My summer tan is fading! But I still rock my summer dress.


That happy, lucky man is Aren, who, as of today, has been gone for a week. :(

Not much has happened since I last wrote. I have just been stressed from school and life. Sorry I have not been posting many photos lately. I have been misplacing my rolls of film and have been procrastinating on braving the Walmart parking lot to go drop off the film to get it developed.

Hope you all are well.

The beginnings of a 4-pack! I have never gotten past 2!
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There was a long, dry spell between us where all I could think of is how many other boys there are in the world, and what are the chances that I found my soulmate on the same tiny island that I was raised on? I still don't know those odds, and I still don't know if he is my soulmate, but I love him just the same. I cannot get enough of him right now.

Today was hot and left me lying on our bed in front of a fan, and then he came in and put a wet rag on my forehead, and my neck, and my belly, and he dripped some water into my hair and I thought, Yup, I love him. It's been a year and two months, which is nothing in the long scheme of things, but I'm proud of it.

My hands are covered in spray paint from last night - all you in Hilo, look out for about ten more cats around town, in black and gold. They're everywhere. ;)

OKAY. I'll finally write about my trip with some photos here and there. Everything went pretty well.. the plane ride seemed to take forever and did a good job at wiping out my enthusiasm for the trip, because my allergies were so horrible that I was sneezing almost 6 times a minute. Buuut then we got there, saw my dad, drove to my cousin Miki's house, and promptly went to sleep. The next morning, we drove down to Oregon!



After the 3hr drive there, we had to kill time before our 5 o'clock dinner, so we went to Lloyd Center, and went ICE SKATING. I haven't done it since I was 8 or so, and Olin's never done it, so it was really fun for both of us.





I was so jealous of this one 5-year old girl. She looked Japanese and was doing these amazing turns and spins and when I was 5, the only thing I wanted to be was a figure skater, like Kristy Yamauchi or Michelle Kwan. I've decided that I'll take some lessons when I move to the mainland! I may never be a great figure skater, but if I can do recitals in local adult pairs competitions, I will be happy. :)

Then we dropped off our bags at my aunt's house. Aunt Sue and Uncle Keith are probably the relatives on my dad's side that I was closest to, since I've been to their house twice before, and I've always liked it. Unfortunately, this time was not so nice. We got there, and Aunt Sue seemed kind of cold.. she asked who my friend was, and I just thought she wanted to be introduced to Olin. However, when we were all upstairs sorting out the sleeping arrangements, she said, "Oh, you two share a bed? Then I don't want you in my house." I was confused and shocked, and didn't know how to react, so I kind of laughed nervously. I thought maybe she was joking, but she wasn't. Apparently, she is a fierce Christian. No one warned me, and I felt horribly for days after. LATER I discovered this is all because my dad never told her Olin was coming up, agghh, my dad is so terrible at things like that.



Anyway, then we ate dinner at my grandmother's nursing home, which was Hawaiian luau theme. Funny. Olin and I sat across of the pastor, his wife, and his beautiful granddaughter Ellie, and we had a really nice conversation with them.


Olin, me, dad



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