American In Sydney

Christmas in Hawaii

(Now that I'm back connected to the world, I'll try to catch you up)

We spent a wonderful week in Oahu with my side of the family. It was so nice to have everyone together in one place where the beaches were beautiful, weather perfect, and company ideal.

Jackson and I got to Ko Olina first after our 9.5 hours flying there, we found out that our rooms weren't ready yet, my parents were going to get in later that afternoon, and that there was a driving range right across the way! So...we gave our things to the bellhop, grabbed a bite to eat a cafe on the beach, and just as we were about to fall asleep (jetlag), we decided to go to the range and hit some balls. Be it because of the long flight, or just general fatigue, I hit terribly.

We made it back to the main building and waited till we got our rooms - which we did. Then I fell deep asleep to CSI Miami. Luckily I woke up to find out that my parents were on the way up! With...Jackson's Christmas present that I had ordered for him from the U.S. Long story short, I had argued with the golf website that Hawaii was a part of the US and that I should ge free shipping, but instead they gave me a discount on Hawaii shipping - who would have known that shipping to hawaii or alaska would have been that much more complicated. Anyway...the clubs came and apparently I was a good wiffie.

Anyway, the following evening my sister came into town and we spent the days lounging on the beach, going to the range, and looking around Oahu, went to Pearl Harbor, and met up with a friend of ours from HBS.

It was so much fun that the night before we were set to leave, I had an emotional breakdown - I wasn't ready to say good bye again...it was really tough. It was just so nice being in the U.S. be it Hawaii with people familiar and places familiar.

The good news is that I think my family may be coming soon to visit us in Sydney! Fingers crossed!

posted by Leighna @ 12:11 pm