if nothing, i'm consistently inconsistent

for some reason, i find emailing, texting, blogging, facebooking, etc to be so hard.  i don't know why that is but i definitely struggle to keep up/in touch via those means.  oh, and the phone.  so basically, if you want to know what is going on in my life, come visit ;)

exciting (ok, maybe that's a strong word) goings on:

it's been beautiful weather, minus the humidity of course.  i went snorkeling this past saturday and it was so beautiful underwater.  the water was really rough so i did get a touch of motion sickness.  it could have been really bad but i made it out of the water without losing my lunch.

i'm crazy busy at work with clients, upcoming inspections, trainings, and lots and lots of paperwork.  it's nice to be busy but now it's getting to be too busy.  it all depends on the day though.  some days, i have a bunch of "no shows" and get lots of stuff done.  of course on the days i hope people will "no show," everyone makes their appointment.

i'm (trying) to study for my upcoming certification test.  nothing makes me procrastinate more than school work.  i have serious anxiety about it but find a million other things to do instead of studying.  tonight i was especially productive;  i avoided cleaning my house AND studying.  

i've watched/seen more movies here than i ever have.  i guess it's how we feel connected to the states.  and everything (except bars) closes early so its the default activity.  my friend is going to set up my xbox to stream netflix then it's really going to be on.

i've come to really appreciate ocean sunsets.  i have an amazing view from my house and try to watch the sun set most evenings.  i wish i had a fancy schmancy camera so my pictures would do the sunsets justice.

i miss everyone like crazy.  it feels like it's been forever since i was in the states but it's only been like 3 weeks.

i really want to go galavanting through asia.  anyone want to meet up for a tour of asia?

update on 31 things

i must say, so far i'm doing much better this year than i did last year.  here's for setting your sights low!


1. hike mt. fuji-done and done
2. live to be 32-in progress; i've survived over a month of being 31
3. make 5 new friends-haven't started yet
4. avoid great white shark breeding grounds (contributed by my bro, Josh)-in process
5. visit at least 3 new countries-haven't started yet
6. get SCUBA certified-haven't started yet; going to take the class after my MAC certification test is over.
7. grow my hair out-in progress; it's to my chin!
8. get a will-haven't started yet
9. get a japanese massage-done
10. go to tokyo disneyland-done
11. go to the states at least once-done
12. get master in addiction counseling certification-in progress; i take my test in 6 weeks...eek
13. read more than i watch tv-in progress
14. save my cost of living money every month-in progress
15. learn basics of japanese-in progress
16. walk the seawall by my house every night-in progress; walked it for the first time last week but haven't been able to since then due to the typhoon.
17. use my vitamix everyday-in progress; not quite daily yet but a lot
18. use less store bought items, make more things myself-in progress; made homemade facial toner.  
19. blog once a week-in progress; you are reading a post right now so that's something.
20. email a friend/family member once a week-in progress; this may be pushing it.  my mom emailed me to say she mailed my boxes and i replied with thank you.
21. actually do the things i pin on pinterest-in progress; see #18
22. get five stars on just dance-in progress
23. read 5 classics-haven't started yet; the memoirs of cleopatra is taking forever to finish.
24. be active in my ward-in progress
25. get laser hair removal-haven't started yet
26. sew one thing-haven't started yet
27. keep a daily gratitude journal-in progress
28. use my craft supplies-in progress; i made an adorable wall hanging with some antique silverware and scrapbooking paper.
29. decorate for every holiday-haven't started yet; to be fair, i was gone for the 4th.
30. only buy things i really love-in progress
31. cut back on dairy intake-in progress; i have to eat all the dairy in my house before i totally commit to being mostly dairy free.

tokyo trip

my friend, amanda, and i decided to go to tokyo with the main goal of hiking mt. fuji but with some other fun things thrown in there, like tokyo disneyland!


here are the highlights of our trip:  


tiniest hotel room ever-

meiji shrine-

summit of mt. fuji-

tokyo disneyland-