Diary Day Two

Hmm.. So a bit after I posted that last blog I got distracted by GivesMeHope.com and LoveGivesMeHope.com. (I'm such an optimist, I know. But I was bored outta my mind!)

I was still in bed when Nick called me to check up on how I was doing. When I admitted I hadn't really left the bed, he said he'd call me back, promptly hung up, and left me waiting. I heard someone coming down the stairs and his dad peeked in through the door with Nick on the phone asking me to come upstairs and grab a bite to eat or at least grab a drink or something. I really was fine, hahaha. I kept telling myself I'd go upstairs and strike up some sort of conversation with his father but I kept getting distracted by friends messaging me, GMH, and Facebook. Yes, I'm the usual typical teenager obsessed with those social networking sites (not really). Anyway, about 4:45 PM his mother came home and realized I was still in bed. She was like, "Oh my God! What are you doing here?! Where's Kevin?!" Hahaha. She asked me if I'd eaten anything or if I even left the room. When I said no to both questions she was just, shocked. She went to look for Kevin and when she couldn't find him she asked me where he went. I told her all I knew that Nick had called him and asked him to bring in his cammies to the recruitment office and that I hadn't seen him since. Anyway, she apologized saying that it was Kevin's job to take me around the island while Nick was at work that day. I said it was perfectly fine that I'd been distracted by the internet anyway. We chatted a bit more and she went back upstairs. She came back down a bit later and told me she'd warmed up some spaghetti for me to eat. I thanked her and said I'd be up in a moment. I called Nick who said he was almost home. I went upstairs where his mother had prepared me a bowl of spaghetti and garlic bread along with some iced tea. Yeah, it felt kinda awkward with just her working in the kitchen, me across from her eating, and small conversation. She said she really enjoyed the pastries I brought over, which is really good. I practically bought at least one of everything in that bakery. Hahaha. I guess they haven't seen an order that big in a bit so they all seemed a bit confused. When I explained I was flying over to Hawaii and going to present them as a gift they started to wrap each pastry in an individual bag. So considerate! I had to tip them. I only had $2 cash though. The pastries ran me around $50 but they were still pretty fresh when I landed. Yay!

Anyway, Nick came home and he made himself a bowl of spaghetti as well and sat down next to me explaining that I didn't HAVE to eat at the dining table if I didn't want to. I got up to clean my plates when I noticed the view outside his window - GORGEOUS. When I exclaimed this (more to myself then anything), his mother overheard and told Nick to open up the blinds. This whole side of the house is made of sliding glass doors that open to a back balcony/porch that has BEAUTIFUL views of Pearl Harbor. It was breathtaking! I totally forgot I was holding plates and I went outside and explored. Hahaha. Eventually I went back in, did the dishes, and went back outside to explore. He has two ponds! One is full of guppies. I noticed they were mostly Swordtail guppies (i'm a bit of a fish nerd). The pond in the front is full of Kois. The top (separated by a waterfall) has younger koi, and the bigger bond below has HUGE kois! I stuck my finger in a bit to see if they'd try to nibble at it. Nick said they would. Haha. However, I freaked out when one of the bigger fish started swimming towards it, and pulled my finger out last minute screaming. Hahaha. His house is amazing. His family is SO great! I met some of his friends earlier today and they were SO friendly! I'm starting to wonder why I was freaking out about coming here. Nick was right, everyone here is just so friendly and nice! Helpful too!

After dinner (my breakfast/lunch [now that I think of it the only thing I ate all day]) we sat down in the living room to watch some TV with his father. We had a bit of small talk but it was mostly between Nick and his father.

Anyway, Nick and I went back into the room and watched videos on YouTube (I didn't know what a kookaburra was or the song), looked into the pure silver and gold collection he has and what not and.. just random stuff. His mom invited us out to go walking and I accepted. I want to see more of his neighborhood. It's pretty nice. Everyone was so friendly. I guess everyone here walks their dogs all at the same time. Hahaha. They took me down to the park because they said the view would be even better. All those city lights? It was breathtaking! His mother apparently studied botany when she was in college so she'd pick flowers, hand them to me, and tell me the names of them. Nick says this is a sign that she likes me. That's really good news to me.

We got back and I chatted with his mother some more before heading back downstairs with Nick. I complained about needing a shower so he showed me to the shower and told me how to use it. Which, was pretty simple I guess, but nice to have the rundown. I moved my stuff into the bathroom and showered as fast as I could. It was kinda late and I didn't want to annoy his parents or anything. Anyway, after my shower, I knocked out on his bed and no matter how much Nick protested I refused to get up. I was just so exhausted! I didn't even take out my contacts before I knocked out. I guess eventually he gave up because when I woke up this morning he was sleeping on the other side of the bed. Hahaha.

May 26, 2010.
Nick had work at 9AM and I decided I would go with him. I figured I'd just walk across the street to the mall and do some shopping. I dressed up in a high backed skirt and a plain black shirt with black flats (I gotta look decent, right?) and headed out. I ended up getting distracted at Nick's work. His Sergent and Staff Sergent never came in (they ended up being at an all-hands meeting and they left Nick in charge) so Nick sent them all to the Pearl Harbor Navy base to go work out. Anyway, long story short, they left, Nick took me out for breakfast next door at Dennys (I was craving a lumberjack slam!) and we saved our pancakes for a poolie in the office. Sad story when it comes to him, but I don't think i'm really allowed to tell it. Not until he's officially enlisted into the Corps anyway. We hung out at the office playing CoD:MW and CoD:W@W. First Nick and I, then another poolie came in late so he played a bit as well. After an hour or so, Nick called the other poolies at the gym and told them to come back to the office. When they got back, Nick excused them. His SSgt texted him telling him to take "Noah" (sad story boy) for a bite to eat and a shower. So we grabbed the keys to the govvy and took him to PHNB. We dropped him off at the gym to shower and Nick and I went to the gas station to put gas in the car. We picked him back up, dropped him back off at the office, and went for a walk in the mall. Shopped around a bit till Kevin got there, picked up his car keys, and we went for a drive. We got shaved ice, and headed to the park that is like, right next to the water of Pearl Harbor. Just past the bridge to the left, the Arizona Memorial could be seen. I can't wait to visit that area! Anyway we got back in the car and was going to go pick up some fish for his dad's aquarium in the bar (it has one lonely fish! ): ) but his dad kept saying not to soooo, we didn't. We got home, I did the dishes while Nick played with Kitty and we knocked out in his room while watching TV. No joke, like, we were GONE. Haha. Actually, he's STILL knocked out. (:

There's bowling with his friends tonight. I'll be meeting a pretty big majority of them I'm assuming. I figure I'll just wear jeans with the black shirt I knocked out in. Hahaha.

Anywho, it's 8:30. Bowling's at 9PM. I guess I should wake him up now.

Until tomorrow, toodles(: