Update. (Yeah, I'm out of ideas)

Again - I begin with an apology for not having kept you up to date on my blogging. The pace has definitely picked up ALOT lately and as of right now, I really should be studying instead of getting on the computer.

I finally gave up on trying to take an English class and am now enrolled in Psych 210 - Developmental Psychology. I love the course, but the teacher is well... I wouldn't take her class if I had a choice.

She's nice. We get cookies and treats every lesson. She comes in late nearly every class (by 15 mins or more) which works out really well for me (even though the class is at 11). Sister Jackson is actually the wife of a psych proffessor that used to teach here but is now in the hospital doing chemo or something. She's nice, but she's boring and I learned more in the introductory psych class I took a couple of years ago than in this class. Still, I have 4 chapters to read before I take my first test on Friday. I might just read the stuff on the study guide and be done with it. It's hard to absorb stuff when we never discussed it in class.

Dances of the pacific class is really fun, but we haven't done alot of dancing at all. Mostly, she's talked alot about the syllabus. We did a couple of things here and there and I'm just dying to learn more.

My exercise class. Hmmm. We have to do 20 minutes of excelerated heartrate (within the target zone of 120-150) 5 days a week. Our first day was yesterday. I'm not the healthiest person. I hardly have any fat on me at all, but that doesn't count for ANYTHING.

Mark and I went running around the tennis courts yesterday and well, I feel sorry for him because I'm slowing him down - BIG time. And then we keep trying to talk and he makes me laugh - as if I wasn't already having difficulty breathing!!!

My job:

Ooooh - where do I start?!! So far, I absolutely LOOOOOOOOOOOVE it! It's just so cool to be a part of the PCC. I haven't gotten tired of greeting tourists with a big smile and an "Aloha" yet. I love wearing a pretty mu'u mu'u, flip flops and a flower in my ear to work everyday. Waving to the cute japanese people on their canoe tour is always fun. But it's always the coolest when people ask to take pictures with me and my friends or they point their camcorders our way. I feel like a celebrity you know, and I'm not even some celebrity lookalike at Disney world or something - I'm just being me. That's just too cool for words.

I haven't given my own tour yet - I nearly got assigned one yesterday but I was away on errands. I have taken a few people here and there from place to place in between tourguides and such but that's about it. I don't feel prepared. I love talking to the people in the group - and they seem to love to talk to me. You know, a cute little asian girl who speaks good English - which retired couple could pass that up?!

But I don't know enough about the polynesians and can't talk about ANYTHING when I'm taking them around besides just holding a regular conversation. Maybe if I do a good enough job, they wouldn't realize that they didn't learn anything at all that day. Hmmm.

Things between Jared and I. Hmmm. Still unresolved, but well, we're talking now, sorta. I guess. I don't know. Still need to have a talk with him or something. Oh well. Bygones. *sniff*

Called home last night. If it wasn't for Su, I don't know when I would. It was her idea to get up at 3.30am to call home - bless her heart. It makes no sense to me to do that. It was worth it though. It was great talking to mom and I know she always wants to talk to us. I think half the reason why I don't call home alot is because I'm afraid of becoming homesick after. It always happens. As long as I don't look back I'm ok.

Ray was cute as ever of course. It was good to hear a little about how the youth camp that I was supposed to be there for went (*gulp* I completely forgot about the treasure hunt I promised to help do). I guess deep down, I do miss home alot. But this is home too so I'm doing really, really well.

I was watching a movie with my roommate Jen last night (Centerstage. Shhh. Don't tell). What struck me was the feeling I got when I watched all the romance in the movie. It used to make me so lonely. It's so strange to watch it knowing that my man was just across the tennis courts in his dorm room and that I would see him the next morning. Not to be cheesy or anything or to rub it in for you single people out there. But yeah. It's so nice to have somebody. I found myself crying (even though it was only a mediocre movie) not because I was envious - which was usually the case before - but because I was grateful.

I like how things are going now.

Jen's trying to talk me into going to her aerobics class with her. I might give in. Never done it before but heck, I'm in college.

So - I'm off to carpe diem!!!