While I was at my dad's house tonight we got a call from my step-mom's sister. Apparently my step auntie has an old Hawaiian man for a neighbor that was able to predict Hurricane Iniki before anyone else, and now he is predicting that on August 19th a tidal wave is going to hit Oahu. He said that Kaneohe, Waianae, and the Leeward coast are all ( Read more... )

Well the reality of moving is finally setting in now that Jason has left. Tomorrow I have to give up my car to Matson, and I have a feeling that I am going to really miss the independence factor. I have 2.5 days (or 20 hours) left of work, one day till my mom gets here, and 12 days until I leave for a while. I am a little lonely without someone ( Read more... )

I will now be looking for an apartment with Sarah Norris.

Well I have started looking for apartments/studios in Seattle and decided that I have to live in the U District and within walking distance to campus. It is a little difficult to look from so far away, but my mom is helping a lot. So far I have some good leads, but I am really hoping that Tessa gives me the name and number of her landlord because ( Read more... )

Today I received an email reminding me to sign up for new graduate student orientation...at UH Manoa. I guess they didn't get the memo on the whole not going to UH thing. Part of me wants to sign up anyway because they went through all the trouble of sending me an email, and they did promise "exciting" door prizes ( Read more... )

Well today I found out that one of my little sisters is going to have surgery to remove a 9x7 inch cyst from her abdomen. Apparently her doctor found it on Monday and my family only saw fit to call me today after meeting with the pediatric surgeon. I have talked to my dad twice, step mom once and other two sisters multiple times in the past few ( Read more... )

Well I started my new part-time schedule at work this week. I now work half a day on Sunday and then Monday and Tuesday. Since I used to work 10 hour days the new eight hour day feels really short (but nice). I now have plenty of time free from work to: make plans for moving to seattle, spend time with my family, spend time with friends and ( Read more... )

Today I got the graduate assistantship with the social work department that I interviewed for yesterday. In exchange for working 20 hours a week in the social work computer lab I will get a tuition waiver, monthly stipend, and insurance benefits!!!!!!!!!!!! ah, life just got easier with about $18,000 in loans that I don't have to take out for my ( Read more... )

Jason and I drove to Walmart tonight at 9:30pm to get me my first "turn based" RPG game (Jason helped me out with correct terminology). I can already tell I am going to get hooked. Geeks of the world unite!

I went to my first strip club.