Today has been the most stressful and funniest day ever. It all started with moving freshmen in this morning. Woke up at 7am so that freshmen wouldn't have to move themselves. Well, a group of us went to McConnell and realized that we had to check in at the front desk before helping. Only then did we realize that IV had to register online before today (I think for safety reasons). Anyway, Geoff is calling the interns trying to figure out what to do and we are sitting there hoping that we will have a reason for waking up so early. Finally, Rachel comes with a piece of paper saying we can move in freshmen. YAY! First problem of the day solved. So we are moving people in and pretty much every person that we move in lives on the third floor (and there's no elevators) so I got a huge workout with that. Then res life tells us that we have to wear the "welcome jacks" shirt that other people are wearing which means that we were wearing two shirts in the sun and we couldn't even show people what group we were with. I think the really reason is because our shirts are the same color as the res life shirts and they thought people might get confused. Whatever!
Anyway, after that we walked back up to north campus and decided to invite freshmen to lunch. At this point it was only me with two guys. We went to Sechrist and walked to the top floor. That's 8 floors! I would have taken the elevator but there was a huge line and probably by the time I got to the elevator they would be done. Therefore, I proved that I can climb 8 flights of stairs after moving in a ton of people. Well, we talked to a few people but nobody wanted to come to lunch so we went by ourselves. I was starving by this point which meant that walking into the hot spot was heaven! I didn't eat a lot of food but after wards my stomach was hurting (it's not used to eating that much).
By this time it's like almost 2. I had to go to Target and that place was jammed full of people. I'm not a fan of crowds so walking around in there was awful for me. I got my things (thankfully they were small) and got out. I ended up going and laying down in the grass for a little bit; I almost fell asleep. My old roommate was coming up today and I told her that I would help move her in but I had to be somewhere at 4:30. She finally got here at 3 and we quickly unloaded a lot of her things. It was so much fun hanging out with her and catching up.
By the time we almost finished I had to go. She gave me ride over to where the sound stuff for IV is located. She left and two other people came to help load up the sound stuff and take it over to the dub. We get there, start hauling things upstairs, and set up only to realize that we are missing a bag with important cables, great. So, Herbert and I drive back over to the Grahman's (where the sound stuff is) and look for it. Not having any luck we ask Steven about it and he doesn't either, we ended up borrowing cables from a church. While him and I were doing this, the other people on the worship team were suppose to be finishing the set up and doing a sound check but there was no noise when they did that; at this point we have 30 minutes left. We get back over there and realize that some of our cables aren't plugged in right and the one person who knows the right way wasn't there. We ended up calling 2 different before and spending the remainder of our time on it.
Finally, with only a minute left, we get everything working and do a quick sound check. We didn't have time to sync everyone together so I had to do that while we were worshipping (some thing that Herbert tells me is barely something that anyone can do). I'm stressed out worrying that it's not going to sound good but I did my best. Things get started and we realize that one of the mics isn't working. At this point, I couldn't stop laughing even though there was no point in laughing. I was laughing so hysterically that someone actually asked me if I was ok. I think I was going crazy.
So, the girl's who mic wasn't working ended up sharing with someone else so another problem gone. Larger group went smoothly, no problems and the talk was really great. I'm excited to see what happens this year. After IV they had a dance party and I really didn't want to be there. But, the sound stuff was being used so I had to be patient. Thankfully, half the stuff (the things we weren't using) was packed up and put away at the Grahman's. Then after a few nice stress relieving rounds of ninja (awesome game) I helped with the rest of the sound stuff. Here comes another fun part, Herbert's car isn't very big and we had some pretty big things with us. Trying to fit everything in there was like playing a mastery level of tetris. Finally, after moving things a million times and me laughing again, we get everything to fit (with me holding a sound board and Herbert not being able to see out his back window) and head over. We unload and move things that too heavy to be considered normal.
now I'm finally home and relaxed. I'm ready for bed but I wanted to first write about today before I forgot something. One more random thing, today it was decided that I am the wild card and I'm pretty happy about that. No one will know what I'm going to do next. Well, that's all. Good night everyone!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Rest of my summer
So, the rest of my summer was pretty fun. After Vegas I hung out at Susan's house and just chilled there. We went on a breakfast picnic with Frankie and then later that day we went to Chuck E. Cheese because Frankie finally pooped in the potty. We were so happy about that!
