the beginning

SO HEY so hello my name is Katya herrod and I just moved here to Hawaii... and it's awesome. and I thought I should write this blog so particularly my mother could see what I was up to, and to kinda describe what I do here every day so I don't have to tell a billion people all the time what I do! and for me so I don't forget all the incredible experiences I have had here. aw man hawaii is definitely not what I expected but it is slowly starting to become familiar and I'm starting to feel really comfortable and at home with this place. 

so I'm going to start with the first two weeks here! 

my flight to Portland was thrilling. I went on to the plane crying my eyes out because I was so scared and I didn't want to leave my family. right as I said goodbye I realized how much I would miss them. but I sat next to a lovely girl who comforted me and talked to me and made me become super excited for this whole new adventure I get to have on my own! 

THE FIRST DAY

my first day was awesome! steve kaufusi and my roomie Daryl picked me up from the airport in Honolulu. I was memorized, my face was out the window the whole car ride and my eyes were open real big despite getting one hour of sleep the night before from hanging out with my friends. I was so awake and my heart was bursting with happiness, excitement and love for this place I just barely came to. we stopped at a little hut thing on the way, where we had fresh coconut, mango and Papaya. and it was the best fruit I have ever tasted honestly. we came to byu Hawaii and I was amazed how small it was, but it was so cute, my types of cute and I feel like it had Katya written all over it. I loved it. I got all settled and then I became super sad when I went to my dorm to find out I had 5 other room mates crammed into a tiny no air conditioned room. i barely had any space and I was so upset particularly because I was supposed to have only 3 room mates. the kaufusis dropped me off, I got everything settled and then a girl from the soccer team came and took me to kahuku grill. and I got fish tacos. it was crazy good. Hawaii was such a culture shock because it's soo rural particularly north shore. there's chickens and cats EVERY WHERE! like just chillin everywhere you go. anyways I spent the night alone, in my dorm, and I called my dad because I missed him so much and he's my best friend. I cried because I was so upset that I had 5 other room mates. how ungrateful of me. but then my home girl Daryl talked to me about it and told me who cares!? we are here in Hawaii together, it'll be fun and we have each other, that's all we really need. and I felt a lot better and blessed that she was here with me.