Quote of the day:.. none yet :(
Song of the day: I Found A Way by Drake Bell
I found my charger!! On my bed under a pillow... I thought I hadn't touched that pillow yet. Success!
We called the airline yesterday and made a case number and stuff... oh well. I had it the whole time haha.
Can't decide if it's dumber to lose it on the plane or dumber to think you lost it but actually have it.
Off to go shopping!
5.30.2009
Travel
Quote of the Day: Mommy happy? -Me, apparently when I was little and knew my mom wasn't happy.
Song of the Day: Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters
I arrived in Calgary today! Flights were both good and uneventful. I flew through Montreal and couldn't read any of the advertisements there because they were all in French. Montreal customs was set up to handle like thousands of people but I saw exactly three. On the second flight I watched Yes Man! and it was actually pretty funny. Unfortunately I stupidly left my laptop charger on the plane. Fail.
So, I posted all my New York blogs but there are no pictures yet. Accompanying pictures will be posted as soon as I have battery and internet on my laptop, hopefully soon!
Once I got here Grandma and Grandpa picked me up at the airport. Apparently they didn't see me because my grandma looked completely startled when I waved at her and she saw me. Ah well. haha it was pretty funny.
After a stop we got to their house and ate fajitas for dinner with brownies and smarties ice cream for dessert. Very nice. I met the neighbor and her 5 year old daughter, Saydha, who made me color with chalk and thought my name was Aladdin. haha. Then we went to my Aunt Lori's house and to Second Cup Coffee, Co to see cousin Autumn (13) and step cousin Olivia (my age), who's taking me out tomorrow night. I tried an Italian soda, which is just flavored syrup with Soda water. I got the raspberry flavor. Much better than expected.
Now I am back at Gram's just chilling and trying to play scrabble on facebook and beating myself up for losing my charger.
SO MANY PICTURES WILL BE ADDED IN A FEW DAYS/TWO WEEKS, WHATEVER WORKS BETTER.
Song of the Day: Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters
I arrived in Calgary today! Flights were both good and uneventful. I flew through Montreal and couldn't read any of the advertisements there because they were all in French. Montreal customs was set up to handle like thousands of people but I saw exactly three. On the second flight I watched Yes Man! and it was actually pretty funny. Unfortunately I stupidly left my laptop charger on the plane. Fail.
So, I posted all my New York blogs but there are no pictures yet. Accompanying pictures will be posted as soon as I have battery and internet on my laptop, hopefully soon!
Once I got here Grandma and Grandpa picked me up at the airport. Apparently they didn't see me because my grandma looked completely startled when I waved at her and she saw me. Ah well. haha it was pretty funny.After a stop we got to their house and ate fajitas for dinner with brownies and smarties ice cream for dessert. Very nice. I met the neighbor and her 5 year old daughter, Saydha, who made me color with chalk and thought my name was Aladdin. haha. Then we went to my Aunt Lori's house and to Second Cup Coffee, Co to see cousin Autumn (13) and step cousin Olivia (my age), who's taking me out tomorrow night. I tried an Italian soda, which is just flavored syrup with Soda water. I got the raspberry flavor. Much better than expected.
Now I am back at Gram's just chilling and trying to play scrabble on facebook and beating myself up for losing my charger.
SO MANY PICTURES WILL BE ADDED IN A FEW DAYS/TWO WEEKS, WHATEVER WORKS BETTER.
New York, part 3
Quote of the day: We rode in a convertible. We asked Jesus; he loves you not. –J & I
Song of the day: Not Coming Home by Maroon 5
Sunday we were booked on a 3 pm bus back to Providence. We were invited to Molly’s dad’s house for brunch, so we went over there at about 10:15. It was a 15 minute drive. When we arrived we met Molly’s dad, step mom, 9 year old sister Carly, and beloved dog Heidi. Molly loves that dog! We played some Apples to Apples with Carly and her friend and ate brunch which was very impressive. Some kind of breakfast casserole (not quiche but very similar), sausage, awesome fruit salad, and amazing croissants. It was really nice. We went for a walk around the hilly neighborhood with Heidi before we had to leave. We drove back to Molly’s mom’s and collected our stuff, and were off to the bus station by 2 pm. We couldn’t really find anywhere to park so Molly just kind of pulled over, and got out quickly to hug each of us. She left us where we had met her on Friday, and we found our way back to the bus area. We got on the bus and it left 2 minutes after.
The busride was rather uneventful. Toni napped and read Angels and Demons, Juliana just sat there, and I listened to my iPod until I had to explain the movie to Juliana and Toni.For most of the time each of us had our own seat, until we got to the last stop before ours, Foxwoods, and a crapload of people got on. Then Toni and I shared and Juliana shared with some random person.
When we arrived in Providence it was raining. Juliana’s dad was there to pick us up, and Toni’s mom was there to pick her up. Jules and I said goodbye to Toni and headed back to the Roses’. I left shortly after we got back because I had to be up early the next day for the parade.
The ride home was a bit of an adventure. Providence has a bunch of new roads that my trusty GPS didn’t know about yet. I was supposed to take exit 20 to get on 195… no exit 20 to be found!!! Exit 19... Exit 21... Oh no. Ended up going in a circle twice and ignoring the GPS and following signs to get on the highway. Made it home eventually but it took a little longer than usual!
What a great trip... so glad I went!! <3
Song of the day: Not Coming Home by Maroon 5
Sunday we were booked on a 3 pm bus back to Providence. We were invited to Molly’s dad’s house for brunch, so we went over there at about 10:15. It was a 15 minute drive. When we arrived we met Molly’s dad, step mom, 9 year old sister Carly, and beloved dog Heidi. Molly loves that dog! We played some Apples to Apples with Carly and her friend and ate brunch which was very impressive. Some kind of breakfast casserole (not quiche but very similar), sausage, awesome fruit salad, and amazing croissants. It was really nice. We went for a walk around the hilly neighborhood with Heidi before we had to leave. We drove back to Molly’s mom’s and collected our stuff, and were off to the bus station by 2 pm. We couldn’t really find anywhere to park so Molly just kind of pulled over, and got out quickly to hug each of us. She left us where we had met her on Friday, and we found our way back to the bus area. We got on the bus and it left 2 minutes after.
The busride was rather uneventful. Toni napped and read Angels and Demons, Juliana just sat there, and I listened to my iPod until I had to explain the movie to Juliana and Toni.For most of the time each of us had our own seat, until we got to the last stop before ours, Foxwoods, and a crapload of people got on. Then Toni and I shared and Juliana shared with some random person.
When we arrived in Providence it was raining. Juliana’s dad was there to pick us up, and Toni’s mom was there to pick her up. Jules and I said goodbye to Toni and headed back to the Roses’. I left shortly after we got back because I had to be up early the next day for the parade.
The ride home was a bit of an adventure. Providence has a bunch of new roads that my trusty GPS didn’t know about yet. I was supposed to take exit 20 to get on 195… no exit 20 to be found!!! Exit 19... Exit 21... Oh no. Ended up going in a circle twice and ignoring the GPS and following signs to get on the highway. Made it home eventually but it took a little longer than usual!
What a great trip... so glad I went!! <3
Part 2: New York City
Quote of the day: Sounds like my kind of guy! -Juliana
Song of the day: NYC from the musical Annie
We had decided to go into NYC on Saturday, and that’s what we did. It was great and though the forecast was rain, it was beautiful and sunny all day long in the city.
We were taking the 10:07 train into Grand Central Terminal, so we woke up around 9:15and ate bagels that her mom had gotten for us. We were planning to leave around 9:45 and at 9:40 realized we were still eating and better get ready. I wore my red and white striped shirt so that we could play Where’s Waldo all day. Her mom drove us the short ride to the train station and we made it on time.