Then I went to Maygen and jon's apartment and hung out there. Jon finally moved in so they are having fun living together and they already act like a married couple. They have netflix so I watched a lot of that as well as some of the movies that they have. I got to hang out with Jon some more and got to know him better. Him and I have a lot in common, so much in fact that Maygen some times says "I'm dating my sister"! LOL! It's very funny. One day for dinner we went out to this place called the Pub and Grub which was just a hole in the wall kind of place (I mean it when I say hole in the wall, there wasn't even a sign saying that it's there). Maygen and I ordered margaritas and once those were done we had long island iced teas (which don't have tea in them at all), both were really good. Then about a week later we went to Graham's Central Station which gave me the club experience. It wasn't that exciting though, we went at 10ish on a Friday and there was barely anyone there. I tried an appletini and it was really good. I practically downed that thing. It tasted like a green apple and you could barely taste the alcohol. After staying there for about an hour we went and smoked hookah. I've never done that before and it was actually pretty cool. it's not something that I would do all the time but every once in a while I might. Oh yea! Maygen did my hair and make up and I looked good. The next night we went to night time at sun splash which was pretty fun but there were a lot of lines and waiting. We tried the fish bowl water slide that they have and it was really fun! It was totally worth the wait. I think my favorite part was the lazy river, I love just chilling while the water pushes me along. The next day it was time for me to leave, Maygen and I made raspberries bars earlier in the week so she sent some of those with me. I left, got all my stuff, and moved to my new house in Flagstaff.
It's a beautiful, huge house and I love being here. My only problem with it is how far it is from everything but I have found the positive side to that, I'm going to lose a lot of weight because of all the walking that I'll be doing. Well, I can't wait for school to start. I'm going to love every single one of my classes, I know I will. There will probably be a lot of writing involved but I think I can handle it as long as I don't procrastinate. Well, that's all I can think of for now. I hope everyone's first day of school (or the first day of the rest of your life) is fantastic!
Then I went to Maygen and jon's apartment and hung out there. Jon finally moved in so they are having fun living together and they already act like a married couple. They have netflix so I watched a lot of that as well as some of the movies that they have. I got to hang out with Jon some more and got to know him better. Him and I have a lot in common, so much in fact that Maygen some times says "I'm dating my sister"! LOL! It's very funny. One day for dinner we went out to this place called the Pub and Grub which was just a hole in the wall kind of place (I mean it when I say hole in the wall, there wasn't even a sign saying that it's there). Maygen and I ordered margaritas and once those were done we had long island iced teas (which don't have tea in them at all), both were really good. Then about a week later we went to Graham's Central Station which gave me the club experience. It wasn't that exciting though, we went at 10ish on a Friday and there was barely anyone there. I tried an appletini and it was really good. I practically downed that thing. It tasted like a green apple and you could barely taste the alcohol. After staying there for about an hour we went and smoked hookah. I've never done that before and it was actually pretty cool. it's not something that I would do all the time but every once in a while I might. Oh yea! Maygen did my hair and make up and I looked good. The next night we went to night time at sun splash which was pretty fun but there were a lot of lines and waiting. We tried the fish bowl water slide that they have and it was really fun! It was totally worth the wait. I think my favorite part was the lazy river, I love just chilling while the water pushes me along. The next day it was time for me to leave, Maygen and I made raspberries bars earlier in the week so she sent some of those with me. I left, got all my stuff, and moved to my new house in Flagstaff.
It's a beautiful, huge house and I love being here. My only problem with it is how far it is from everything but I have found the positive side to that, I'm going to lose a lot of weight because of all the walking that I'll be doing. Well, I can't wait for school to start. I'm going to love every single one of my classes, I know I will. There will probably be a lot of writing involved but I think I can handle it as long as I don't procrastinate. Well, that's all I can think of for now. I hope everyone's first day of school (or the first day of the rest of your life) is fantastic!
Vegas Baby, Vegas!
I know that this post is about a month late but I lost track of time and didn't get around to writing this post until now. So, Vegas was awesome! I can't wait to go back. My younger sister and I are planning on going when she turns 21 which will be in 7 years. But enough about the future, you want to hear what happened this summer.
