Plane Tickets Bought

We have bought the plane tickets. As I typed the last entry, Mom and Dad were busy arranging how we were going to come back to Swarthmore. We are stopping in Seattle, and visiting Rachael and Brianʻs new home there, for four days, starting August 7th (the plane leaves Honolulu the 6th). Then, on the 11th, we fly back in to Philadelphia airport, which I guess I still call home. I love it here, but I wont be too sad to come back.

Surfing--Trial 2

This is finally working. We have an 8 ft board (from a leaving UH student bought for $300) that my dad and I can finally stand on. Success! We went to White Plains beach on the Ewa side of the island and the waves there were perfect. No, not big. Tiny, actually, but very surfable, and yet somehow not boogie-boardable...weird, I know, because im better at boogie-boarding than surfing. They just donʻt curl over, but they still have some power behind them. Over the course of at least a month and 4 or so Sundays at White Plains, I stood up maybe 10 times. Dadʻs stood up less, but thatʻs because he lets me use the board most of the time. I can now almost consistently catch and ride the wave into shore. Finally!  :) Thank you to the random people who have given me pointers about what and what not to do.