The train ride was about an hour but not too bad of a ride. Toni braided Molly’s hair and that was the most interesting thing that happened.
Once we got to GCT we decided to take the Subway to SoHo to start the day. On the subway some random guy kept talking to us. Apparently people are friendly in New York. Once in SoHo we walked around a bit and went to a flea market. I got a cool winter hat that I really like and MoPo got some sunglasses. We tried to walk toward Chinatown so we could eat lunch there by ended up in Chelsea instead. We walked “through” the campus of NYU and Toni was fascinated that their academic buildings are dispersed throughout several blocks of the cityOn 6th Ave (“Avenue of the Americas”) in Chelsea we found a street fair and walked through. Juliana finally got the corndog she’s been craving since midwinter. We got some flavored kettlecorn and Starbucks iced coffee ‘fo free!’ .
We also passed by Murray’s Bagels, which apparently is famous and Toni “saw it on the Food Network!” She told everybody, even the people sitting outside. We went in and she bought a bagel. I got a cookie… it was still good.
Since we were getting hungry and clearly not getting anywhere near Chinatown, we decided to stop at the next lunch place we walked by in Chelsea. We ended up at this place called Lenny’s, which is a sandwich place that also does catering. I got a tasty “American” sandwich that was huge.
After lunch we got back on the subway and headed to 59th, right at the entrance of Central Park.Before going into the park itself we decided we need to hit the fun stores that are right outside it. First we went into the Apple Store, which is just cool in its design. The whole store is underground except for the glass elevator and stairs that come up to ground level in a small cylindrical glass room. Once you go downstairs its still pretty cool, and all the shelves are only half-height so you can see the whole store. There were cool Apple gadgets all over the place and it was neat to walk around. We went down the stairs to get in and up the elevator to get out. Sweet. After Apple we went into FAO Schwartz, the coolest biggest toy store I’ve ever seen. I loved FAO Schwartz. We took a picture with the “guard” at the door, but it’s on Juliana’s camera so it may be lost and gone forever..haha. When we walked in we saw these huge lego statues of Harry Potter and Star Wars characters. It was sweet.
We went a little further and came across this kiosk thing where these guys were playing with rectangularly shaped bean bags and doing some tricks. They were actually pretty fun, and I learned some stuff. The guy tried really hard to sell me one and I took it… but I put it down a few feet away when he wasn’t looking… I didn’t really want to buy an $8 beanbag that I probably won’t play with. When I took one the others just said they live with me and would use mine… not really true anymore, but oh well. Going up the escalator led us to the Harry Potter section of the store. They had lots of cool memorabilia including wands, a sorting hat, the Marauder’s Map and other little collectors items and figurines. I noticed that on a wand sign they spelled “Professor” wrong and "Voldemort". FAO FAIL! Aha. I was proud of myself for noticing. We kept going and walked through the Barbie section and the plushie section.
Molly got really excited in the plushie section because of all the stuffed toy dogs. Molly loves dogs. LOVES them. Every dog we saw in NYC she tried to pet. It was absolutely insane; Juliana was holding her back by her braid. Ahahah. Awesome. “I touched it guys, I touched it. It brushed up against my leg” she said after stalking one dog for a block or so. Anyway in the store she loved the dogs and kept petting them. It was funny to watch.
The big piano was my favorite part of the store. This piano is so cool. When we arrived they told us to take off our shoes and we could go play on it. I played some random notes, then I played the melody part of Heart and Soul. You had to listen pretty carefully though because there were other people stomping on different keys as well. Then Toni and I decided to play Chopsticks. At first we tried to play an octave apart from each other, but were too short to be able to play parts by ourselves. So we collaborated on the first section and it sounded really cool. I’m sure we looked silly jumping, but it was awesome. I played the second and third sections and I heard a lady say, “she’s really good!” As soon as I finished the song Juliana made me get off because there were other people waiting…. Man I wish I had one of those for myself. I think it was like $200,000 though. Oh well.
We left FAO Schwartz and got ice cream cones from a truck on the way to CP. I got mine dipped in chocolate…yum! We ate our ice creams as we wandered around Central Park, and we eventually found a grassy place to sit down and people-watch. We were facing the road that people run & bike on that goes around the park. We hung out there for a while and took pictures.
It was fun and relaxing, especially since we’d been walking a lot. We spent most of the day walking up and down 5th and 6th avenues but we saw all kinds of stuff because of it. On our way out of the park we saw two guys practically handfeeding a squirrel. Woah.
After CP we decided it was time to head down toward Times Square, which is predominantly 42nd to 46th streets. Since we were walking down Fifth Avenue we of course had to stop at all the fancy stores.
First stop: Louis Voutton.
Notes: They have great bathrooms. No purchases.
Second Stop: Tiffany & Co.
Notes: Their bathrooms are also nice. They call them “lounges.” When we walked in an employee told us we need to be ‘empowered women’ and that we ‘deserve the best’ and that (since we’re from around Boston) someday we are going to meet a guy who loves sports, and after a while he’ll ask us to marry him, and then after 3 years he’ll want to have kids, and these kids will be two 6’ 2” and 6’3” beasts who will be forced into football by their father and blah blah blah and you don’t want to be with someone like that do you? I’m not really sure what the point of the story was except that we should tell whoever it is that we want Tiffany’s. Juliana said that this so called undesirable husband sounds like exactly the kind of person she wants to be with, and I told the guy that my kids are going to be swimmers. He tried to change the story as if my kids would be swimming without the permission/approval of their dad… I don’t know. I say my children can do whatever they want as far as that is concerned. Anyway he was really nice and pointed out to us the famous Tiffany Diamond. Apparently when discovered the canary diamond was 284 carats…. Cut down to 128. Still huge, but over half gone? That’s ridiculous. We perused the diamond floor as well as the metal floor and it was very sparkly. No purchases.
Third Stop: Abercrombie & Fitch
Notes: it was plaid day. All the guys had plaid shirts on and jeans and the female employees were wearing plaid shirtdresses. They were all model/employees. One girl just had to stand there and move a little to the music. Imagine getting hired purely to stand there and look good? The music was too loud and we didn’t spend long here. Again, no purchases.
We went in some other random stores and attempted to get cheap tickets to see the Little Mermaid on Broadway. The available tickets were the exact opposite of cheap, so we didn’t buy any. We also crossed 52nd Street, where BeBop was founded. In jazz history I learned that BeBop began at Minton’s Playhouse and Monroe’s Uptown house on 52nd St, hence its original title of “52nd Street Jazz.” We didn’t walk down but I took a picture of the sign.
Destination: Time Square
Hooray! We made it! Upon arrival we made a beeline for the M&Ms store, where they were giving out free samples of their new “Strawberry Peanut Butter” m&ms. They tasted a bit like eating peanut butter and jelly and were pretty good. The store was cool because a couple of the walls were lined with columns of m&ms in many many colors and mixes (example: The “taxi mix” had yellow, white, and black m&ms).The only thing I bought in this store was a squished penny for my dad’s collection. 51 cents… probably the cheapest thing in the entire store. After that we stopped by the Lindt store, which also had a wall lined with chocolate. I got a free sample of a Lindt truffle…. So good. I took a picture of Juliana in front of the chocolate wall and as she was taking one of me an employee told us no pictures were allowed… then offered to take one of both of us “before my boss sees me.” It was great.
We were getting hungry so we decided to find a place to eat dinner. Molly knew of an Italian restaurant she had eaten at before, so we went towards it. WE ended up at Scarlatto’s, a nice Italian restaurant next to the one Molly had previously been to. I had spaghetti and meatballs which was very tasty. There was a guy constantly refilling our water glasses and there was bread with oil. Their bathrooms were rather small. Overall dinner was very enjoyable.
We planned to take the 8:48 train back to Mount Kisco, so after dinner we headed over to GCT. They others wanted to stop at Starbucks on the way, and while they were inside I took a couple pictures of a “Bubba Gump” sign across the street, as well as some pictures of Times Square in general.
We had been taking “where’s Waldo” pictures during the day so we took a couple more and got on the train as scheduled. Molly’s mom picked us up at the station and brought us home, where she had birthday cupcakes waiting for us. My birthday is in April, but Molly, Juliana, and Toni all have their birthdays at the end of May, so it was a little bday celebration. The cupcakes were from a new local bakery and were pretty delish.
That night we hung around Molly’s house. We all felt gross from being in the city all day so showers were the first thing on the agenda. Afterwards we got our beds ready, started watching “Inside Man” with Clive Owen, and continued eating the cookie dough from the night before. It was still good. I was the only person who managed to stay awake for the whole movie (ironic since I didn’t drink any coffee) but I enjoyed it. On the bus ride home the next day I had to explain the ending to both Juliana and Toni. Ah well. Toni slept on Molly’s air mattress and refused to move, so Molly and I shared for the night. I think we all slept like babies! I know I did at least.
Song of the day: NYC from the musical Annie
We had decided to go into NYC on Saturday, and that’s what we did. It was great and though the forecast was rain, it was beautiful and sunny all day long in the city.
We were taking the 10:07 train into Grand Central Terminal, so we woke up around 9:15and ate bagels that her mom had gotten for us. We were planning to leave around 9:45 and at 9:40 realized we were still eating and better get ready. I wore my red and white striped shirt so that we could play Where’s Waldo all day. Her mom drove us the short ride to the train station and we made it on time.
The train ride was about an hour but not too bad of a ride. Toni braided Molly’s hair and that was the most interesting thing that happened.Once we got to GCT we decided to take the Subway to SoHo to start the day. On the subway some random guy kept talking to us. Apparently people are friendly in New York. Once in SoHo we walked around a bit and went to a flea market. I got a cool winter hat that I really like and MoPo got some sunglasses. We tried to walk toward Chinatown so we could eat lunch there by ended up in Chelsea instead. We walked “through” the campus of NYU and Toni was fascinated that their academic buildings are dispersed throughout several blocks of the cityOn 6th Ave (“Avenue of the Americas”) in Chelsea we found a street fair and walked through. Juliana finally got the corndog she’s been craving since midwinter. We got some flavored kettlecorn and Starbucks iced coffee ‘fo free!’ .
We also passed by Murray’s Bagels, which apparently is famous and Toni “saw it on the Food Network!” She told everybody, even the people sitting outside. We went in and she bought a bagel. I got a cookie… it was still good.Since we were getting hungry and clearly not getting anywhere near Chinatown, we decided to stop at the next lunch place we walked by in Chelsea. We ended up at this place called Lenny’s, which is a sandwich place that also does catering. I got a tasty “American” sandwich that was huge.
After lunch we got back on the subway and headed to 59th, right at the entrance of Central Park.Before going into the park itself we decided we need to hit the fun stores that are right outside it. First we went into the Apple Store, which is just cool in its design. The whole store is underground except for the glass elevator and stairs that come up to ground level in a small cylindrical glass room. Once you go downstairs its still pretty cool, and all the shelves are only half-height so you can see the whole store. There were cool Apple gadgets all over the place and it was neat to walk around. We went down the stairs to get in and up the elevator to get out. Sweet. After Apple we went into FAO Schwartz, the coolest biggest toy store I’ve ever seen. I loved FAO Schwartz. We took a picture with the “guard” at the door, but it’s on Juliana’s camera so it may be lost and gone forever..haha. When we walked in we saw these huge lego statues of Harry Potter and Star Wars characters. It was sweet.
We went a little further and came across this kiosk thing where these guys were playing with rectangularly shaped bean bags and doing some tricks. They were actually pretty fun, and I learned some stuff. The guy tried really hard to sell me one and I took it… but I put it down a few feet away when he wasn’t looking… I didn’t really want to buy an $8 beanbag that I probably won’t play with. When I took one the others just said they live with me and would use mine… not really true anymore, but oh well. Going up the escalator led us to the Harry Potter section of the store. They had lots of cool memorabilia including wands, a sorting hat, the Marauder’s Map and other little collectors items and figurines. I noticed that on a wand sign they spelled “Professor” wrong and "Voldemort". FAO FAIL! Aha. I was proud of myself for noticing. We kept going and walked through the Barbie section and the plushie section.
Molly got really excited in the plushie section because of all the stuffed toy dogs. Molly loves dogs. LOVES them. Every dog we saw in NYC she tried to pet. It was absolutely insane; Juliana was holding her back by her braid. Ahahah. Awesome. “I touched it guys, I touched it. It brushed up against my leg” she said after stalking one dog for a block or so. Anyway in the store she loved the dogs and kept petting them. It was funny to watch.The big piano was my favorite part of the store. This piano is so cool. When we arrived they told us to take off our shoes and we could go play on it. I played some random notes, then I played the melody part of Heart and Soul. You had to listen pretty carefully though because there were other people stomping on different keys as well. Then Toni and I decided to play Chopsticks. At first we tried to play an octave apart from each other, but were too short to be able to play parts by ourselves. So we collaborated on the first section and it sounded really cool. I’m sure we looked silly jumping, but it was awesome. I played the second and third sections and I heard a lady say, “she’s really good!” As soon as I finished the song Juliana made me get off because there were other people waiting…. Man I wish I had one of those for myself. I think it was like $200,000 though. Oh well.
We left FAO Schwartz and got ice cream cones from a truck on the way to CP. I got mine dipped in chocolate…yum! We ate our ice creams as we wandered around Central Park, and we eventually found a grassy place to sit down and people-watch. We were facing the road that people run & bike on that goes around the park. We hung out there for a while and took pictures.
It was fun and relaxing, especially since we’d been walking a lot. We spent most of the day walking up and down 5th and 6th avenues but we saw all kinds of stuff because of it. On our way out of the park we saw two guys practically handfeeding a squirrel. Woah.After CP we decided it was time to head down toward Times Square, which is predominantly 42nd to 46th streets. Since we were walking down Fifth Avenue we of course had to stop at all the fancy stores.
First stop: Louis Voutton.
Notes: They have great bathrooms. No purchases.
Second Stop: Tiffany & Co.
Notes: Their bathrooms are also nice. They call them “lounges.” When we walked in an employee told us we need to be ‘empowered women’ and that we ‘deserve the best’ and that (since we’re from around Boston) someday we are going to meet a guy who loves sports, and after a while he’ll ask us to marry him, and then after 3 years he’ll want to have kids, and these kids will be two 6’ 2” and 6’3” beasts who will be forced into football by their father and blah blah blah and you don’t want to be with someone like that do you? I’m not really sure what the point of the story was except that we should tell whoever it is that we want Tiffany’s. Juliana said that this so called undesirable husband sounds like exactly the kind of person she wants to be with, and I told the guy that my kids are going to be swimmers. He tried to change the story as if my kids would be swimming without the permission/approval of their dad… I don’t know. I say my children can do whatever they want as far as that is concerned. Anyway he was really nice and pointed out to us the famous Tiffany Diamond. Apparently when discovered the canary diamond was 284 carats…. Cut down to 128. Still huge, but over half gone? That’s ridiculous. We perused the diamond floor as well as the metal floor and it was very sparkly. No purchases.
Third Stop: Abercrombie & Fitch
Notes: it was plaid day. All the guys had plaid shirts on and jeans and the female employees were wearing plaid shirtdresses. They were all model/employees. One girl just had to stand there and move a little to the music. Imagine getting hired purely to stand there and look good? The music was too loud and we didn’t spend long here. Again, no purchases.
