Aloha!

So a quick recap of the day:
We woke up around 4 this morning (CST) and got everything out of the hotel, mom and dad showered, we got breakfast, and drove all of 2 minutes to the Nashville airport. Our flight was scheduled to depart at 6, but didn't take off until around 6:20. The flight was short, quick, and painless, and it was rainy when we got to Chicago. Once we got to Chicago, we ate breakfast (about $16 or the three of us) and sat down to wait on our 10:00 flight to Honolulu. This flight was long and painful. 9 hours on a plane is NOT my new favorite thing to do. One of the elderly flight attendants had some form of medical emergency, which mixed things up a bit. The in flight movies consisted of "New in Town," "He's just not that into you," and "Confessions of a shopoholic." We finally got sight of the islands around what was 6:30 CST, and it took about 30 minutes to circle around to Oahu and land. We took a shuttle to the Baggage claim, headed down the stairs to find a shuttle to the car rental, and as my dad moved out of the way for some guy trying to go against the flow, I noticed that said guy was my Chris. Who wasn't supposed to be there. Thus, the first thing I said to him, after promptly latching onto him, was "you're not even supposed to be here." Real cute, Caitlin. Real cute. Not even "hello!" or "hey, you!" Just "you're not even supposed to be here." Whaaaaatever.
So we got our rental car, a hundai sonata (spell check me on that one) and headed to our rental apartment in Kailua. It's about 5 minutes from base =D ...not like I planned that at all. I can actually see one of the hills on base from the apartment. We got settled in, somewhat, and took a walk down the beach. It seriously took us maybe 45 seconds to walk there from here. Hawaii is so beautiful; it's unlike anything I could have ever imagined seeing in my life.
The plan for the rest of the night is to finish unpacking, grab some foodage, maybe explore the little town, and then sleep. So far, the jet lag has yet to set in, but maybe that's because I'm use to a certain someone calling me at the appropriate Hawaiian time. Either way, I bet it kicks in real bad tonight. We've been up over 18 hours, and I"m not tired yet. Something is bound to go wrong, haha.
Anywho, that's all I've got for now. I'll try to post pictures later tonight, supposing I make it through supper.