So, I'm in Colorado spending the winter break with my mom and little sister. It has been an interesting time so far and I haven't even been here a whole week yet. Usually when I come to Colorado I always leave with a funny story and this visit is not different in that area.
First of all, when my mom moved up here, she bought a love seat and it was strapped to the roof of her jeep and we brought it home. Unfortunately, it started to down pour while we were driving home and so the love seat was soaked by the time we drove the 15 minutes home. When we did get home, we had to unstrap it from the roof which was super funny because we couldn't see nor could we stop laughing. Our dog thought that we were in trouble and tried to jump through the screen part of the screen door; he managed to pop out the bottom and then was biting it. This made me laugh even harder which isn't good because the love seat was still on the roof. Finally we got it down and then we had to get it through the front door which was a whole new challenge. Every time I remember that part I always think of that one "Friends" episode when Ross is trying to get a couch up to his apartment and he keeps yelling "pivot"; I smile whenever I think of that. Anyway, the love seat survived and it's now my bed when I come to visit.
Well, the story that I have from this visit is also a funny one. My mom came home from work and parked out front because we were going to eat a quick dinner and then go to the store. Sadly, it had been snowing all day and her jeep got stuck. It wouldn't grip anything and the tires were just spinning. So, my little sister and I got out and started to push, trying everything. We even had our mom put the car in neutral to see if that would work; not a good idea when it's on a hill and you're on the downside of that hill pushing. We slowly got her out into the street but she still wasn't gripping anything. Becca (little sister) had fallen and I was close to falling a few times. Then this guy came to help us and we eventually got the jeep out of there. It was so funny and I wish that I had my camera with me.
Also, as the title says there have been many moments of fishtailing in just the past three days. One time my mom turned right and the jeep started fishtailing so she tried to correct it (my mom is very good at not freaking out and handling the problem). Anyway, she corrected a little too much and we ended up hitting the medium in the middle of the road. Thankfully, no one was coming and she was able to correct the jeep and we were off again. There other times when we had fishtailed so much that we were facing the wrong way on the street. Thankfully, each time there had not been any other cars around and no one was hurt, although we all were laughing uncontrollably.
And there was another time when we had dropped off Becca at her friend's house and we were trying to leave. The jeep was stuck again. So, I got out and started pushing and slid right on to my face. Snow got up my sleeves and my face was so cold! I stood up laughing; my knees were a little bruised because I landed on them but I was fine.
Anyway, that's the story of my adventures so far and I still have at least 3 weeks left. I can't wait to see what happens.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thanksgiving Pros and Cons
I can't believe that I haven't written anything since September. Well, not a lot has happened to me since then, I've been doing great in my classes (except Italian) which is a big difference from what my grades normally look like. Good idea on the change of major. I'm living off campus now at the manch for those of you who know what I'm talking about. I love where I'm living and the group of ladies that I'm living with, they are amazing! Well, I went down to Phoenix for Thanksgiving and I realize some things while I was down there. Here is a pros and cons list of my Thanksgiving.
Pro: I got to see my family whom I love
Con: My family is crazy and even though I love them, I can't stand spending more than a weekend with them
Pro: I took a bottle of wine down for the everyone to share, hoping that it would make the whole weekend more enjoyable
Con: the wine tasted awful! Side note, don't get Coppola wine it tastes like a tire. I bought that kind cause my grandpa's last name is Coppola so I thought it would be cool
Pro: I got away from school for a while
Con: I had to take homework to Phoenix and I got maybe half of it done (that could be a pro)
Pro: I got to see my little sister that is growing into a beautiful young lady
Con: She has glasses now and everyone kept joking that they couldn't tell us apart (not funny), also my little sister is just an inch taller than me (not happy about that)
Pro: I got to see my 3 year old cousin whom I absolutely love
Con: We all went to a giant play place and I was the one that had to follow him around; that involves crawling through those little plastic tunnels
Pro: my mom brought some of my stuff that I left with her when I started college
Con: all of it was in a huge plastic container which could not fit in the car that drove me back to Flagstaff (we had a full car and no more room for anything)
Well, I think that is the end of my pros and cons list. Now to get homework done and when I say that I mean get on facebook and not do anything school related.
