The (Is)Land of Palm Trees and Sunscreen

Hello, everyone!  So, yesterday I returned from an eight-day-long trip to Hawaii.  It was really fantastic and really exhausting and I really, really wish I hadn't had to return to the Land of Deciduous Trees and Cows, but such is the way of things.

Here is a (sort-of) summary of my trip, complete with photographs.

I saw some beautiful beaches.

One of the only black sand beaches in the world!

I snorkeled.

Sea turtle!

I saw some dolphins pass a few feet from me.

This one actually turned to smile at me, but sadly, I was not able to capture that. 

I hiked in the rain forest.

Shira and I had dramatic beach photoshoots, one at 2 in the morning, one at a more decent hour.  But no pics of The Sister, because she is shy (ha).

I saw The Black Pearl.

I went to the aquarium.

UNICORN FISH!

I went ziplining.

I saw so much beautiful scenery I feared my head might explode.

And finally, things not captured by camera: I a) swam with sharks, but could not take pictures because I was too busy clinging to cage bars for dear life, and b) got a really spectacular sunburn on my ass.




That's about it!  I can't properly summarize my trip, and those pictures can't properly express the ridiculous beauty that is Hawaii, but this is as close as I can get.  And now, after an eight-day trip and fourteen-hour flight . . . I get to leave for a month-long writing camp!




P.S. Apologies for the formatting issues.  Blogger is being rather stubborn.

Bikinis and Writing Camps and Extended Hiatuses

Hello, all!

So, I've got news that is both sad and exciting: I will be on a semi-hiatus from now until August 4th.  Tomorrow, I leave for Hawaii (hence the bikinis); I'll return next Sunday, and then two days later, I'll leave for a month-long writing camp.  Now, I'm crazy excited for these.  I mean--Hawaii! Sleepaway writing camps!  I don't doubt that I'll have a shitton of fun.  However, my internet time will be extremely limited.  I will most likely have a laptop in Hawaii, and I'll have access to computers on the college campus, but I won't have anywhere near the amount of time it takes to be fully active in the blogaverse.

Now, that's not to say I will completely disappear; I will still try to have several posts a week, and I will attempt to do some commenting.  But there are no guarantees.  Some days I may not be on at all.

I don't like leaving you guys (even though I won't be ENTIRELY cut off), but it can't be helped.  I will be back in full come August 4th, but until then . . . see you whenever I can!

Much love, and have a wonderful end of June/month of July.