Thanksgiving Break!

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! Or, as I've heard it called a couple times "Mahalogiving". I will admit, Thanksgiving is a little odd when it's not a home. All the students wards each put together a big meal and event for their members. I definitely missed the Costco rolls, haha, but everything was great! I got some Ted's chocolate haupia pie--soooo good! After we ate and watched some of our ward's escapades, Kent and I headed for the beach! It was a perfect day for it--the weather was great. We went to Shark's Cove and did some snorkeling. The water was really clear and there were tons of fish. It's amazing there--the colors of the coral and the fish are incredible. We climbed over the rocks to watch the waves too. We then walked to the next beach over to see the waves there--they got pretty big! Right up until we sat down to watch. After waiting in vain for more big ones, we walked down to Waimea Bay- my favorite beach! There were some waves there too; we saw a couple surfers up there.

Looking out over Waimea

On Friday we decided to brave the crowds and go to the Ala Moana shopping mall in Honolulu to try and get some warm weather clothes. We caught the bus shortly after 7am and got to town at about 9. We nabbed some sweaters and the like at Old Navy and hit up a couple other stores before heading back. Our venture was very successful! We ended up taking the bus around the Leeward side of the island to get back. Since we went to Honolulu on the Windward side, we ended up seeing the whole island in one day! Luckily we had brought homework along with us, so the three hour ride was somewhat productive...

This week coming up is the last week of classes! Hooray! I've really enjoyed my classes this semester, but I'm ready for some new ones! This week is also finals week (for me). Most of my teachers decided to give their students a break and have their finals early. For me, it just means that my finals week comes sooner :/ But it's only two weeks before I get to go home! I'm really excited!