3month tourist

i realized today what i feel like: a 3 month tourist. in this 3 months im learning lots about geology, volcanology, hawaiian plants & hawaiian culture. its very, very intriguing to me & im so fascinated about learning so much about how the world works from the inside & what makes lava flow. before i left for the park, i realized that i was going to be working more with lava than with plants. now that im here im finding myself to be very engaged in the material that im studying/working with.

why? i wondered why do i love geology so much & all the sudden? its because im not studying it in a textbook, classroom, or with rock samples. im in the field, on the flow, talking to professionals, and finding myself challenged as i answer visitor question. im seeing how interwoven biology & geology are.

i was talking with 2 ladies today about random stuff what they were looking @, answering their questions & telling them hawaiian cultural stories. i was enjoying sharing this knowledge [i love to talk about what i know] and they were enjoying the time, too. then they asked me how long ive been doing this. 4 weeks. then it hit me how much ive learned in just that amount of time.

im just a 3 month tourist :) what ever am i going to do with all this knowledge? God must have something up His sleeve. "He's always something up to"