totallyjeneric

It’s been over a month since we arrived in Hawaii, so this will probably be the last post in our Moving series!  We are pretty settled now!  Here’s some randomness that Eric and I want to remember when we look back on this experience in the future:

1.  Of the 30 boxes we shipped via the Post Office, 28.5 of them arrived safely.  We lost half the contents of one box (CDs and DVDs), which fell apart in transit and got mixed with another person’s belongings (yes, we have photo albums that belong to someone else… it’s so sad!).  And another box, full of Christian books and a couple Bibles, didn’t make it at all.  Do you think it’s a coincidence that of all thirty boxes, we lost the one loaded with the gospel message?  I sure hope our books made it into other boxes and are bearing fruit somewhere!   I’m also thankful that we didn’t lose any of our personal/sentimental stuff, which would have been irreplaceable.

2.  We finally went to the beach this past weekend.  Finally!  We watched the sun set into the ocean, while standing shoulder-deep in the ocean… it was beautiful.  Wish I could post a picture, but I didn’t have a camera by my side this time… hoping I would see the world with both my eyes… Maybe next time!

3.  Frozen yogurt exists in Hawaii.  YESSS.  It is expensive as ever, but nonetheless, it exists!  (It was our first post-move date!)

4.  We’ve been watching the Big Bang Theory a lot because 1) Eric’s coworker lent us her DVD of Season 1, 2) we don’t have a TV (though I may have scored a free TV today!), and 3) I will be teaching physics next semester, and the show is about a bunch of physicist friends.  It’s quirky and funny!

5.  I love waking to the sound of birds in the morning.  Not so much to the sight of geckos.  Sleeping in our home is a let’s-be-one-with-nature kind of experience.

6.  Vehicle safety inspections in Hawaii are a joke.  It takes less than 2 minutes and involves checking lights and blinkers.  Eric was shocked!

7.  I need friends.  Despite being an introvert and a homebody, I am realizing that I really need people.  People (in addition to family) to love and to be loved by.  I’m 99% positive that Eric feels the same.  Please pray for us in this regard.  Also, that we will have patience because friendships take time, of course!

8.  The inside of our wedding bands is inscribed “Ruth 1:16-17″, part of which says Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. This phrase has been dear to my heart lately, as Eric and I have transplanted ourselves from one coast to another and from one family setting to another.  Our home is not a house or a location or boxes full of things; no, our home is each other.  This move would not have been possible if not for our commitment, our family, and our God.  I am very thankful!  (If you think I’m being sappy, watch the Notebook!)

9.  I got a haircut yesterday for the first time since our wedding… over TEN inches chopped off!  That’s a LOT of hair!!

10.  Finally, because posts are more interesting with something visual, the following clip (which has absolutely nothing to do with our move) is just too cute!