The Misadventures of Island Living

taking a goofy picture in the reflecting mirror by the diamond head lighthouse

Sharoleen and me by the ocean

This was before we found the big cardboard. This piece is really too small for me, but I wanted to have the experience anyway!

I was a much better cardboard sledder on the big piece of cardboard,  my camera died so I couldn't get pictures

Lastly sliding down the hill!

This morning started out to be a promising day to hike Diamond Head and enjoy Bible Study in the park… only I overestimated my sense of direction in Hawaii and set out to find the Chevron past the Jesus is Coming Soon Church without a GPS. On my way to pick up Philios, one of the Chuukese college students, I got lost. I was told to exit off King Street, so that is what I did. I exited off of the King Street that I had come across a couple of weeks ago…Little did I know that King Street is BIG and the freeway has multiple King Street exits. I am not even in the right town. I stop at a gas station to get directions and then head back the opposite direction to hopefully find my way. In the process, my phone rings and Philios is trying to get me there too! Well I couldn’t hear him on the speaker phone and pick up my phone. I maybe have it next to my ear for 15 seconds when the blue lights go on behind me and I am getting pulled over.  I pull over and wait for the officer (the window is already rolled down because there is no air.) thinking it might be a really good time to shed a tear. Of course no tears come and all I can say is how sorry I am and that I know that I was wrong. I did manage to tell him that I was lost and he said that he would get me to where I was going.  After taking my license, I prayed that maybe  he would have mercy on me the poor lost girl driving a beat up van. Not so, he came back and apologized for having to give me a ticket. Then he asked for my local address and for the life of me I couldn’t think of what it was. At that moment, I don’t even think that I could have told him the town that I was living in. I think I am the only person in the world who can get pulled over, have a amiable friendly conversation including laughter and still get a ticket... I think I just look guilty... which I was... there is no denying the fact that I was on my phone even if I was getting directions. At least I got good directions to the Chevron Station right past Jesus is Coming Soon Church from him...those were the most expensive directions I have ever received!  Lesson learned: Don’t talk on the phone while driving in Hawaii…no exceptions….follow all traffic laws because I don’t have the gift of getting out of tickets ( and it is the safe thing to do).

I arrived at the Chevron station past Jesus is Coming Soon over an hour and fifteen minutes late… making it impossible for us to climb Diamond Head and still be on time for Bible Study. Instead we drove/walked around Diamond head and took pictures at all the scenic places!

At the park, all these kids were “sledding”/ sliding down the side of the hill on cardboard boxes. My inner child came out and I had to try it (after all the kids went home and left the boxes!) Not as fun as sledding in the snow, but it is a fun memory!

During Bible Study the birds surrounded us from all sides… I probably was the closest I have ever been to a bird. I tried to remain calm, cool, and collected. The only time it didn’t work was when they were flying mere inches above my head.

Finally, to conclude my evening, I remembered how much I love to do laundry in a laundry mat… You wash all your clothes at once and dry them all at once! In less than 2 hours all the laundry is done!! I love it!!!!

Happy Sunday to you all!

Love, Kelly

Still having a good time even if we are not hiking! Lastly and Philios are with me in this pictures

Lastly, Philios, and me... climbing trees