We went in some other random stores and attempted to get cheap tickets to see the Little Mermaid on Broadway. The available tickets were the exact opposite of cheap, so we didn’t buy any. We also crossed 52nd Street, where BeBop was founded. In jazz history I learned that BeBop began at Minton’s Playhouse and Monroe’s Uptown house on 52nd St, hence its original title of “52nd Street Jazz.” We didn’t walk down but I took a picture of the sign.
Destination: Time SquareHooray! We made it! Upon arrival we made a beeline for the M&Ms store, where they were giving out free samples of their new “Strawberry Peanut Butter” m&ms. They tasted a bit like eating peanut butter and jelly and were pretty good. The store was cool because a couple of the walls were lined with columns of m&ms in many many colors and mixes (example: The “taxi mix” had yellow, white, and black m&ms).The only thing I bought in this store was a squished penny for my dad’s collection. 51 cents… probably the cheapest thing in the entire store. After that we stopped by the Lindt store, which also had a wall lined with chocolate. I got a free sample of a Lindt truffle…. So good. I took a picture of Juliana in front of the chocolate wall and as she was taking one of me an employee told us no pictures were allowed… then offered to take one of both of us “before my boss sees me.” It was great.
We were getting hungry so we decided to find a place to eat dinner. Molly knew of an Italian restaurant she had eaten at before, so we went towards it. WE ended up at Scarlatto’s, a nice Italian restaurant next to the one Molly had previously been to. I had spaghetti and meatballs which was very tasty. There was a guy constantly refilling our water glasses and there was bread with oil. Their bathrooms were rather small. Overall dinner was very enjoyable.
We planned to take the 8:48 train back to Mount Kisco, so after dinner we headed over to GCT. They others wanted to stop at Starbucks on the way, and while they were inside I took a couple pictures of a “Bubba Gump” sign across the street, as well as some pictures of Times Square in general.
We had been taking “where’s Waldo” pictures during the day so we took a couple more and got on the train as scheduled. Molly’s mom picked us up at the station and brought us home, where she had birthday cupcakes waiting for us. My birthday is in April, but Molly, Juliana, and Toni all have their birthdays at the end of May, so it was a little bday celebration. The cupcakes were from a new local bakery and were pretty delish.That night we hung around Molly’s house. We all felt gross from being in the city all day so showers were the first thing on the agenda. Afterwards we got our beds ready, started watching “Inside Man” with Clive Owen, and continued eating the cookie dough from the night before. It was still good. I was the only person who managed to stay awake for the whole movie (ironic since I didn’t drink any coffee) but I enjoyed it. On the bus ride home the next day I had to explain the ending to both Juliana and Toni. Ah well. Toni slept on Molly’s air mattress and refused to move, so Molly and I shared for the night. I think we all slept like babies! I know I did at least.
5.29.2009
New York, part 1
Quote of the day: Guys! They said it’s okay to marry your first cousin… I have a cousin who’s my age! -Molly
Song of the day: Here It Goes Again by OK Go
Molly invited Juliana, Toni, and me to come visit her in Mount Kisco, NY a while ago. It took a long time to plan because we had some communication issues, and nobody really had the vehicle or will to drive down there. Molly’s place is about 3 hours drive from Juliana/Toni in RI. We finally decided on the Greyhound bus and I pretty much planned it. Our bus was supposed to leave Providence on Friday morning at 8:30 and arrive in Stamford, CT at 12:30. Molly would pick us up there. Since I bought our tickets online we had to pick them up an hour before our departure time at the bus station.
Since I had to be there at 7:30 Juliana invited me to sleep over at her house on Thursday night, as she lives much closer to Providence than I do. So Thursday at 745 ish I left my house, and made an out of the way pit stop at the mall to pick up a pair of capris that my mom bought for me and had with her at work. The drive wasn’t too bad and the GPS led the way successfully until the very end. It said I had “400 feet” left to my destination… then when I got to 0 feet I was in front of a house. Hooray! Unfortunately it was number 272, not 190 like I wanted. Hmm. Now the houses on this road are very spread out so I kept going, then got to the point where the road changed names. No good. So I turned around, drove past 272, then 242, and found 190. Hooray for real!
Her mom kept apologizing because the kitchen was messy because they were getting new counters… but it made no difference to me. I was pumped to see Jules and we went out and got fixings for ice cream sundaes, which were deliciouss. I also met her pet poodle, Lexi, who is very shy but a nice dog nonetheless. We watched some “So you think you can dance” and went to bed, of course talking the whole time. I slept on a little foam mattress thing on her floor.
We were set to wake up at 630 on Friday morning so we could leave by 7 am. At 6:10 her mom opened the door and told us we had 20 minutes left to sleep. …. It was confusing to say the least. Anyway I ate 2 peanut butter granola bars because apparently none of the Roses like those ones, and we were off a little after 7. Her dad successfully dropped us off at the train station and we picked up our tickets. We waited around the station for a while and got breakfast sandwiches and coffee/hot chocolate (since I don’t drink coffee). We’re standing there and we hear a guy walk by saying “Rose… Juliana Rose…. Rose?!” And we’re like… uhhhh yea! She left her ticket on the counter at the food place. Silly J. We got it back though so that was good. Then Toni showed up and it was a happy Riley <304 reunion.
We got on the bus and each got our own seat. The trip was less than exciting. Toni and I slept a little and Juliana just sat there. The bus stopped a lot, including at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, New London CT and Bridgeport. We ran a little late but we got to Stamford at 12:45. Then we had to get out and find Molly. In Stamford the train station and bus stations are combined so we were a bit confused. We walked through and when we got outside we called Molly. She was actually on the same street as us only up further, so she went around the block to come get us.
Me: I think that’s Molly!
Juliana: That’s not Molly.
Me: That is Molly!
Juliana: That’s definitely not Molly.
Both: Molly!
It was Molly. Hah. Molly pulled over and we crossed the street and all jumped in the car, then she drove away. We went for lunch in downtown Stamford at a place called Bobby valentine’s. It had lots of sports memorabilia (He was a baseball player.) I had an awesome burger.
After lunch we drove about an hour back to Molly’s in Mount Kisco and she showed us some sights. Apparently Chevy Chase and Martha Stewart live there and the author of the American Girl book series grew up there. We also drove past her high school, Fox Lane High.
We got to her mom’s house and set up in the living room. A little while her mom came home from work and made dinner, which was very very good. We had chicken, asparagus, and orzo. We spent the rest of the night just hanging around Molly’s house catching up, which was nice because we were pretty tired from our trip and stuff.
Molly had bought a huge package of Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough, so we cracked it open… and man was it good. Molly’s dad had 3 air mattress (2 singles and 1 double) so we slept on those in the living room. Juliana and Molly each had their own while Toni and I shared.
It was so awesome to see them again, I missed them so much!!
Song of the day: Here It Goes Again by OK Go
Molly invited Juliana, Toni, and me to come visit her in Mount Kisco, NY a while ago. It took a long time to plan because we had some communication issues, and nobody really had the vehicle or will to drive down there. Molly’s place is about 3 hours drive from Juliana/Toni in RI. We finally decided on the Greyhound bus and I pretty much planned it. Our bus was supposed to leave Providence on Friday morning at 8:30 and arrive in Stamford, CT at 12:30. Molly would pick us up there. Since I bought our tickets online we had to pick them up an hour before our departure time at the bus station.
