Hammerhead at my door?

this weekend was pretty busy..to say the least. Sat I had a little party in the morning for all my lady friends..food and talk. Good times everyone had fun. Later that night we headed over to our friends house to watch 16 blocks with Bruce Willis...pretty good movie. Sunday we had a cookout with a couple of friends...it was pretty chill. Anyway after everyone left me and Camilo were watching a special on Sharks and spearfishing....when all of sudden there is a little knock on the door and here is our friend Matthew with a little hammerhead shark...how ironic. I felt really bad for the poor baby hammerhead, it's not like you can really eat them or anything. He was still alive a little bit and that just made me feel worse. Our friend said he was going to throw him back in but I think the poor guy was done for. :(

Writers Block?

Lately I have had a hard time figuring out what the hell to write in the blog. There really isn't a whole lot going on with me. I have about 7 weeks until I get graduate....hallelujah! I can't wait! July 4th brings the wonderful BayFest in which Staind will be playing....whooo hooo! I was thinking about going to the high school reunion...but I don't know if I can. Camilo is scheduled to go to Fuji at the end of Sept. Whatever...I would like to see some people and probably avoid others at all costs....lol! It's still a maybe if I will go or not. Oh I went to see the movie Poseidon..which really freaked me out. The whole scenario of being upside down in a ship underneath water is terrifying to me. I don't think I will be getting on any cruise ships any time soon. :)

Remembering 10 years ago!

Okay so ten years ago this month...I was dating a fellow belleville east graduate....great guy! Not going to mention any names due to privacy rights..lol! Wow I can't believe it has been ten years since I graduated...I feel so old. I look back at the person I was and the person that I am now....big difference. Although my roots will always be in the midwest, I feel much more worldly now! I have learned to be independent and responsible as opposed to ten years ago! I was the queen of irresponsibility :) I have been to places that I thought I would never see...Times Square on New Years Eve, Central Park in the spring time, Rockafeller Center on Christmas, Washington D.C. and clubbing in Georgetown, San Diego and La Jolla, St. Petersburg, Fla....where I watched two grown men go skinny dipping....yes I hid their shorts, Losing Money in Atlantic City, Skinny Dipping in Virginia Beach, Bootcamp at Parris Island, S.C. and here I am now in Hawaii! I can only wonder where I will be ten years from now!!! :)

Diamond Head Torture Climb

Yesterday we climbed the Diamond Head Crater! It is 560 feet to the top with steep terrain and a lot of stairs! At one point there was 74 stairs going straight-up...very steep stairs. It has some wonderful views once you get to the top....if you don't pass out first from heat stroke! Here are some pics:

Vacation but not!

Okay so Camilo has two weeks off...buuuut he is spending all of his time with Mommy dearest! I am stuck doing homework while they are out beaching it up! I am not bitter..really...I'm not. Monday I got a little break by going to Waikiki to stay at the Hilton Hawaiian Beach Resort and Spa. That was nice. I forgot my camera though, so I have no pics to share. I also went to see Mission Impossible 3...which was really good! Tuesday we were going to rent mopeds but decided to get this little dune buggy thing instead. It was alright if you like cars passing you by and laughing....:)

Exhausted!

I have been so busy since Camilo's mom has been in town that I haven't had a chance to write in the blog. We picked her up on Sunday and Monday was a full day of activities. Yesterday we were at the beach all day so that wore me out. She has a lot of energy! Here are some pics: These are of Mokapu'u Point. It is a long hike up a hill.

Replace the horns with a halo!

okay so my mother-in-law is coming which means that my normal opinionated, stubborn self must start acting like an angel. This is going to be hard!!! I Love my mother-in-law, she is a pillar of strength and genuine character, we usually get along..but we have our disagreements on things like child-rearing and other issues. I must bite my tongue for Camilo's sake. He will get very very angry with me if I don't behave!!!! :)

Slow weekend

This weekend was very slow and Sat sucked! Friday we went to our friends house where we all got into a group discussion about cultural differences. Everyone there was Colombian except me...sooo I always feel a little on the outside. I really miss down to earth midwestern people! Colombians are really nice people they just tend to think they are better than everyone else. Anyway Camilo ended up getting a little drunk...soooo Saturday sucked. We didn't do anything because he was sick. Sunday we went bowling (where I totally won!) I don't let Camilo win....ever! After bowling we went to the movies, we were going to see the Da Vinci Code....but we had lil Matthew with us. So Over the Hedge had to do. After seeing Magadascar, The Wild and this one...all animated films are starting to look the same... :) That was the last weekend we will have to ourselves.....mother-in-law is coming on Sunday....until June 16th...gulp..double gulp.

Camera Happy!

So I got my braces off yesterday! That was an experience!
Anyway I am soooo happy with the results. Camilo went a little camera happy, so he took some pics of me last night. Taking pictures with Camilo is not fun, he is like one of the those photographers that takes an hour before taking the pic....oh and he gives you directions.. look left, look right, chin up, chin down. But he takes good pics.

Catch of the Day!

Camilo went spearfishing on Sat.
I just uploaded these pics of the fish he caught.
Personally when he comes home with fish..I get a little aggravated.
Fish are stinky!
I make him clean the fishies outside...:)
I don't like fish...

Finally!

