Fiji!

Okay, so Emily wanted me to post a blog on Fiji, and I've finally gotten around to it/remembered to do it. I'm not sure there was anything that interesting that happened on my trip, but here goes...

The trip to Fiji was sufficiently LONG. It was only my mom and I, though, which I appreciated. My Dad and brother got snowed in, because Jake had to stay for his dance concert. My Dad had to figure out how to change their flights around, because theirs got cancelled. He managed to do so, much to the surprise of my mom and I.

When we got to Fiji, I felt like I was in a dream. We got off the sea plane, and they made me take off my sneakers and Christmas socks that Emily got me so that I could get off of the plane and into the water.

A girl my age from Australia was on the sea plane with us, and we sat together and ate breakfast while our rooms were being made up. Firstly, I think Australia only breeds tall, leggy, beautiful blonde people. It's like their law. This girl had also been traveling for the past year and a half or so. She told us that she went to NY, Boston, and then down to Brazil or Peru or something where she met her current boyfriend, and then travelled up to California by multiple buses. How cool is that? She had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. While I do, and appreciate that fact, I also wish I had the time to travel to cool places and magically meet boys that want to travel across country with me.

Anyways, the first few days of the vacation consisted of me going stir crazy. I think it's really sad that in our society we feel panicked if we aren't multi-tasking. At least I do. No TV, no internet, no texting. All I had was a lot of books, and my family. And while my family is pretty good as far as families go, they can't replace technology for instant gratification. Even now, I'm watching TV, on the internet, and have a book opened beside me that I read when I get bored of doing the countless other things I'm trying to do. I wish I could go back to Fiji and turn everything off. It really gave me relaxation that I rarely get. Okay, except I would have all of you there with me, and probably a cell phone that got service :p

Once I got past the craziness, I started to get used to the lifestyle. No one is hurried in Fiji. NO ONE. People sit in the pool, sit in the ocean, snorkel and look at beautiful fish. And everyone is a family. Really! There were families who had been coming there since their children were 7. They knew the staff, and were friends with them. Everyone you passed greeted you ("Bula!" is the word for "Hello"). I plowed through 8 books sitting on the hammock by the ocean and watching the sunsets, which were absolutely phenomenal. Some of the pictures of the sunsets are at the beginning of the post. They can't even capture how beautiful the sky was!

My next point is that Australian children are the cutest children alive. Really, if there was a little chip I could put into my children to make them have that accent, I would do it. Or, you know, I could just marry an Australian man and live in Australia...

The flight home was the worst flight I've ever been on. We went through a storm, and the plane was going crazy. I really thought I was going to the Lost island. Or just die in the Pacific Ocean, but preferably the former.

So..that's pretty much all I have to say about Fiji. I'm sure I'll remember various stories and tell you all when I see you (Two weeks from today until our first class!) I hate breaks. I mean, I love them, but I always feel like they'll be so much longer than they end up being. I plan to do a billion and one things, and then I get stressed out and it's like I'm not even on break! Except that I've been waking up at 2 in the afternoon and can't seem to sleep for less than 12 hours at a time.

Well, I hope you're all having a lovely break! Miss you all! <3