Since I had to be there at 7:30 Juliana invited me to sleep over at her house on Thursday night, as she lives much closer to Providence than I do. So Thursday at 745 ish I left my house, and made an out of the way pit stop at the mall to pick up a pair of capris that my mom bought for me and had with her at work. The drive wasn’t too bad and the GPS led the way successfully until the very end. It said I had “400 feet” left to my destination… then when I got to 0 feet I was in front of a house. Hooray! Unfortunately it was number 272, not 190 like I wanted. Hmm. Now the houses on this road are very spread out so I kept going, then got to the point where the road changed names. No good. So I turned around, drove past 272, then 242, and found 190. Hooray for real!
Her mom kept apologizing because the kitchen was messy because they were getting new counters… but it made no difference to me. I was pumped to see Jules and we went out and got fixings for ice cream sundaes, which were deliciouss. I also met her pet poodle, Lexi, who is very shy but a nice dog nonetheless. We watched some “So you think you can dance” and went to bed, of course talking the whole time. I slept on a little foam mattress thing on her floor.
We were set to wake up at 630 on Friday morning so we could leave by 7 am. At 6:10 her mom opened the door and told us we had 20 minutes left to sleep. …. It was confusing to say the least. Anyway I ate 2 peanut butter granola bars because apparently none of the Roses like those ones, and we were off a little after 7. Her dad successfully dropped us off at the train station and we picked up our tickets. We waited around the station for a while and got breakfast sandwiches and coffee/hot chocolate (since I don’t drink coffee). We’re standing there and we hear a guy walk by saying “Rose… Juliana Rose…. Rose?!” And we’re like… uhhhh yea! She left her ticket on the counter at the food place. Silly J. We got it back though so that was good. Then Toni showed up and it was a happy Riley <304 reunion.
We got on the bus and each got our own seat. The trip was less than exciting. Toni and I slept a little and Juliana just sat there. The bus stopped a lot, including at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, New London CT and Bridgeport. We ran a little late but we got to Stamford at 12:45. Then we had to get out and find Molly. In Stamford the train station and bus stations are combined so we were a bit confused. We walked through and when we got outside we called Molly. She was actually on the same street as us only up further, so she went around the block to come get us.
Me: I think that’s Molly!
Juliana: That’s not Molly.
Me: That is Molly!
Juliana: That’s definitely not Molly.
Both: Molly!
It was Molly. Hah. Molly pulled over and we crossed the street and all jumped in the car, then she drove away. We went for lunch in downtown Stamford at a place called Bobby valentine’s. It had lots of sports memorabilia (He was a baseball player.) I had an awesome burger.
After lunch we drove about an hour back to Molly’s in Mount Kisco and she showed us some sights. Apparently Chevy Chase and Martha Stewart live there and the author of the American Girl book series grew up there. We also drove past her high school, Fox Lane High.
We got to her mom’s house and set up in the living room. A little while her mom came home from work and made dinner, which was very very good. We had chicken, asparagus, and orzo. We spent the rest of the night just hanging around Molly’s house catching up, which was nice because we were pretty tired from our trip and stuff.
Molly had bought a huge package of Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough, so we cracked it open… and man was it good. Molly’s dad had 3 air mattress (2 singles and 1 double) so we slept on those in the living room. Juliana and Molly each had their own while Toni and I shared.It was so awesome to see them again, I missed them so much!!
5.28.2009
Daily Things
Quote of the day: Is that ...? I never heard her first name before! - Dad
Song of the day: Leaving on a Jet Plane by the Mitchell Trio
Tomorrow I am going to Canada! woohoo!
Today my sister was inducted to the National Honor Society of Taunton High. I went to the dinner/ceremony with my parents. I deserted my parents at dinner though and went to sit with my friend Susan from high school, whose brother was being inducted as well. It was nice to see her again!! I promised to call her when I get back from my travels and hopefully it will result in some time spent hanging out together. And, she told me she's almost done with my slouchy hat! yay!
After going to jazz band and lifting for both Thursday and Friday at the YMCA, I spent most of the day packing for my trip. I'm still not done. Should probably do that. Also I think that tomorrow I will do my NYC blog while on the plane/in the airport. Good plan, no? My only other real option to fill that time is to read Catch-22, which I just started last night. I love that book. Funny thing is, it's one of my favorites but I've never actually read the whole thing. I had to read it for AP English my senior year, and I read 80% of it but ran out of time to finish. So.... I sparknoted the rest, and once I found out what happened I of course didn't want to read the last few chapters. This time I vow to read the complete novel!!!
That's all for today. Didn't have much to say but felt like writing something. Must pack!!
Song of the day: Leaving on a Jet Plane by the Mitchell Trio
Tomorrow I am going to Canada! woohoo!
Today my sister was inducted to the National Honor Society of Taunton High. I went to the dinner/ceremony with my parents. I deserted my parents at dinner though and went to sit with my friend Susan from high school, whose brother was being inducted as well. It was nice to see her again!! I promised to call her when I get back from my travels and hopefully it will result in some time spent hanging out together. And, she told me she's almost done with my slouchy hat! yay!
After going to jazz band and lifting for both Thursday and Friday at the YMCA, I spent most of the day packing for my trip. I'm still not done. Should probably do that. Also I think that tomorrow I will do my NYC blog while on the plane/in the airport. Good plan, no? My only other real option to fill that time is to read Catch-22, which I just started last night. I love that book. Funny thing is, it's one of my favorites but I've never actually read the whole thing. I had to read it for AP English my senior year, and I read 80% of it but ran out of time to finish. So.... I sparknoted the rest, and once I found out what happened I of course didn't want to read the last few chapters. This time I vow to read the complete novel!!!
That's all for today. Didn't have much to say but felt like writing something. Must pack!!
5.27.2009
Easter... again! & other things
Song of the day: Pickin' It Up by Hot Hot Heat
An amazing thing happened to me yesterday.
I found a Cadbury Cream Egg that was hidden at Easter! It was hidden in plain sight on top of the fire extinguisher in the hallway by the side door. Yesterday I accidentally touched the fire extinguisher instead of the wall, looked at it, and was pumped to see this egg there.
My mom said it might be a new record - Easter was on April 12, and this egg was found on May 26. Andrew came home with me and my parents set up our traditional candy hunt in the living room/kitchen area. Can't believe that egg was still there, and the best part is it was just as delicious as it would have been a month ago.
SCORE. :)
In other news, today I baked a cake for my dad's birthday, which is tomorrow. It looks and smells delicious. Can't wait to enjoy it! And although this was made from a box, the other day I made some chocolate chip banana muffins from scratch, and they were awesome, if I do say so myself.
Monday I marched in my 9th Memorial Day parade ever, haha. Since I'm not in high school anymore I was in the Kingston Parade with the Taunton City Band. It wasn't that well attended but it was okay, and I got paid so that was cool. Plus it was nice to see the other TCB people again... gearing up for our summer gigs! After the parade I was really glad I've been going to THS to play, otherwise my lips would have been dead. My dad and I went to the new Henry's Rootbeer on the way home (now known as the Stand Drive In) and it was a little disappointing, but at least the Cake Batter Ice Cream was tasty. :)
This past weekend I went to New York with Toni and Juliana to visit Molly, and it was awesome. Full entry on that soon.
On Friday I'm going to Calgary, then on Monday it's off to Winnipeg for a week. I'm pretty bored at home so I'm excited to be going on a trip!!
An amazing thing happened to me yesterday.
I found a Cadbury Cream Egg that was hidden at Easter! It was hidden in plain sight on top of the fire extinguisher in the hallway by the side door. Yesterday I accidentally touched the fire extinguisher instead of the wall, looked at it, and was pumped to see this egg there.
My mom said it might be a new record - Easter was on April 12, and this egg was found on May 26. Andrew came home with me and my parents set up our traditional candy hunt in the living room/kitchen area. Can't believe that egg was still there, and the best part is it was just as delicious as it would have been a month ago.
