lia's blogs.: June 2008

No Pictures Today

I normally have a lot of pictures, but I'm actually not posting from my laptop!! Gasp! No, I'm at work with my Aunt because my dad is making me work for my Italy trip (which I will rant about later) and here I am on the work laptop since everything I need to do is done and I don't leave for a while. Actually I wouldn't be on here except the work laptop blocks everything that amuses me. Like all emails are blocked except for the office email and YouTube and games and whatnot. And I was browsing and I was like hey they let me on this site! Pretty cool I know.

Play by Play?
Okay, so I decided since I don't have anything better to do I'm going to give you all a play by play of my missing blog days, sound fun? