"If this is just the beginning, my life's gonna be beautiful."

These last 2 weeks have been the biggest breakthrough points for me thus far. I have truly grown as an individual, mentally/emotionally. I have let the past, that stood in my way, become the past and have decided that the future, and my well being and happiness, are all that matter to and for me.

The biggest success, or so I thought, in the recreation of myself was moving to Hawaii. However, it wasn't until these past 2 weeks that I realize that by moving here, yes I made a huge step for myself, but I wasn't truly embracing my destiny here in Hawaii. I have realized that to truly fulfill my destiny and time in Hawaii, I need to put myself out there.

That was is why I joined Plenty Of Fish. Now as many of you who have used POF know it is a website that people hugely use as a way to hook up with others their age. However, that was not what myself, and my roommate wanted to use it for. We wanted to meet friends. We each met a handful of people and discovered that through this strange new world of online friendship/relationships/hookups that there are fun people to meet. I have now made some good guy friends.

Not only only have I made friends through POF but I have begun to focus on friendships that were in my life but not as significant as they are now. I am happy to say that I am getting closer to my roommates everyday and they have become my new Hawaiian family. Not only that, but Fanchon, one of my old roommates, has become one of my good friends. I have discovered through all this that I don't need a large quantity of friends but that really I just need some good friends that possess great qualities and have my back.

Speaking of having my back, I want to thank my Theta sisters for having my back through my ups and downs here in Hawaii with a particular individual. Thank you Ashley Gunderson for loving me and being willing to take down my enemies (literally ha). I have found that no matter the distance or time lapsed that I can always count on my Theta sisters to be there for you. I love you girls and miss 2500 University more and more everyday.

I am going to dive head first into my life in Hawaii. I am going to take chances I wouldn't normally take, I am going to become a stronger person, and I am going to love myself and my life. As I begin this journey I am going to participate in everything possible that Hawaii is going to/has to offer me. Watch for my bucket list to see what I check off as I go through this adventure. I hope all of you continue to follow along with me as I become a better person.

Thank you to my friends and family for always being there for me and loving me unconditionally. I couldn't be the person I am today without you.

Miss you all,
Jenna

Please Forward To The Address of 1425 Punahou Drive

So the month of May flew into my life at a frightening speed. I have only been here 3 months but I feel that the days and weeks go by so fast. Matt and I FINALLY got to move into our place on the 15th and I fall in love with it everyday. I bought my queen sized mattress (first big girl bed ever!) on Craigslist and it just happened to be that the girlfriend/boyfriend who were selling it to me were moving back to the Mainland that same day. They still had a ton of stuff in their place so later I called them and asked if I could have it. Needless to say and thanks to this lovely couple from Oregon, I got a queen sized bed, 2 end tables, coffee table, kitchen table with 4 chairs, toaster, and couch for $100.00. Man I love Craigslist. Even though we don't have a ton in there the place feels like home. All we really need are decorative and some things for the dining room, oh and a tv ha.
Luckily we had that furniture or it would have been a real bummer when Caitlin, Melissa, and Cassie came. I had a great time with the girls here and miss them already. That has been the hardest thing here is not having a big group of girlfriends and guyfriends, but hopefully that will change in the next several weeks.
Lauryn and I are participating in a book club with Fanchon, Bryon's roommate. I am very excited. I have always wanted to be in a book club. Not sure if that makes me nerdy or intellectual. I didn't have a chance to read their first book with the girls being here but the second one, which we start this week, I already bought and are ready to read: The Secret Life Of Bees!
Work has been good but I am getting antsy to get back into the classroom. I just need to keep reminding myself that I came here to enjoy my youth and that I don't need to rush into a career.
There isn't much more to talk about,sorry for the lack of details and interesting things.

I'll come up with better things to do discuss next time ;)

Aloha,
Jenna