Last year I made the decision to get braces.
I hated my teeth, so I got them on last February.
Wearing braces sucks! I got the clear ones...but still.
Everytime I went out to a club or ordered a alcoholic drink from somewhere..I got the "How old are you?" LOL!
I hated having my picture taken.....but all of that will change on Wed!!! My teeth are finally breaking out of prison!!! I can't wait!
Camilo says I look sooo cute with them...(love is blind)

Pics from last night

Camilo took me to this spot that is around the cove. This is the area that he goes spearfishing in. This was the first time I have ever been there...and it was absolutely tranquil and gorgeous. The funny thing is, is that this spot is like a five minute walk from my house....:) The pics are kind of dark because it was about to rain on us!!

Mad!

Wow, I have no motivation to do homework or anything this week! I hate feeling like that. I have so much going on next week that I am trying to get as much of this weeks and next weeks homework done...I am just mentally exhausted. Camilo and I are going through a situation from hell. Back in July of 2004..before we moved out here, Camilo let a friend (a fellow Marine) take over his Grand Cherokee Laredo's car payments. The whole deal was that the Marine find a loan of his own...yea right. I was dead set against the idea from the beginning....forseeing the worse possible scenarios. Well the scum bucket stopped making payments, got kicked out of the Marine Corps for drug use and was hiding the vehicle from us. He moved to Texas and we could not reach him. We talked to his mother and father who both covered for his punk ass. Camilo got the police involved and they were excellent. They located the vehicle but the jeep is no longer running and has a huge crack in the windshield. It just sucks! I mean Camilo is going to have to fly to Texas and figure out what the hell to do with this vehicle that we are still paying on. I am soooooo unbelievably frustrated because I told Camilo that this would happen. That you never mix vehicles, money and friends together. :(

Cinco De Mayo and Goofy Pictures!

Cinco de Mayo turned out to be pretty fun! We went to Aloha Tower where we had some Margaritas...it was waayyyyy to crowded! So we left and went to a latin club called Los Palmas. We had more margaritas, dinner, more margaritas! Anyway I got serenaded by a mariachi band...that was soooo sweet! I felt so special. Here is some really bad pictures!
Oh and we danced salsa... The pics are awful...we were a little gone by the time the sombrero reached us!! I didn't know whether to laugh or be serious when the sombrero reached me..hence the weird face!

Perks

Sooo I got my mothers day present early! I wasn't expecting it and it was an out of ordinary present for me....but I am not complaining. Camilo suprised me with a brand spanking new IPod yesterday. It has 30GB so I can download 7500 songs..yeah right! Anyway it is sooo cool, Camilo must have sensed my need to drown out the world!! My new favorite song is Over my Head by the Fray.

Nice Wake Up Call!

Well if there is one thing that I don't want to hear first thing in the morning it is : The State of Hawaii is under a Tsunami Advisory.
I was really scared there for a little bit. The Marine Corps Base is a little peninsula and there is no escaping water. We are completely surrounded! Anyway the advisory was cancelled....and all is normal..for now anyway. The pic above is the aerial view of base.

Weekend

Well we didn't do much this weekend. Friday, Camilo came home tired..very tired and he had to wake up at 2:00, 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. to do role call for Marines that were flying to another Island for training. Saturday me and Yolanda went to lunch at Dave & Busters and then to the movies to see Stick It. It was actually funny. One good line: "Dude, you just took a bite out of my moment, how did it taste?" The other guy "Delicious." I thought that was pretty funny. My friend Sara called me to go dancing at Zanzabars on Sat night..but I declined :( I was too tired. Camilo went biking to Kailua on Sunday (without me). Later we had a cookout with some friends at my house. We made Carne Asada, ribs, regular salad and my famous pineapple salad. It was yummy! Next weekend is Cinco de Mayo so we might be going to Aloha Tower for some festivities.

A Year Off Aloha Style!

Sooo I decided that since my school is finished in August and I will have my Associates in Business Administration that I am going to take the rest of the year off and enjoy living in Hawaii! Some people call it laziness, I call it soaking up life while you can!! I mean we are only going to be here in Hawaii for one more year, I want to enjoy it while I still can. This last year has been nothing but homework! Online schools have more homework than traditional schools because they are accelarated. What was I thinking..LOL!

The sadness that surrounds us.

We went for a family bike ride last night, and on our way back we ran into our neighbor across the street. We were making polite conversation when she mentioned the death of two Marines that live in our neighborhood. It is absolutely heartbreaking because they left behind children and a wife. I just shook my head not because I can't believe it but because I don't want to. I always have to accept the possibility that surrounds my husbands choice of career...death. I don't accept it willingly though. I think I am in denial the majority of the time. Everyone thinks that just because I was a Marine that I agree with the war and what is going on...but I don't (at all). All I can think about is all the women I have come across here and there that lost their husbands. All the praying in the world does not make anyone invincible. They use this line "Your husband died making the ultimate sacrifice for his country." If someone said that to me I think I would slap them. Like saying that is going to make anything better for the wives and kids that are left behind to pick up all the shattered little pieces of their lives.

Lazy weekend

Not much going on this weekend. Friday night Camilo and I went out bike riding....we rode about 6 miles decided we were hungry and stopped at the China Garden. So much for exercise :) But hey we did have to ride the bikes back home! On the way home we saw our friends garage door open so we stopped in for a visit. Our friend Jairo just got a new bar in his garage and he has like two tvs in there. So we chilled in there for a while. Saturday we went to the mall and Sunday we headed out to Kailua Beach with Jairo and Claudia. I got a little too much sun again! You would think I would use more sunscreen....http://www.hawaiiweb.com/oahu/beaches/kailua_beach_park.htm