ohmigod you guys! May 4, 2009

ohmigod you guys!…legally blonde the musical….the past week deserved an exciting title.

so it’s 3:50 am and i just got home from a glorious week in california. before i left i was excited but not really like freaking out about it. but it was one of my favorite trips to date. i’ll give the day-by-day description.

tuesday: got to school early, bus to newark, 5 hour (ehhh) flight to orange county, checked into our fancy schmancy hotel, wandered around for 2 hours trying to find downtown disney, finally found downtown disney, waited for an hour for dinner, delicious themed dinner at rainforest cafe, got lost in a parking lot because tony doesn’t know how to use his “big boy words”, got back to the hotel eventually, slept fabulously

wednesday: woke up, got ready, got breakfast?, took a longerthanexpected bus ride  to huntington beach, shopped for a bit at the beach, bought a new dress, got lunch at the longboard restaurant, walked in the pacific and along the beach, got fro-yo, shopped a bit more, took the bus home, got ready for opening ceremonies, opening ceremonies with NO billy gilman :O (disappointing), saw mosaic and loved them. sleep

thursday: woke up, got ready, registered our manual, had issues with a man with a napoleon complex, got changed, had lunch at carl jr’s, went to disneyland and california adventure for the rest of the day, BEST DAY EVER, rode tower of terror a bunch of times, rode the rest of the fun rides, rode space mountain twice in a row because the ride people failed to brake at the station, spotted john stamos, crept on john stamos, GOT A PICTURE WITH JOHN STAMOS, rode splash mountain even though it was quite chilly, made up the most ridiculous john-related phrases, ate dinner at IHOJS (aka ihop) and talked about mubway, wrote the creepiest letter ever

friday: woke up, got breakfast at coco’s (cinnamon roll french toast, best ever), practiced, competed, went to downtown disney, got jamba juice, hot-tubbed for a bit, got ready for dinner, dinner at the california pizza kitchen (mr. lynn and ben being the same person), and the longest wait of my life, chilled at the hotel, deca dance!

saturday: mini awards, disappointment all around, breakfast at coco’s shopping at the gardenwalk, ate a frozen chocolate-dipped banana, napped for a long time, dinner at mix in the hotel, closing ceremony/fashion show, then we had a rave while we cleaned our room

today (sunday)-woke up, last delicious breakfast at coco’s, checked out, bus to the airport, lunch at mcjohnalds, yet another long flight, bus back home, and here i am =[

it was an excellent trip. i’m sad to be home and even more sad that there won’t be an awesome DECA nationals trip to look forward to next year. mrs. mrazik is probably one of my favorite people ever and mr. lynn is probably the worst chaperone ever. going on vacation with people shows you just how much you do or do not love them. haha i’m glad a still have a few things left to look forward to in my senior year. the next being the freddy noms which come out thursday…we’ll see what happens! looking forward to a nice lunch with b-far and shayna tomorrow

final thoughts of the evening: i love palm trees, 76 degrees is excellent meandering weather, i can see myself in cali someday, disney is the best place on earth, i want to be a little kid again when i go there, i can’t wait for july so i can be in disney again, i want my last few weeks of senior year to last but i also want summer to come (internal conflict much?)

California Dreaming… April 28, 2009

California Dreaming:the mamas and the papas…i felt it was appropriate.

So it was inevitable that i would begin another blog i suppose. I really want to remember every funny thing that happens, but at the same time i’m always too tired from the fun times that i don’t end up blogging anyway. i’ll do my best. i guess i just want something to look back on 60 years from now so i can say “damn younger self, we had an awesome life”…because obviously 78 year old me will even remember the password for this blog. oh well

so tomorrow i leave for california again. it’s hard to believe that this is my third and final year at nationals. it sounds so lamely cliche but i honestly feel like it was yesterday that shayna and i were just getting to know Mrs. Mrazik in florida. it’s certainly a bitter sweet moment. i find it odd how all of senior year is spent thinking “this is my last [insert high school activity that you won't care about in 4 years anyway here]. I think we’ve all spent so much time thinking about the “end” that we’ve missed out on a lot of the fun to be had and the firsts along the way this year. i think i shall make a list of the firsts

1. first college applications
2. first audition at uarts
3. first credit card
4. first trip to california without my family
5. first dog
6. first vinyl purchase
7. first shady business
8. first college acceptance
9.first real lead in a high school show
10. first time not caring about school

good list. a lot of things i missed obviously, but just a reminder that there were a lot of good things that happened for the first time this year. it’s late, i’m tired hungry and should be sleeping. posts after california for sure (hopefully?)

final thoughts of the evening: mac is going to miss me. i hope the manual is sufficient. i want to beat andy and kristen. how long until summer? karina’s coming! i hope this works out the way i’m seeing it….