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