Apparently my last blog was in June.... so a semi long time ago.... oops. I'm sure you all missed me so I'm here to assure you that (hopefully) you will never have to withstand this treacherous life without the words of wisdom from a slightly crazed nineteen year old again. You are welcome.
I'm not exactly sure where to start. Not only did I skip blogging for almost 5 months, I skipped blogging for the 5 months that included my Summer festivities. From previous posts you may recall those festivites included a jamboree of events. Well, let's just get started now.
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KENNY CHESNEY!!!
Kenny was unbelievably exceptional. As was everyone else that came with him (read previous blog for further information). Megano and I were twinners for the "Goin' Coastal" tour. That made for a lot of jokes. I remember taking that concert so seriously. I spent the night at M&M's the night before and we coordinated our outfits, planned to go shopping the next morning for last minute things, and left like 5 hours early... slight exaggeration, but only slight.
It was so worth it though. We had an amazing time despite the alcoholic beverages that were offered to us by the Cowboys and poured on Megan by the drunken skanks. Also the waiting in the parking lot for nearly 2 hours, not having moved an inch, kinda sucked. But then again the post-concert excitement kinda diminished the feeling of annoyance.
Not going to lie I was close to tears when reality hit me that Kenny wouldn't be singing "Better As A Memory". I suppose hearing "Boys of Fall" LIVE made up for it. Who am I kidding?? There's no supposing. It DEFINITELY helped.
The next weekend was Harry Mother Effing Potter!!! (I add the "Mother Effing" because it makes it sound a LITTLE bit more thuggish.) Anywho, we were stoked for the midnight showing and went all out. Well I did, Megan too, Gingy sucks and basically went as a Muggle. Tsk tsk.
FYI I was dressed as Bellatrix. Megan was Tonks and Gingy... I think she was "Ginny" but it didn't make much of a difference. In case you can't tell I'm only slightly bitter at the fact that my bestie didn't dress up for the very last Harry Potter Premiere.
Tears were shed that night. I will forever love Harry Potter and the excitement that was that fictional story. I will also be working the midnight release of the movie tomorrow. Come and get it!!!!
Pretty much the very next day was my flight to CALI(fornication). I don't remember being completely packed until the night before and then realizing after I was miles from home that maybe I sorta, kinda, overpacked. In all honestly who needs 17 bikinis for an 18 day stay. I realize that's one a day but I sooooo didn't swim every day. But I didn't forget anything and that counts for something.
When I got to LAX I had to wait for a shuttle that would take me to Oxnard because the freeway was all torn up. On the shuttle I met this very nice young lad whose name I can not recall for the life of me. Anyways, he entertained me for the hour and a half trip where I would be greeted by my amazing aunt and adorable cousin.
It was all smiles upon my arrival. That was a silly comment, Have you met me?? Of course it was all smiles. Seriously though I love the feeling you get when you have gone FOREVER not seeing somebody and then that moment where you get that first glimpse of them. You get excited. I personally start thinking of how amazing the next however much amount of time is going to be and get all giddy. It's like the start of football season.
Seeing my aunt was lovely. Our last reunion wasn't under the best circumstances. So it was nice to be all cheery. Even though she called me a tourist when she first saw me..... grrr. I don't blame her though. I kinda did look like one.
Mariskys has grown up so much since the last time I saw her. It was so fun to spend time with her and her cute little personality. And my Tio is always one for laughs. He's just very fun to be around.
Looking back I did a lot while I was out there; even though it didn't seem like it at the time. It definitely was a great vacation. I spent A LOT of time by the pool. Lying out and getting DARK. Marisky and I had a lot of quality bonding time. I did a butt load of shopping and brought back TONS of goodies. Just simple stuff that at the time I don't think I appreciated as much then as I do now.
ALAS!!! I turned 19 (and CRAZY!!) while I was out there. Yes I realized that was forever ago but ya know, it's cool. I'm still gonna blog about it. Pretty much I woke up 5 minutes before I was born, went pee, brushed my teeth, looked at my phone, then ran to my aunt (who was still sleeping) and said, "Hey, I'm NINETEEN!!!!!"
I dunno why but I actually kinda did feel older. I then opened ma presents from Papa and Chels. They sent a package from Indiana and I just loved everything. My aunt had to go to work and so I went back to bed.
When I woke up I showered and got all dressed up in my "19" shirt I purchased IN Cali. And pretty much just chilled at home. My Tia and Tio made reservations for some Japanese place which turned out to be pretty good. I was craving pizza but I got it later that week anyways so it worked out for the best.
When we got home we had some of my cookie 'n cream ice cream cake. Which was delicious, my aunt knows me so well. That kinda concluded my big day. It was a GREAT birthday and I am so grateful to my Tia and Tio for making it a memorable one.
Almost a week after my birthday I was saying my good-bye's to my familia. That isn't as pleasant of a feeling. I was ready to go home, don't get me wrong. There's just something about vacation that wears you out. But I just wish I could have taken California home with me.
I packed up and luckily I'm good at Tetris or I would have had to have left behind so much stuff. Really, it was ridiculous. SOOOO much luggage!! We drove to the LAX airport and shared just a bunch of laughs and stories. It was so much fun. As we got closer it got a little quieter. I guess we were all getting ready for the big good-bye.
I went to go check-in, and I hate to give a play-by-play but this is hilarious and the story can not go untold. Anyways, so the checker dude is telling me to put my bags up so they could get checked and he then tells me that one of my bags is over the weight limit and that I have 2 options. Option 1: Pay $50 to cover it or Ooption 2: Move things around so it's all even. So the weight limit is 50 pounds. Mine was a hefty 63 pounds. I looked at my aunt like "Umm.... how am I going to do this??" The bags were so packed I thought if I unzipped a zipper my stuff would spring out.
Whether it's because I'm stubborn or because I was being cheap I was NOT going to let them get away with this. So I started unloading my bag. I can not even begin to explain what was going on at the booth. It was ridiculous. My aunt kept saying, "Pookie, it isn't a big deal just let me pay." But I refused. And said I could do this.
I'm not kidding 20 minutes later and I DID IT!!! Panting and sweating and placing 3 extra bags on my shoulders I was getting my bags checked WITHOUT paying the fitty dollas. Whoop whoop!! THAT is "Pooking It Up". I was pretty proud of myself.
Anywho, we killed time waiting around before I had to officially say good-bye. When the time came my aunt was in tears. Which was expected. But little Marissa broke down too!! That was just awful. It was hard to say bye but I know (I hope) I'll be seeing them soon.
The flight home was nice. Besides the fact that I think I might have knocked 4 fellow passengers unconscious with my uncontrollable bags I was forced to lug through the airportss.
My brothers came and got me and were their usual selves. You can decide if that's good or bad. I came home exhausted and ready to knock out. But then........... M&M happened.
I was seeing stars and my room looked like a tornado went through a Disco party. The tornado part was me before I left but they take full responsibility for the Disco Bears. At least I'm blaming them. It was a cute surprise. I did feel awful for the mess they had to work with but they are the only ones I would ever let deal with that. You are welcome girlies.
Ugh... ok there is so much more to fill you 3 readers I have in on but I'm kinda tired of typing and am going to watch the latest episode of Glee that I miss so I'll be sure to finish soon. Hope this has kept you on the edge of your seat.
When we return... LUKE BRYAN SHAKING IT!!!
Stay tuned. :)
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