holy monkeys

holy monkeys, I have been lax about keeping this thing up to date. Sooo, unfortunately, the sustainability volunteering stuff has hit a slowdown because it was all through the university and they're on break right now. BUT! a couple cool things I did learn are: there's a good possibility that I will be working part-time for the coast guard for a few months starting in mid-January, because they want a waste audit done on their ships. So, that could interesting. Also! Jack Johnson usually does a big green festival called Kokua Fest, but this year they're handing it over to the program I work with and I am on the planning committee! It's going to be awesome. We're planning a huge event with an "eco-village" of sorts for the whole day and at the end Everclear will play (they're bringing a solar stage!) and then Jack. Jack and I will probably become best friends. We'll see. :P

I've still been working at the health food store. That's going pretty well, lots of food perks. I'm thinking about giving my notice for this college/scholarship/landscaping work exchange I've been doing. It's just not working out, and I'd really like to be closer to town. I'm going to move in with a friend that I met camping on Kaua'i. Her name's Maggie, she's a teacher and she has pet sea horses! : )

I hope everyone's holidays were great. Not many of the people I know here were in town for Christmas, so I ended up hanging out with my host-family/rents. It was nice, they invited me to open presents with them in the morning. My family hasn't done that in a long time, and it felt good. A very warming atmosphere. New Year's Eve was pretty fun. I went out with a guy who I met at a 70's funk-themed prostate cancer fundraiser party and his girlfriend. On our way to Waikiki, he announced that his buddy who captains his parents boat wanted to take it out to see the fireworks, so we changed plans. We picked up two other guys, who ended up being a helicopter flight instructor on Kauai and a Scottish guy that had a London accent. Then we went to the Waikiki Yact Club and met up with the boat captain and two very drunk young women, one in stripper heels. hmmm. After another group joined us, we boarded the boat and spent an amazing time at sea watching the fireworks up close. We just circled the barge where they launched the fireworks from. It was wonderful! I wish I had pictures.

Frisbee league ended, and pickup has been dwindling BUT the great news is that Kaimana is coming up and so many wonderful people from GA are coming. It's such a great tournament, I can't wait to see everyone!

So, that's my life right now. I'm actually really happy. I still plan on coming back to Atlanta in late Mayish to re-access and plan the next move.

I love and miss you guys! Call and write, I wanna hear how everyone else's lives are going!

Jennifer

Below are some pics of my current host-"family" and some hikes I've been on here.