SCORE. :)
In other news, today I baked a cake for my dad's birthday, which is tomorrow. It looks and smells delicious. Can't wait to enjoy it! And although this was made from a box, the other day I made some chocolate chip banana muffins from scratch, and they were awesome, if I do say so myself.
Monday I marched in my 9th Memorial Day parade ever, haha. Since I'm not in high school anymore I was in the Kingston Parade with the Taunton City Band. It wasn't that well attended but it was okay, and I got paid so that was cool. Plus it was nice to see the other TCB people again... gearing up for our summer gigs! After the parade I was really glad I've been going to THS to play, otherwise my lips would have been dead. My dad and I went to the new Henry's Rootbeer on the way home (now known as the Stand Drive In) and it was a little disappointing, but at least the Cake Batter Ice Cream was tasty. :)This past weekend I went to New York with Toni and Juliana to visit Molly, and it was awesome. Full entry on that soon.
On Friday I'm going to Calgary, then on Monday it's off to Winnipeg for a week. I'm pretty bored at home so I'm excited to be going on a trip!!
Also, yesterday I signed up for piano lessons for the summer, starting once I get back from Canada. So excited!!!!!!!!
5.21.2009
No Rain
Quote of the day: I have to be nice... because he had cancer.
Song of the day: No Rain by Blind Melon
I've been listening to my Simple Harmonic Motion (WPI's all-male a capella group; they're really amazing) CD recently and this song caught my attention because it kind of sums up how I've been feeling lately.
In other news, I went to the Taunton High Spring Concert tonight, and it was awesome. I was very impressed with all of the groups. The jazz band rocked out on "Act Your Age," and the Select Choir rocked out on the "Beatles Revue" which included Mr McKenzie and Uncle Billy on trumpet and Mr L on drums. The wind ensemble was very good (I'll admit, much better than I thought they would be) as was the concert band. The concert choir had a couple good songs. Overall, it was great!
After the concert I went to Friendly's with Sarah, Kevin, Danielle, Tim, and Nick. It was pretty fun. I had a delicious sundae which had a banana and peanut butter ice cream. yum!
Song of the day: No Rain by Blind Melon
I've been listening to my Simple Harmonic Motion (WPI's all-male a capella group; they're really amazing) CD recently and this song caught my attention because it kind of sums up how I've been feeling lately.
No Rain
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view
But it's not sane, it's not sane
I just want someone to say to me oh, oh, oh, oh
"I'll always be there when you wake" yea, yea
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey
So stay with me and I'll have it made
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
Escape......escape......escape......
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
You don't like my point of view
You think that I'm insane
It's not sane... It's not sane
I just want someone to say to me oh, oh, oh, oh
"I'll always be there when you wake" yea, yea
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey
So stay with me and I'll have it made
I'll have it made (you know I'm gonna)
I'll have it made (you know I'm gonna)
I'll have it made (you know I'm gonna)
(I'll have it made I'll have it made
You know we're really gonna, really gonna have it made
Gonna have it made ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh)
In other news, I went to the Taunton High Spring Concert tonight, and it was awesome. I was very impressed with all of the groups. The jazz band rocked out on "Act Your Age," and the Select Choir rocked out on the "Beatles Revue" which included Mr McKenzie and Uncle Billy on trumpet and Mr L on drums. The wind ensemble was very good (I'll admit, much better than I thought they would be) as was the concert band. The concert choir had a couple good songs. Overall, it was great!
After the concert I went to Friendly's with Sarah, Kevin, Danielle, Tim, and Nick. It was pretty fun. I had a delicious sundae which had a banana and peanut butter ice cream. yum!
5.11.2009
New Hampshire! part 2
Quote of the day: We should have brought a backpack... wait, let's just steal one! - Carl
Song of the day: How's My Driving by Less Than Jake
Carl keeps bothering me to blog about my trip to New Hampshire. Well, here it is.
I left my house at 11 am on Saturday to drive up to Keene to visit Carl for his belated birthday bash. It came at the right time because, only 3 days after I arrived at home from college, I was bored out of my mind. It didn't take as long as I expected to get there, and I arrived shortly after 1 pm. On the way I stopped and bought some candy as a present. I was the first person there. When I knocked on the door Carl's sister answered and yelled, "Carl, you've got a friend!" It was funny.
Anyway, we waited around for a while and ate some icing out of a bowl. Yes. Carl made it for the two cakes his mom made, and it was left over. It was delcious. After Eric got there he ate some too.
Carl decided to take us over to Keene State College to show us around. The first thing we saw when we got there was this squirrel eating A WHOLE BAGEL. Yes, a bagel. It was crazy.
The pool was closed so we decided to see if we could get into a dorm. Somebody held the door open for us at one dorm and lucky us, it was move out day, so there was tons of free stuff in the halls. We could get to all the floors via elevator and also went in the common room for a few minutes. Actually, all the rooms were unlocked so we went in a couple and looked around. Then we decided to try to get into another dorm. We waited around by a door but nobody showed up, so we walked away. Three seconds later a girl walked out, but we just asked her and she let us in anyway. The second dorm was newer and very nice. Lots of cool free stuff here too. I'm calling this picture "Like kids on Christmas" because that's how we felt haha. The grand total of free stuff we acquired:
Me: a lamp (it works, I tried it before taking it) and 3 rolls of purple leopard print wrapping paper
Eric: a DVD player, a Charlie Daniels record
Carl: 3 N64 controllers, a few N64 games, a string backpack, 2 frisbees
We could easily have had a few mini fridges, a toaster, a coffee maker, more lamps, and a crapload of other stuff FO FREE! It was sweet and a lot of fun.
We left Keene State because two of Carl's friends from high school were at his house. Carl's dad made some good stuff on the grill and his mom made chip dip and pasta salad. It was all really tasty. Rob showed up as well which always livens things up.
....
5/20/09 Continued, finally.
Carl had cookies and icing, so of course the boys ended up eating cookies with icing on them. Eric attached a cake server to his finger using a twist tie and Rob had a knife, which he used to cut the cookie box open (obviously completely unecessary). Normally I would partake in this cookie-icing deliciousness, but I wasn't feeling so hot so I didn't join in. :(
Carl's friend Aubrey wanted to take us go-karting, but apparently it wasn't open for the season yet. So we decided to go with bowling and a movie. But bowling wasn't open yet, or something. By this point Aubrey (and Meg) were also not involved in the plans anymore. Oh well. Finally we all hopped in Sarah's car and headed to the billiard parlor, which was actually a lot of fun. We got two tables and played one of cutthroat and one of one-on-one pool. The first game of cutthroat consisted of Rob, Sarah, and myself. Sarah and I attempted to team up against Rob, but he ended up winning. Then I played another game with Sarah and Carl, which I won. The last game I played was vs Sarah, and though she played well I ended up winning. Unfortunately it was a little hard to enjoy because I was feeling a little bit sick. Oh well.
After playing pool for a while we decided it was time to head to the movies. We were planning to see Star Trek (I think). By this time I was feeling realllllllly gross and the whole way there Rob was asking me if I was okay. Apparently I didn't look too good... as soon as we arrived I proceeded to promptly vomit in the parking lot. It was pretty gross but I felt a lot better afterwards. Anyway Carl took me into the theater and I cleaned up in the bathroom. Carl let Eric and Rob in an exit door, but Sarah felt bad (such and outstanding citizen... she is Mormon, after all) and bought a ticket for X Men Origins: Wolverine. Needless to say we saw that movie, and it was surprisingly good. I was very happy with it.
