So as you may or may not know, I’m in this organization, commonly referred to as, the US Navy. I drive big ships. War ships, to be exact. In May, I’ll be transferring to a new war ship, and this ship happens to be stationed in Pearl Harbor. One of the perks of Navy life is the opportunity to take house hunting leave before getting stationed somewhere, which is exactly what Gill and I are doing in Hawaii now. Basically I can take 10 days of leave with out getting charged for those days. Pretty sweet when it works out.
I was able to score a beach cottage at Bellows Air Force Base which, honestly isn’t much of a base, except for some sweet beach-side cottages. I’m not sure how I managed to get us a spot in one of these cottages on such short notice, because they are apparently pretty high demand (especially for weekends), but one way or another, it happened. Now that we are here, I can see why they are so coveted. They are freaking amazing. We got one that is called a “Un-renovated Cottage”, which would imply that there are also, better, recently renovated, cottages as well. This place has a full kitchen a really nice living room, full bath, a room with two twin beds and another room with queen size bed.
Oh and the view isn’t so bad either:
Step out our from door, and this is what you got.
Our view out the back, our cottage being the one on the left.
It’s amazingly beautiful here, and since we so diligent in finding an awesome apartment, we get to just hang out and enjoy the scenery for a few more days. Oh, and I’m pretty sure finding an apartment in a day and a half is a new record, at least for me.
More to follow on the apartment itself, which if you have the grace of knowing us, you will have to come and see personally. So start planning those trips now. You pay the airfare, we’ll provide the bed and maybe some waffles.
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Um, Hawaii is freaking sweet. And so is our apartment! I’m actually lovingly caressing paint swatches right now. Everyone needs to visit us!