So, my aunt, Susan, and I left for Vegas Wednesday morning and stopped for breakfast at dunkin donuts, the breakfast of gamblers. After driving for 4 hours we finally got there. It amazing! I took pictures of everything. Also, with the new bridge that they built over the Hoover dam, you can't see the water at all so that was a little disappointing. Anyway, we got to the hotel room and my aunt made sure that we had a room with a view. We stayed at Treasure Island. Walking through the hotel just trying to get to our room was an adventure. There were people every where and we had no idea where the elevators were but we finally found them. It was so beautiful! We got settled in and then went walking around the strip. My second cousin, Paul, is living out there so we met up with him. We went to lunch at Planet Hollywood where I was able to order my first alcoholic drink. I got a legally blond and it was so good and I practically downed that thing. I was a little bummed though because the guy didn't card me. After that we walked the entire strip and saw all the hotels. They are so cool and have many interesting things in them. In Cesar's Palace, on the top floor, the ceiling is painted to look like the sky and all the shops look like buildings and there were huge fountains at the intersections of the hallways. Gorgeous! At the Bellagio there was a ceiling with glass flowers hanging from it and a garden area where there was a ferris wheel covered in flowers and this gnarled tree thing that looked like something out of a Tim Burton film. In another hotel (I think it was New York, New York) there was a candy shop right in the middle of the hall. They had a replica of the statue of liberty made entirely out of jelly beans. I love jelly beans, they are my weakness. And they were selling huge, 5 pound gummy bears and gummy worms. They wanted a lot for them though. We went into the coyote ugly bar cause we had a coupon. The guy at the entrance carded me and it was so much fun! It wasn't until we left that I thought about getting a picture of him carding me. Inside the bar there was no where to sit and our feet were hurting really bad so we just got our drinks and left.We walked to Excalibur and bought the tickets for the show we were planning on seeing, the tournament of kings. Then we continued on to the Luxor (Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay are all connected so you can walk through them all without going outside), we had finished our drinks from the bar and we were getting thirsty again so we stopped at Fat Tuesdays and I got a strawberry daiquiri and I got a picture of myself being carded. We continued on to Mandalay Bay because we wanted to see the manta rays but the exhibit was closed by the time we got there. We headed back to our hotel and checked out all the hotels on the other side of the street. The MGM was cool and there was a lion exhibit but the lions weren't there by the time we got there. We continued on our way but I had to stop my aunt and cousin when I saw him! Captain Jack Sparrow standing right there on the sidewalk. Definitely had to get a picture with him! After many pictures later we made it back to our hotel and our feet were hating us for all the pain they had to endure. Well, we said good night to Paul and then Susan and I just hung out in the room for a little. The view from our window was gorgeous! The strip is amazing at night!
The next day, Susan and I had the buffet breakfast but my stomach was sort of hurting me so I didn't eat a lot. When I woke up that morning my feet were still hurting and I knew that they were gonna be killing me by the end of the day. Then we went out again. We went to the Mirage and were gonna see the flamingos but you had to pay to see them and we didn't feel like doing that. Instead we gambled for a little, I broke even and then won 20 cents. So much for my beginner's luck. Once we got bored of that we went to the M&M museum which is huge! It's four stories tall. And there were so many M&Ms! It was chocolate heaven. There was a short 3D M&M movie playing so we watched that and it was too cute! I love the M&M characters. Then we went next door to the coca cola store and that was awesome! At the little cafe that's there, you can try 10 different coca colas from around the world. We didn't have the courage to try that (some of them looked questionable). It was time for lunch and we went to the rainforest cafe. It was nice and we got to sit by one of the fish tanks. Afterwards we went to the lion exhibit and finally got to see them. Lions are so beautiful! They are actually related to the original MGM lion. We continued on our path to the hotel Paris. However before we got there, we had to stop at a candy store because Susan had to get something for her son, Frankie. She got him a cute shirt that says "Candy Robot". Then we continued on our way and finally met up with Paul at the hotel Paris. We had to go her because Susan said we needed to get Eiffel towers (for those who don't know, that's a huge container shaped like an Eiffel tower filled with whatever daiquiri you want). I got strawberry again. I also got a picture of Susan being carded. We sat and gambled for a little bit and I lost 5 dollars but Susan got 15 dollars when she only put in 3. Now I know where my beginner's luck went. Finally it was time to head to Excalibur for the show. It was funny cause we had to hide our drinks cause no outside drinks were allowed. However, they didn't really enforce that rule. During the tournament we weren't allowed to take pictures which kind of made me sad but whatever it was awesome! Men jousting and fighting each other and the bad guy with pyro-techs shooting out of his sword. All of it was awesome! And we got dinner with it also which was good. Food that they ate back in the medieval times, no silverware. After the tournament we were able to take pictures with any of the actors who are nice enough to come back out. We went shopping a little and Susan bought Frankie another shirt with Spongebob and Patrick on it (he likes them). Then we had to quickly walk back to the Bellagio cause we wanted to wanted to see the water show. It was nice but I wouldn't have been upset if we missed it. Then we had to hurry to Treasure Island to see the pirate show. We got there a little late so our standing spot wasn't the best. The show was awesome though! Even if it was mostly half naked women dancing around, it was still cool and there were men pirates, fire, and a sinking ship also. Then we went to the Mirage to watch the volcano show that they had. thankfully all these hotels were close together. After that though, our feet were killing us and our Eiffel towers were getting heavy. We ended up making Paul carry them for us. He was such a good sport about it and he was our unofficial designated walker. Then we just went back to the hotel and sat in the gambling area cause then they will being you any drink you want and we wanted water. Every time we moved to a new machine I would be walking like an old lady, shuffling with every step. It hurt so much to walk. Finally we decided to just go to bed. We told Paul that we would meet him for breakfast the next day and then I was out by the time we got to our room. One more thing, when Susan and I were in the elevator a guy came with his friend leaning on him. The friend did not look good at all, he was pale and completely out of it. The guy holding him up was being nice about it and told us that his friend didn't know when to quit with the drinks. I was afraid he was going to puke every where. Thankfully, they both got off without having any messes made. My aunt and I were both worried for the friend.
