One Week and counting!!!
My family left today and it was super fabulous to have them here, it just made me all the more aware of how ready I am to leave living in the hotel!
My family and I had quite the week, including road trips, eating bonanzas (yes it is actually possible to have an eating bonanza . . .), and toured some killa areas of Kauai. One of the highlights was a great boating/snorkeling trip we took along the NaPali Coast and on to the private island of Niihau (only true Hawaiians currently live there). The views were incredible and we even got to go under a waterfall off one of the NaPali mountains, but the ride was a little rocky and made a few of the riders sea sick. Of course, my family and I were troopers and kicked back to try and enjoy the ride as much as possible. We weren't originally going to go on a boat ride, but we won a free "two for one" ticket and being the adventurous type that we are, we decided to go for it. I begged for the day off and then we were set! It was a fun time and I can't wait to look at my mom's pictures from it.
It was great to have my family here with me especially since by the time they left, I felt that they had become kamaainas ("locals") to Kauai as much as I have. With the coaching of my Mom, after all of the hints that were being dropped by a number of employees, I decided to ask Kelly Hoen if they were considering a final offer for me. Kelly would make practically daily comments to me like "Well, when you come back next year . . ." or "Sure hope you'll be here to see the changes . . ." and even when my family was here she said to them "We REALLY want her to come back . . ." I was starting to get antsy. If she kept dropping me all of these hints why wasn't she giving me an offer? So I nonchalantly approached her about it and she said yes, they were putting together a final offer for me and that I would see it soon! Yay! Haven't seen it yet, but should be very interesting to see what they decide to give me.
With the news from Kelly, still not set in stone of course, but I started thinking about Kauai just a little differently. I looked at things as a person who could live here, a person who could make their home here. My family helped me see to see it even better. While they were here, I could see if they liked it and what their thoughts would be about me making a final move out here. It would be great to have a job in the bag before school even starts again, but I have to see what they offer me first. I really don't see how I could find anywhere better to work or a better group of people to work with, so I have strong feelings that I will come back to Kauai.
This week James asked if I would be willing to help out the Bell Desk this week, since they were short on staff. So tomorrow I will start as the Bell Desk clerk and work for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night. Then I'll only have a few nights left and then be off to California. My parents spoiled me with great home cooking and now I'm even more ready to be out of a hotel. Oh well, won't be too much longer and I still have a few things to work out before I can leave :)
My family and I had quite the week, including road trips, eating bonanzas (yes it is actually possible to have an eating bonanza . . .), and toured some killa areas of Kauai. One of the highlights was a great boating/snorkeling trip we took along the NaPali Coast and on to the private island of Niihau (only true Hawaiians currently live there). The views were incredible and we even got to go under a waterfall off one of the NaPali mountains, but the ride was a little rocky and made a few of the riders sea sick. Of course, my family and I were troopers and kicked back to try and enjoy the ride as much as possible. We weren't originally going to go on a boat ride, but we won a free "two for one" ticket and being the adventurous type that we are, we decided to go for it. I begged for the day off and then we were set! It was a fun time and I can't wait to look at my mom's pictures from it.
It was great to have my family here with me especially since by the time they left, I felt that they had become kamaainas ("locals") to Kauai as much as I have. With the coaching of my Mom, after all of the hints that were being dropped by a number of employees, I decided to ask Kelly Hoen if they were considering a final offer for me. Kelly would make practically daily comments to me like "Well, when you come back next year . . ." or "Sure hope you'll be here to see the changes . . ." and even when my family was here she said to them "We REALLY want her to come back . . ." I was starting to get antsy. If she kept dropping me all of these hints why wasn't she giving me an offer? So I nonchalantly approached her about it and she said yes, they were putting together a final offer for me and that I would see it soon! Yay! Haven't seen it yet, but should be very interesting to see what they decide to give me.
With the news from Kelly, still not set in stone of course, but I started thinking about Kauai just a little differently. I looked at things as a person who could live here, a person who could make their home here. My family helped me see to see it even better. While they were here, I could see if they liked it and what their thoughts would be about me making a final move out here. It would be great to have a job in the bag before school even starts again, but I have to see what they offer me first. I really don't see how I could find anywhere better to work or a better group of people to work with, so I have strong feelings that I will come back to Kauai.
This week James asked if I would be willing to help out the Bell Desk this week, since they were short on staff. So tomorrow I will start as the Bell Desk clerk and work for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night. Then I'll only have a few nights left and then be off to California. My parents spoiled me with great home cooking and now I'm even more ready to be out of a hotel. Oh well, won't be too much longer and I still have a few things to work out before I can leave :)
posted by L @ 5:34 PM
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