After the movie Sarah brought us back to Carl's house. I had brought overnight stuff so I went to get into my pajamas, etc. Eric and Rob brought nothing for the night. Carl's mom put out these little foam mattresses for them with pillows and blankets, and Carl slept on top of my sleeping bag with a blanket. I slept on the couch. We watched a few episodes of family guy and I texted with my mom. I deleted the messages and don't remember most of the conversation but the conversation ended with my mom telling me to "be a polite houseguest and not throw up everywhere... and tell Carl's mom thanks and I'm sorry." haha, thanks mom. Rob also told me that he would be legitimately mad and me if I got sick on him during the night (he was closest to the couch). I kept this in mind and I threw up at 3 am... but don't worry, I made it to the bathroom despite almost tripping over Carl on the way out of the living room. It turned out fine though, and I was all better in the morning.
At 8:50 am Eric's phone alarm went off, and Eric and Rob woke up. They were gone by 8:55. They had slept in their clothes and didn't want breakfast, so they just left (it was mothers' day, I guess they had to get back early). It was pretty funny actually. Nobody could believe how fast they were out of the house! I said goodbye but didn't get up, then moved down to where Rob had been sleeping because the couch was hurting my back a little bit. Carl had been up for like an hour already but he slept a little more after the boys left I think. At 10:45 he kicked my foot and asked me if I needed to leave by any certain time. I said no but I took the hint and got dressed, ate some honey nut cheerios, and was gone by 11:15. I made it home in about 2 hours after a nice drive.
I'll leave you with a picture that totally represents exactly how I see Carl.
New Hampshire is fun! Hopefully I can make it back up there again this summer, only more healthily. I miss Carl and Robbie and Eric already! :)
Song of the day: How's My Driving by Less Than Jake
Carl keeps bothering me to blog about my trip to New Hampshire. Well, here it is.
I left my house at 11 am on Saturday to drive up to Keene to visit Carl for his belated birthday bash. It came at the right time because, only 3 days after I arrived at home from college, I was bored out of my mind. It didn't take as long as I expected to get there, and I arrived shortly after 1 pm. On the way I stopped and bought some candy as a present. I was the first person there. When I knocked on the door Carl's sister answered and yelled, "Carl, you've got a friend!" It was funny.
Anyway, we waited around for a while and ate some icing out of a bowl. Yes. Carl made it for the two cakes his mom made, and it was left over. It was delcious. After Eric got there he ate some too.Carl decided to take us over to Keene State College to show us around. The first thing we saw when we got there was this squirrel eating A WHOLE BAGEL. Yes, a bagel. It was crazy.
The pool was closed so we decided to see if we could get into a dorm. Somebody held the door open for us at one dorm and lucky us, it was move out day, so there was tons of free stuff in the halls. We could get to all the floors via elevator and also went in the common room for a few minutes. Actually, all the rooms were unlocked so we went in a couple and looked around. Then we decided to try to get into another dorm. We waited around by a door but nobody showed up, so we walked away. Three seconds later a girl walked out, but we just asked her and she let us in anyway. The second dorm was newer and very nice. Lots of cool free stuff here too. I'm calling this picture "Like kids on Christmas" because that's how we felt haha. The grand total of free stuff we acquired:Me: a lamp (it works, I tried it before taking it) and 3 rolls of purple leopard print wrapping paper
Eric: a DVD player, a Charlie Daniels record
Carl: 3 N64 controllers, a few N64 games, a string backpack, 2 frisbees
We could easily have had a few mini fridges, a toaster, a coffee maker, more lamps, and a crapload of other stuff FO FREE! It was sweet and a lot of fun.
We left Keene State because two of Carl's friends from high school were at his house. Carl's dad made some good stuff on the grill and his mom made chip dip and pasta salad. It was all really tasty. Rob showed up as well which always livens things up.
....
5/20/09 Continued, finally.
Carl had cookies and icing, so of course the boys ended up eating cookies with icing on them. Eric attached a cake server to his finger using a twist tie and Rob had a knife, which he used to cut the cookie box open (obviously completely unecessary). Normally I would partake in this cookie-icing deliciousness, but I wasn't feeling so hot so I didn't join in. :(
Carl's friend Aubrey wanted to take us go-karting, but apparently it wasn't open for the season yet. So we decided to go with bowling and a movie. But bowling wasn't open yet, or something. By this point Aubrey (and Meg) were also not involved in the plans anymore. Oh well. Finally we all hopped in Sarah's car and headed to the billiard parlor, which was actually a lot of fun. We got two tables and played one of cutthroat and one of one-on-one pool. The first game of cutthroat consisted of Rob, Sarah, and myself. Sarah and I attempted to team up against Rob, but he ended up winning. Then I played another game with Sarah and Carl, which I won. The last game I played was vs Sarah, and though she played well I ended up winning. Unfortunately it was a little hard to enjoy because I was feeling a little bit sick. Oh well.
After playing pool for a while we decided it was time to head to the movies. We were planning to see Star Trek (I think). By this time I was feeling realllllllly gross and the whole way there Rob was asking me if I was okay. Apparently I didn't look too good... as soon as we arrived I proceeded to promptly vomit in the parking lot. It was pretty gross but I felt a lot better afterwards. Anyway Carl took me into the theater and I cleaned up in the bathroom. Carl let Eric and Rob in an exit door, but Sarah felt bad (such and outstanding citizen... she is Mormon, after all) and bought a ticket for X Men Origins: Wolverine. Needless to say we saw that movie, and it was surprisingly good. I was very happy with it.
After the movie Sarah brought us back to Carl's house. I had brought overnight stuff so I went to get into my pajamas, etc. Eric and Rob brought nothing for the night. Carl's mom put out these little foam mattresses for them with pillows and blankets, and Carl slept on top of my sleeping bag with a blanket. I slept on the couch. We watched a few episodes of family guy and I texted with my mom. I deleted the messages and don't remember most of the conversation but the conversation ended with my mom telling me to "be a polite houseguest and not throw up everywhere... and tell Carl's mom thanks and I'm sorry." haha, thanks mom. Rob also told me that he would be legitimately mad and me if I got sick on him during the night (he was closest to the couch). I kept this in mind and I threw up at 3 am... but don't worry, I made it to the bathroom despite almost tripping over Carl on the way out of the living room. It turned out fine though, and I was all better in the morning.
At 8:50 am Eric's phone alarm went off, and Eric and Rob woke up. They were gone by 8:55. They had slept in their clothes and didn't want breakfast, so they just left (it was mothers' day, I guess they had to get back early). It was pretty funny actually. Nobody could believe how fast they were out of the house! I said goodbye but didn't get up, then moved down to where Rob had been sleeping because the couch was hurting my back a little bit. Carl had been up for like an hour already but he slept a little more after the boys left I think. At 10:45 he kicked my foot and asked me if I needed to leave by any certain time. I said no but I took the hint and got dressed, ate some honey nut cheerios, and was gone by 11:15. I made it home in about 2 hours after a nice drive.
I'll leave you with a picture that totally represents exactly how I see Carl.
New Hampshire is fun! Hopefully I can make it back up there again this summer, only more healthily. I miss Carl and Robbie and Eric already! :)
5.09.2009
New Hampshire! part 1
Quote of the day: You're bored out of your mind, aren't you? -Carl
Song of the day: Stay Home by SELF
Tomorrow (well later today if you want to be technical) I am driving up to New Hampshire, and I'm pretty excited about it. Carl is having a slightly belated birthday party and he invited me to it! He lives in Keene, which is about 2.5 hours away from me. I've never driven that far before in one shot, but it should be fine. I'm staying overnight because I really don't want to drive there and back in one day. SLEEPOVER AT CARL'S! WOOHOO! Robbie and Eric should be there also for the night, I think. Either way it should be a good time.
I totally didn't get him a present. Perhaps on the way I should stop and buy a card. hmm.