Anyway, the next day was our last day there and we decided to drive to where ever we went. We checked out and went for a breakfast buffet at Circus Circus. The food wasn't that great, it looked like it had been sitting out for a while. Before we left Treasure Island, we went souvenir shopping and I decided to start a collection of shot glasses. After that we gave Paul some of his stuff (when he moved he wasn't able to take everything with him so he left somethings at Susan's house) and said good bye. We were thinking about leaving early in the afternoon cause Susan had to work the next day, instead we ended up leaving at 4ish cause we wanted to see Harry Potter. It was totally worth it! Driving home, we got lost and then took a detour to see the Hoover Dam. It was pretty cool. After a hour of Susan driving, I got to drive the rest of the way. We finally got back into Phoenix and stopped for ice cream.
That is the sum of my first time to Vegas. I had so much fun and I can't wait to go back. I also can't wait to be there for my sister's first time in Vegas. She also wants to stay at Treasure Island (she loves pirates). Well, how do I end this? I guess by saying, it was an experience that I won't ever forget.
So, my aunt, Susan, and I left for Vegas Wednesday morning and stopped for breakfast at dunkin donuts, the breakfast of gamblers. After driving for 4 hours we finally got there. It amazing! I took pictures of everything. Also, with the new bridge that they built over the Hoover dam, you can't see the water at all so that was a little disappointing. Anyway, we got to the hotel room and my aunt made sure that we had a room with a view. We stayed at Treasure Island. Walking through the hotel just trying to get to our room was an adventure. There were people every where and we had no idea where the elevators were but we finally found them. It was so beautiful! We got settled in and then went walking around the strip. My second cousin, Paul, is living out there so we met up with him. We went to lunch at Planet Hollywood where I was able to order my first alcoholic drink. I got a legally blond and it was so good and I practically downed that thing. I was a little bummed though because the guy didn't card me. After that we walked the entire strip and saw all the hotels. They are so cool and have many interesting things in them. In Cesar's Palace, on the top floor, the ceiling is painted to look like the sky and all the shops look like buildings and there were huge fountains at the intersections of the hallways. Gorgeous! At the Bellagio there was a ceiling with glass flowers hanging from it and a garden area where there was a ferris wheel covered in flowers and this gnarled tree thing that looked like something out of a Tim Burton film. In another hotel (I think it was New York, New York) there was a candy shop right in the middle of the hall. They had a replica of the statue of liberty made entirely out of jelly beans. I love jelly beans, they are my weakness. And they were selling huge, 5 pound gummy bears and gummy worms. They wanted a lot for them though. We went into the coyote ugly bar cause we had a coupon. The guy at the entrance carded me and it was so much fun! It wasn't until we left that I thought about getting a picture of him carding me. Inside the bar there was no where to sit and our feet were hurting really bad so we just got our drinks and left.We walked to Excalibur and bought the tickets for the show we were planning on seeing, the tournament of kings. Then we continued on to the Luxor (Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay are all connected so you can walk through them all without going outside), we had finished our drinks from the bar and we were getting thirsty again so we stopped at Fat Tuesdays and I got a strawberry daiquiri and I got a picture of myself being carded. We continued on to Mandalay Bay because we wanted to see the manta rays but the exhibit was closed by the time we got there. We headed back to our hotel and checked out all the hotels on the other side of the street. The MGM was cool and there was a lion exhibit but the lions weren't there by the time we got there. We continued on our way but I had to stop my aunt and cousin when I saw him! Captain Jack Sparrow standing right there on the sidewalk. Definitely had to get a picture with him! After many pictures later we made it back to our hotel and our feet were hating us for all the pain they had to endure. Well, we said good night to Paul and then Susan and I just hung out in the room for a little. The view from our window was gorgeous! The strip is amazing at night!
