What's for breakfast??

This morning had a very interesting start. As Jeff was in the room adding to yesterdays blog I went into the kitchen to start making breakfast, just as I have most mornings. I should add that the last few days one of the other guests (We will continue to refer to him as pool boy) has poked his head out of his room as I am cooking. It's as if he is hoping Karen is in the kitchen making breakfast for him and his wife, he generally heads back into his room rather quickly with a very disapointed look on his face. This morning was very different as one of the new guests I had not yet met came out to inquire about breakfast (I could see the hunger in his eyes). He started asking me several questions while he was fixing his coffee and rummaging for food. I did my best to answer what I could. Then he asked me where the milk was located, I quickly offered up some of mine fearing for his well being if he had found the 1% milk that "tasted ok". At this point it dawned on me, he thought I was Karen and that I was cooking breakfast for him. I quickly introduced myself to prevent him from trying to eat my breakfast. Soon after his wife walks into the kitchen and starts looking for the sugar. She opens the cupboard to find a 10# bag of sugar and quickly giggles "oh look it's American size". After this Jeff came out to the kitchen and we talked to the new guests a little more. We found out they are from Hamburg, Germany and seemed like nice people. I found it kind of funny that they were the ones who informed us that we are about 3 miles away from the house where Obama grew up in, I had not heard one thing about him since we have been here. We then ate our breakfast in peace out by the pool.

Before leaving for the day we had a quick chat with Karen to ensure she was updated on our whereabouts for the day. She often gives us advise about residency in Oahu, long story short she has basically told us that "you're gonna hate it" for just about every location, except her house. Now that we have been looking at places she will at least agree that certain areas are better than others.

Back to the realty front, we spent the day again traveling around the island in pursuit of finding our ideal location to live. Prior to deciding we could relocate to Hawaii we did our research which included reading blogs/reviews of both the good and bad sides of island living. Supposedly many people feel somewhat trapped, rock fever, and one way to cope with this is to visit the mainland and drive. I have only been in Hawaii for a few days now and we have been driving a lot so the last thing I want to do is drive! Of course this my perspective but I really don't think I am ever a person who wants to drive. This brings us to our next dilemma, today we visited a very nice townhouse (the best yet) which is right on a canal in Hawaii Kai. The location is ideal from the beach, Hanauma Bay, and Kona Brewery (with the pizza slice/salad combo). If I get the position I applied to, which has many outstanding benefits, the drive may be a little long(I am not sure if I like driving). So we spent the rest of the day traveling to many different locations around the island that may be a closer commute. North Shore which had good surf, the Hawaii feel, but still far away and the beaches would be hard to run (I did almost twist an ankle walking). There were a lot of surf children especially a little girl around 10 years old (that had a fine pink surfboard) she had no fear of trying to catch a wave. This made me most fearful since there are no lifeguards on duty and any child of ours would likely be fearless. Ewa beach seems like an ideal alternative yet it is cookie cutter houses and mainland restaurants. I really want to feel like I live in Hawaii, not a wannabe mainland like suburb. Therefore none of these locations could stand a chance to the appeal of the place in Hawaii Kai. After realizing that the clinic I would work at(that is if I get this job) starts at 6:30 this may make the drive far more tolerable since I will most likely beat much of rush hour(and if I don't get this job any other job would be closer). So we came to the conclusion Hawaii Kai is the place for us. We called Bob, the owner, to tell him the good news and it turns out he agrees with us that it is the best place to live. It seems between the time we met with him to see the townhouse this morning at 11am and 5pm when Jeff called to tell him we wanted it he has made the decision to try and convince his wife they should move back to Hawaii. So here we are again, we have finally decided on a location and a place just to find out we have to wait around to find out if it is even really available. Our favorite game- Hurry up and wait...