Pro: I got to see my family whom I love
Con: My family is crazy and even though I love them, I can't stand spending more than a weekend with them
Pro: I took a bottle of wine down for the everyone to share, hoping that it would make the whole weekend more enjoyable
Con: the wine tasted awful! Side note, don't get Coppola wine it tastes like a tire. I bought that kind cause my grandpa's last name is Coppola so I thought it would be cool
Pro: I got away from school for a while
Con: I had to take homework to Phoenix and I got maybe half of it done (that could be a pro)
Pro: I got to see my little sister that is growing into a beautiful young lady
Con: She has glasses now and everyone kept joking that they couldn't tell us apart (not funny), also my little sister is just an inch taller than me (not happy about that)
Pro: I got to see my 3 year old cousin whom I absolutely love
Con: We all went to a giant play place and I was the one that had to follow him around; that involves crawling through those little plastic tunnels
Pro: my mom brought some of my stuff that I left with her when I started college
Con: all of it was in a huge plastic container which could not fit in the car that drove me back to Flagstaff (we had a full car and no more room for anything)
Well, I think that is the end of my pros and cons list. Now to get homework done and when I say that I mean get on facebook and not do anything school related.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Writing Exercise
In my creative writing class we had an exercise where we had to write a story about something that could never happen but make the realistic part so real that it didn't sound so impossible. Here's my attempt (keep in mind that I need to work on being more descriptive).
In the one, lonely house on Birch street there lives an old lady whose only companion is a dog with three legs. Now you may feel bad for this poor, old woman but if you ever ask her if she was lonely, she would proudly say, "No, that dog is all the company I need. He's done more things than any person I know. Although, I think he stretches the truth some times".
She loves listening to his tall tales and picturing herself right there beside him. However, the tale she loves most is about how this dog was able to go to college by pretending to be a seeing eye dog. "It's nice that even animals can go to college", she states with motherly affection. "The one about how he lost his leg in Vietnam always brings tears to my eyes. If he was my dog back then I would have taken better care of him." She loves that dog with all her heart and soul.
That's all, what do you think?
In the one, lonely house on Birch street there lives an old lady whose only companion is a dog with three legs. Now you may feel bad for this poor, old woman but if you ever ask her if she was lonely, she would proudly say, "No, that dog is all the company I need. He's done more things than any person I know. Although, I think he stretches the truth some times".
She loves listening to his tall tales and picturing herself right there beside him. However, the tale she loves most is about how this dog was able to go to college by pretending to be a seeing eye dog. "It's nice that even animals can go to college", she states with motherly affection. "The one about how he lost his leg in Vietnam always brings tears to my eyes. If he was my dog back then I would have taken better care of him." She loves that dog with all her heart and soul.
That's all, what do you think?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
First week of school
Sorry that this has taken so long to be posted but school is just kicking my butt. Well, I live far from campus now and I've been walking almost everyday, a couple of days I've gotten rides. At first I hated having to walk that far but now I'm getting use to it. I still complain a little but that's normal. I did realize though that if the people in the house behind us would let me cut through their backyard, then that would cut about 10 minutes off of my walk. Oh well! I'm gonna lose a ton of weight this way, especially since my eat habits are changing. Don't worry, I am eating just not as much as I use to.
Anyway, classes are going. They are intense but I know that I will survive and get awesome grades to prove it. I'm taking a Shakespeare class and we are going to be reading 7 plays this semester and I have an oral presentation that I need to work on for that class. My day to present is October 7th. I hope that I'll do okay with that, I have a fear of standing in front of people. I'm trying to get over that but it's not easy. Also, right now we are reading "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and it's so amazing. We acted out the first act on Friday which helped me to understand what all goes into a play.
