Maui

Hello! It’s been awhile, huh? I’ve not been keeping up with this blog in part because of my other one (mohalakitchen.wordpress.com) and in part because I just haven’t been doing anything exciting. Well, that’s not entirely true. The exciting stuff that I’ve been doing just has kept me so busy that I haven’t had time to sit down and write about it! Or edit any of my photos. So since it is nearly after Christmas and I will soon be departing on a brand-new adventure, (Thailand! Twelve hours until we leave!) I thought I ought to share some of the things I’ve been up to and the photos I’ve taken along the way.

Brett’s parents came to visit in early December which was awesome, as they are the kind of parents you actually want to hang out with. We got to stay with them on Maui for a bit (Brett got to stay longer than me, as I had work and class. Jealous!) and then they came to Oahu and we got to show them around a little bit which was fun. Hands down, the coolest thing we did, though, was wake up ridiculously early and drive up to the summit of Haleakala, Maui’s tallest peak, and watch the sunrise. It was incredible.

In other news; we are going to Thailand! Tomorrow!! Gah! We are working with a group called Engineers Without Borders here in town, and we are going for our first site assessment in the hopes of building some kind of dam or water reservoir for a village in the Chiang Mai province. It is extremely thrilling for us, because neither Brett nor I have ever been anywhere in Asia so this will be an entirely new adventure. We are going out a week before the rest of the group and will have our own little vacation before meeting up with the group and going into the village. I am not bringing my computer, so I probably won’t be able to update while I’m there, but I promise to do so (more promptly) when I return!