Today I didn't do anything at all. I woke up at noon. I took many stupid quizzes on facebook. I found out that if I were a "Little Miss" I would be Little Miss Giggles, my "real name" is Delilah, my "actual age" is two, the animal that best fits me is the lion, the leading lady on Broadway that best characterizes me is Elphaba from Wicked, and if I were a sport I would be hockey. All this was a continuation of last night's escapades when I discovered that the personality I have is "the cutie," when it comes to randomness I am "RANDOM LEADER OF THE WORLD" (while my sister is as random as a fan... haha), I am a dork rather than a nerd or geek, and as far as swimming is concerned, I am, who would have guessed it, a butterflyer.
After my facebook quizzing I lounged around the house for a long time. I watched some tv with my mom which was cool. At 10 pm I went for a run on the treadmill (3 miles), then showered... most productive things I did all day.
Also started planning my trip to Canada. On May 29th I'm going to fly to Calgary to see my dad's side of the family. After that we have an idea but no tickets bought so far. Planning to spend a couple days there then fly to Winnipeg to see my mom's side for about a week. Then come home. woohoo! Unfortunately I will have to miss the Newport Chowder Festival on June 6, which I've been going to for a few years and absolutely love. Oh well, there's always next year I guess! Oh, and when I say I started planning my trip, I mean my mom started planning it. I gave a little input that required about zero effort.
One thing that I did do was find out my grades from this term. I didn't do too badly, pretty much what I expected. A in jazz history (92 on that paper...woot), A in financial accounting, and B in macroeconomics. I would have had to do extremely well on the macro final to get an A... apparently I didn't. Ah well. My GPA remains the same as it was, and I'm cool with that.
hmm. That's it. I'll report back with how the trip goes! :)
Song of the day: Stay Home by SELF
Tomorrow (well later today if you want to be technical) I am driving up to New Hampshire, and I'm pretty excited about it. Carl is having a slightly belated birthday party and he invited me to it! He lives in Keene, which is about 2.5 hours away from me. I've never driven that far before in one shot, but it should be fine. I'm staying overnight because I really don't want to drive there and back in one day. SLEEPOVER AT CARL'S! WOOHOO! Robbie and Eric should be there also for the night, I think. Either way it should be a good time.
I totally didn't get him a present. Perhaps on the way I should stop and buy a card. hmm.
Today I didn't do anything at all. I woke up at noon. I took many stupid quizzes on facebook. I found out that if I were a "Little Miss" I would be Little Miss Giggles, my "real name" is Delilah, my "actual age" is two, the animal that best fits me is the lion, the leading lady on Broadway that best characterizes me is Elphaba from Wicked, and if I were a sport I would be hockey. All this was a continuation of last night's escapades when I discovered that the personality I have is "the cutie," when it comes to randomness I am "RANDOM LEADER OF THE WORLD" (while my sister is as random as a fan... haha), I am a dork rather than a nerd or geek, and as far as swimming is concerned, I am, who would have guessed it, a butterflyer.
After my facebook quizzing I lounged around the house for a long time. I watched some tv with my mom which was cool. At 10 pm I went for a run on the treadmill (3 miles), then showered... most productive things I did all day.
Also started planning my trip to Canada. On May 29th I'm going to fly to Calgary to see my dad's side of the family. After that we have an idea but no tickets bought so far. Planning to spend a couple days there then fly to Winnipeg to see my mom's side for about a week. Then come home. woohoo! Unfortunately I will have to miss the Newport Chowder Festival on June 6, which I've been going to for a few years and absolutely love. Oh well, there's always next year I guess! Oh, and when I say I started planning my trip, I mean my mom started planning it. I gave a little input that required about zero effort.
One thing that I did do was find out my grades from this term. I didn't do too badly, pretty much what I expected. A in jazz history (92 on that paper...woot), A in financial accounting, and B in macroeconomics. I would have had to do extremely well on the macro final to get an A... apparently I didn't. Ah well. My GPA remains the same as it was, and I'm cool with that.
hmm. That's it. I'll report back with how the trip goes! :)
5.07.2009
Home and My Jazz Final
FYI: Berge and I won the final MNC of the 2008-2009 schoolyear. Woohoo!
Quote of the day: Swiney swiney! - Colette
Song of the day: Best Imitation of Myself by Ben Folds
I'm home. And it feels good!
Tuesday was the last day of classes. I had a macro final (which I think went okay) and a jazz paper due (which I think I did well on too).
On Monday I had an accounting final (on the computer, 2 tries on each question) and ended up getting an easy A in that class. I also had my jazz history final...there's a story to go with that.
I was supposed to take my jazz history final at 11 am. This final was 100 questions. 50% was "circle the style with which the term fits;" so there's a phrase or person and you circle "dixieland" "swing" "bebop" "cool jazz" "hard bop" "avant garde" "fusion" or "world music."
The other 50% was related to listening. There were 5 listening examples. For each example you circle the style it is, the decade it came from, and 4 artists associated with that style. So the final was a lot of questions, but no writing, which is good. I don't like short answer questions.
Anyway, at 11:30 on Monday morning I wake up to, "Alana, it's 11:30!" CRAP! I get dressed really fast and run down to my class. Thankfully it was in the building next to my dorm. Oh how I love tiny campuses. I see the professor and say, "I just woke up, sorry I'm late!" There were only a couple kids (out of like, 50 originally) left taking the test. My teacher tells me to sit down in the front row. He says, "You know, you were doing so well in the class... too bad you're going to flunk."
....
"Nah, I'm kidding." He hands me the test. It's 11:35. The class technically ends at 11:50, and I have another final at noon. I work for a couple minutes then he plays the listening examples for me. At 11:48 he tells me he has to go to a recital down the hall but to bring him the test when I'm done. I could have stayed longer I suppose, except that pesky accounting final had to be taken. At 11:50 I go give him my test. Woah.
Remember how I said there were still kids taking the test at 11:35? I took my jazz final in 15 minutes. The kicker? I got a 91/100 on the exam. OWNED.
Quote of the day: Swiney swiney! - Colette
Song of the day: Best Imitation of Myself by Ben Folds
I'm home. And it feels good!
Tuesday was the last day of classes. I had a macro final (which I think went okay) and a jazz paper due (which I think I did well on too).
On Monday I had an accounting final (on the computer, 2 tries on each question) and ended up getting an easy A in that class. I also had my jazz history final...there's a story to go with that.
I was supposed to take my jazz history final at 11 am. This final was 100 questions. 50% was "circle the style with which the term fits;" so there's a phrase or person and you circle "dixieland" "swing" "bebop" "cool jazz" "hard bop" "avant garde" "fusion" or "world music."
The other 50% was related to listening. There were 5 listening examples. For each example you circle the style it is, the decade it came from, and 4 artists associated with that style. So the final was a lot of questions, but no writing, which is good. I don't like short answer questions.
Anyway, at 11:30 on Monday morning I wake up to, "Alana, it's 11:30!" CRAP! I get dressed really fast and run down to my class. Thankfully it was in the building next to my dorm. Oh how I love tiny campuses. I see the professor and say, "I just woke up, sorry I'm late!" There were only a couple kids (out of like, 50 originally) left taking the test. My teacher tells me to sit down in the front row. He says, "You know, you were doing so well in the class... too bad you're going to flunk."
....
"Nah, I'm kidding." He hands me the test. It's 11:35. The class technically ends at 11:50, and I have another final at noon. I work for a couple minutes then he plays the listening examples for me. At 11:48 he tells me he has to go to a recital down the hall but to bring him the test when I'm done. I could have stayed longer I suppose, except that pesky accounting final had to be taken. At 11:50 I go give him my test. Woah.
Remember how I said there were still kids taking the test at 11:35? I took my jazz final in 15 minutes. The kicker? I got a 91/100 on the exam. OWNED.
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