Hawaii Week 1

Hello all! This has been a very interesting and life changing week. We have been in Hawaii for about a week and so far we love it here! The people are nice, the food is good, and the beaches are amazing. So far this week has been pretty laid back with a few ups and downs. Work wise Michael spent most of the week getting in-processed to the new base and I spent my time in the hotel waiting for him to come back. We are still waiting for a house here on base and were told it's going to be a 2-4 month wait, we highly doubt it will be that long, but we are calling everyday hoping to annoy the housing office so much that they will give us a house sooner (so far it's not working too well). The hotel we're staying at is also being difficult, they say they don't have rooms open after next week so we have no idea where we're going to stay. We also won't have our car until the middle of December, so we've had a rental car for the past week, it may be convenient, but it is getting expensive. However we can't complain too much because we are in Hawaii.

We've already met some really nice people here and are making friends fast! The environment and the feel of the base is much different than it was at McGuire, however we still miss our friends there! Thankfully the people here are very welcoming and are super helpful. We've had people feed us multiple times, offer to show us around, I also spent the day with one of some of these awesome people when the hotel was doing a day long maintenance routine. We also won't be alone for Thanksgiving, two different families offered us a place at their table. Sunday we're going surfing for the first time which will be interesting, hopefully we come back in one piece!  

The View from the Beach on Base

Overall we love it here already, we just wish we were in our house! Hopefully soon we'll be given a house so that we can get more into a groove here. We miss everyone so much already and the time difference is really throwing us off, being 5 hours behind everyone at home makes communication a little bit harder! Remember to call or text us whenever you'd like and we'd love to Skype or Facetime with anyone who wants to! We're also open to people visiting us whenever they feel like it, especially when we get our guest bedroom up and running!

Love & Miss you all!

~KbM

1 More Week

It's crazy to think that 1 week from today we will be in Hawaii. It seems like yesterday it was June and Michael had gotten orders to Hickam and now we're a week away. Tomorrow the movers will come and get all of our stuff, they pack it and carry it down to a moving van so we don't have to do too much work. I'm making lists of stuff that we have so that we can be sure that we get it (some veteran Air Force wife advice I was given). We're also about to pack all of the clothes that we will need this week and that we will have for about a month and a half while we wait for the rest of our stuff to arrive in Hawaii. We won't be getting our stuff until the middle of December (or so they say, it'll probably be longer). We are also very far down on the base housing list so we will be staying in a hotel for possibly a month or longer. We're in for a treat.

This week has been very quiet, just preparing for the movers and the move. We had a little goodbye/21st birthday party for me which was fun. There was even ice cream cake thanks to my best friend here. I also finally got to hangout with one of my Air Force girls that I have known for over a year which was a ton of fun!

Leaving here is going to be sad, but we're going on an adventure. We're going to miss all of our friends dearly but we're so excited for what Hawaii has in store for us!

 

 

 

 

 

Here's Your Daily Dose of Tony!

~KbM