Hawaiian Blues

I've been feeling a little guilty these last few days for throwing a pity party when I'm living in such a beautiful place, but, can i just say, this past week was rough! I guess even in paradise you're bound to get the short end of the tiki torch sometimes. A homeless guy grabbed me, wrestled my phone out of hands and took off. Then I just about had the worst work week ever with back to back deliveries, emergency c-sections and postpartum hemorrhages. What's up, Bad Karma? To what do I owe the pleasure of your company? I believe this week may have spurred me into a mid-twenties life crisis. I've been trying to come up with a new and completely different career path. Something that does not involve saving lives.

I think I need less work and more of this...

Waimea

Posting has been difficult because I'm working nights. Shawn works weird hours sometimes, too. Good news though: I have 4 weeks left of my travel assignment! It WILL go by fast.

Shawn's sister, Brittany, came to visit last week. One day we went to Waimea Bay on the North Shore. We all jumped off the 30 ft rock. It hurt! And while I was jumping off the rock, my pink float blew away and was intercepted by some locals. But it was totally worth it. Here is more of my video magic. You can see me jumping off the rock in this one. I'm the one on the highest point of the rock. Shawn held the camera while he jumped.



More jumping. This video is of Shawn and Brittany. Brittany was so scared!

I got a new camera

Shawn and I went hiking in the Makiki Valley the day before I started work. Then we came back and went swimming. And I videotaped it all! I wanted to try out my new little handheld camera. Watching this video may cause motion sickness. It may also cause boredom.

But we look classy underwater!

4th of July

We went to Dave's room for the 4th. His room overlooks the marina and Ala Moana Beach Park. We ordered chinese and had a great view of the fireworks.

This is the view from my balcony. That rainbow is ALWAYS there.

Maui

Last weekend Shawn had to work in Maui. I tagged along. A few of the moments from our trip...

Lahaina Sunset




Lahaina is an old whaling village that now has a lot of gift shops and restaurants. But it's still adorable.


I love this place. Good food and tasty cocktails.


We drove up to the Iao Valley.


This Banyan tree is unbelievable.


The hotel was on a rocky beach with a beautiful view.


I'm ready to go back! Oh and I guess I should give Shawn credit for the photography.

Aloha

I've been in Oahu for just about two weeks. It's been an amazing time so far. I love leaving the doors to the lanai open 24 hours a day and always being able to see and hear the ocean.

I'm looking forward to getting a really awesome tan and becoming a pretty solid surfer. This may be a problem though due to the fact that I am scared to death of getting a sunburn so I constantly reapply spf 30. So far, no tan lines whatsoever. Shawn asked me yesterday, "So have you always not been able to get a tan?" My pale skin is relentless. I also don't like getting into the ocean past my knees, so I may have to reconsider my surfer dreams until I can get past the fear of a shark eating my leg.

The news announced the other day that close to 300 jellyfish were spotted on Waikiki Beach. I mean, really? That is not helping. For some reason, the amount of jellyfish spikes after a full moon. As a labor and delivery nurse, I have learned to fear a full moon due to the effects it has on the uterus (you can say its a myth, but I swear it's true). Now I have one more reason to dread the thing.