didn't care. On the first flight to Boise my flipflop decides to break. I have no clue how you manage to break your shoe when you are sitting down, but I did. I was left shoeless for the rest of the journey. My roommate Sami and I were on the same flight together and we both had SOOO much luggage! We looked like complete morons walking to the airports laughing and dropping all our luggage while trying to walk. People kept looking at me like I was diseased for walking around 3 different airports in my barefeet. I'll tell you what, those airport floors are DISGUSTING! We tried going down the escalator with our luggage and I was laughing too hard to be able to stop mine from falling. Sami accidently dropped hers as well but at the top of the escalator and had to go running back up the escalator to try to grab her bag. We eventually made it to Honolulu at ten at night and magically found our shuttle and somehow got even more luggage over to the car. We got to our dorms and we were starving!! There's no nearby Walmart or anything so the only thing we could find was McDonalds which happened to be closed besides the drive thru. Obviously we don't have a car so we tried to walk through the drive thru. It didn't work out so well. We eventually found food and crashed in our beds. We spent the day today wondering around campus and playing in the ocean. It's beautiful here and I love it. I'm finally settled in and ready to start class! I live in a small like hovel like bedroom with a public bathroom and shower down the hall for our use. It's weird. It's bloody hot here and there's no air conditioners so I just sit and die of heat but I'll get used to it! I will post pictures of the new dorm and my adventures so far. The people here are great and I can't wait to start making new friends! It's really different here and it will take some time to get used to it, but I can't believe how blessed I am to be here.The best part is the people here walk around in their barefeet all the time! I'm no longer the only person to walk around public places barefoot! It's great! I can't wait to start the adventure!