The next day, Susan and I had the buffet breakfast but my stomach was sort of hurting me so I didn't eat a lot. When I woke up that morning my feet were still hurting and I knew that they were gonna be killing me by the end of the day. Then we went out again. We went to the Mirage and were gonna see the flamingos but you had to pay to see them and we didn't feel like doing that. Instead we gambled for a little, I broke even and then won 20 cents. So much for my beginner's luck. Once we got bored of that we went to the M&M museum which is huge! It's four stories tall. And there were so many M&Ms! It was chocolate heaven. There was a short 3D M&M movie playing so we watched that and it was too cute! I love the M&M characters. Then we went next door to the coca cola store and that was awesome! At the little cafe that's there, you can try 10 different coca colas from around the world. We didn't have the courage to try that (some of them looked questionable). It was time for lunch and we went to the rainforest cafe. It was nice and we got to sit by one of the fish tanks. Afterwards we went to the lion exhibit and finally got to see them. Lions are so beautiful! They are actually related to the original MGM lion. We continued on our path to the hotel Paris. However before we got there, we had to stop at a candy store because Susan had to get something for her son, Frankie. She got him a cute shirt that says "Candy Robot". Then we continued on our way and finally met up with Paul at the hotel Paris. We had to go her because Susan said we needed to get Eiffel towers (for those who don't know, that's a huge container shaped like an Eiffel tower filled with whatever daiquiri you want). I got strawberry again. I also got a picture of Susan being carded. We sat and gambled for a little bit and I lost 5 dollars but Susan got 15 dollars when she only put in 3. Now I know where my beginner's luck went. Finally it was time to head to Excalibur for the show. It was funny cause we had to hide our drinks cause no outside drinks were allowed. However, they didn't really enforce that rule. During the tournament we weren't allowed to take pictures which kind of made me sad but whatever it was awesome! Men jousting and fighting each other and the bad guy with pyro-techs shooting out of his sword. All of it was awesome! And we got dinner with it also which was good. Food that they ate back in the medieval times, no silverware. After the tournament we were able to take pictures with any of the actors who are nice enough to come back out. We went shopping a little and Susan bought Frankie another shirt with Spongebob and Patrick on it (he likes them). Then we had to quickly walk back to the Bellagio cause we wanted to wanted to see the water show. It was nice but I wouldn't have been upset if we missed it. Then we had to hurry to Treasure Island to see the pirate show. We got there a little late so our standing spot wasn't the best. The show was awesome though! Even if it was mostly half naked women dancing around, it was still cool and there were men pirates, fire, and a sinking ship also. Then we went to the Mirage to watch the volcano show that they had. thankfully all these hotels were close together. After that though, our feet were killing us and our Eiffel towers were getting heavy. We ended up making Paul carry them for us. He was such a good sport about it and he was our unofficial designated walker. Then we just went back to the hotel and sat in the gambling area cause then they will being you any drink you want and we wanted water. Every time we moved to a new machine I would be walking like an old lady, shuffling with every step. It hurt so much to walk. Finally we decided to just go to bed. We told Paul that we would meet him for breakfast the next day and then I was out by the time we got to our room. One more thing, when Susan and I were in the elevator a guy came with his friend leaning on him. The friend did not look good at all, he was pale and completely out of it. The guy holding him up was being nice about it and told us that his friend didn't know when to quit with the drinks. I was afraid he was going to puke every where. Thankfully, they both got off without having any messes made. My aunt and I were both worried for the friend.
Anyway, the next day was our last day there and we decided to drive to where ever we went. We checked out and went for a breakfast buffet at Circus Circus. The food wasn't that great, it looked like it had been sitting out for a while. Before we left Treasure Island, we went souvenir shopping and I decided to start a collection of shot glasses. After that we gave Paul some of his stuff (when he moved he wasn't able to take everything with him so he left somethings at Susan's house) and said good bye. We were thinking about leaving early in the afternoon cause Susan had to work the next day, instead we ended up leaving at 4ish cause we wanted to see Harry Potter. It was totally worth it! Driving home, we got lost and then took a detour to see the Hoover Dam. It was pretty cool. After a hour of Susan driving, I got to drive the rest of the way. We finally got back into Phoenix and stopped for ice cream.
That is the sum of my first time to Vegas. I had so much fun and I can't wait to go back. I also can't wait to be there for my sister's first time in Vegas. She also wants to stay at Treasure Island (she loves pirates). Well, how do I end this? I guess by saying, it was an experience that I won't ever forget.
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