Another intense class is American Novel; we are reading a total of 10 novels in there this semester. We already finished one and it was interesting. At first it was really slow but then in the middle it picked up and I loved it! The book is called "The Rise of Silas Lapham". It's an older book, written in the 1800's but the story is so beautiful and I loved every minute of it. We were suppose to have the whole book finished by this past Tuesday so I spent all of Monday (Labor Day) reading it. Once it got to the middle, I couldn't stop reading it. I think the main reason that I really enjoyed the book was because I could picture my older sister and I as two of the characters. I like when that happens, I love putting myself in the books. Another class (introduction to literature), we are reading a ton of short stories out of our textbook. With all this class reading going on, I won't be able to read anything for fun. I'm trying to fix that though, with all the stress that my classes are adding, I need something to distract me.
I'm also taking Italian and Creative Writing. I haven't been to creative writing yet, our first class is on Friday. Italian though, I don't know where to begin. Ugh! My teacher is disorganized and doesn't always know what she's doing. She goes too fast when it comes to taking notes. The class itself is interesting and I enjoy learning this language, I'm sort of getting good at it.
Hhhmmm.... other than that I don't know what else to talk about. I've got homework that I should be working on but instead I'm writing this blog. I'm pretty sure that I'm just rambling on so that I can postpone my homework. However, I have to get all my homework done by this weekend cause my aunt and cousin are coming up. I don't want any distractions from family time. Another thought, I need to get better at reading books deeper. When I read a book I don't look for the hidden meaning in it. I enjoy reading it for fun and not putting too much thought into it. Well, that's all I can think of for now. Guess I'll go get that homework done.
Anyway, classes are going. They are intense but I know that I will survive and get awesome grades to prove it. I'm taking a Shakespeare class and we are going to be reading 7 plays this semester and I have an oral presentation that I need to work on for that class. My day to present is October 7th. I hope that I'll do okay with that, I have a fear of standing in front of people. I'm trying to get over that but it's not easy. Also, right now we are reading "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and it's so amazing. We acted out the first act on Friday which helped me to understand what all goes into a play.
Another intense class is American Novel; we are reading a total of 10 novels in there this semester. We already finished one and it was interesting. At first it was really slow but then in the middle it picked up and I loved it! The book is called "The Rise of Silas Lapham". It's an older book, written in the 1800's but the story is so beautiful and I loved every minute of it. We were suppose to have the whole book finished by this past Tuesday so I spent all of Monday (Labor Day) reading it. Once it got to the middle, I couldn't stop reading it. I think the main reason that I really enjoyed the book was because I could picture my older sister and I as two of the characters. I like when that happens, I love putting myself in the books. Another class (introduction to literature), we are reading a ton of short stories out of our textbook. With all this class reading going on, I won't be able to read anything for fun. I'm trying to fix that though, with all the stress that my classes are adding, I need something to distract me.
I'm also taking Italian and Creative Writing. I haven't been to creative writing yet, our first class is on Friday. Italian though, I don't know where to begin. Ugh! My teacher is disorganized and doesn't always know what she's doing. She goes too fast when it comes to taking notes. The class itself is interesting and I enjoy learning this language, I'm sort of getting good at it.
Hhhmmm.... other than that I don't know what else to talk about. I've got homework that I should be working on but instead I'm writing this blog. I'm pretty sure that I'm just rambling on so that I can postpone my homework. However, I have to get all my homework done by this weekend cause my aunt and cousin are coming up. I don't want any distractions from family time. Another thought, I need to get better at reading books deeper. When I read a book I don't look for the hidden meaning in it. I enjoy reading it for fun and not putting too much thought into it. Well, that's all I can think of for now. Guess I'll go get that homework done.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
First large group of the year!
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!
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!
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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