Refreshed

I feel so much better today. I was so tired yesterday I seriously went to bed at 8:30 pm and woke up at 6:40 a.m. I don't feel tired I feel great. Well, I would feel even better if I didn't have to clean my house but oh well. So let me start telling about Hawaii.

Saturday.
We flew out at 8:20 a.m. (I think, all I know is that it was early) and landed in Phoenix for a 3 hour layover! We grabbed something to eat and just sat around the airport. Me and Silene charged our IPods and just talked. It was rainy in Phoenix and gloomy. Brandon asked about upgrading to 1st class but he didn't. Phoenix was charging more than what Utah was charging so he didn't do it. I think that was the reason he didn't take 1st class, but I so wished we would have paid the extra money. We boarded and we got the crappiest seats on the whole plane, they back, by the bathrooms, and the seats don't recline. Oh yeah and the aisle was extremely narrow. It sucked! Poor Brandon was by the window, me in the middle and some guy next to me. It would have been fine if he wasn't there because then there would have been a seat between me and Brandon but nope it was pretty crammed. I sat back in that seat for 6 hours!!! I remember the airline putting a movie on and I was thinking yes, we only have an 1 left on the plane that's why they are putting the movie on now. Yeah right, when the movie got over we still had 2 hours to go. I just wanted to kill myself at that point. The airlines don't offer snacks anymore, and you have to pay for your food. I told Brandon I was getting hungry so we asked the flight attendant about the $7 sandwiches and they were all gone. He told us that they had their snack pack still available for $5 so we each got one. This snack pack included a tuna salad, crackers (they were gross), cheese spread (yuck), applesauce, water, and a oreo pack. I didn't sleep on the plane what so ever, I mean I could I when I am crammed in a row! I was so grateful to finally land in Hawaii!

It was around 2 p.m. when we landed in Kona. It felt so good to get off the plane. The weather was gorgeous. Not to hot or cold, and it wasn't that humid either. After we got our baggage (that took forever), and grabbed our cars we were off to our friend's timeshare. We are driving and I look over at Brandon and said "I so picture Hawaii different." I picture it sandy, palm trees, just gorgeous and all we see is lava rock everywhere. I'm thinking I can't believe a lot of people like Kona, but then we get into town and it starts getting pretty. I see palm trees, coconut trees, and the cute little town. We couldn't check in til 4 pm so we grab something to eat. Tobey and Silene take us to this Thai restaurant that they love, because of this one item on the menu. We get there and order it. It's a pineapple cut in half, they scoop out the inside and fill it with fried rice, chicken, cashews, shrimp, raisins,and pineapple chunk on top. It was so good! Yummy! After we walked around and checked in. We checked in and we go grocery shopping. We get a few items and the grocery bill was enormous, $180.00! We didn't buy that much stuff either. We bought green grapes and they were $10! I don't know how the people can buy groceries and still be able to live there because it's pricey. After grocery shopping we walked around the shops and grabbed a shaved ice with ice cream in the middle. Shaved ice is a slushee, but they are shaped as a volcano and they are huge! I shared one with Brandon. We walked along the wall, Kona doesn't have sandy beaches they are rocky so they have this wall that you walk along. We headed back and I was off to bed by 8 or 8:30 p.m. I was so tired. I should be since I got up at 4 a.m. that day, finished packing, had a crappy flight from Phoenix to Kona, walked around, ate. My day was done and I slept good!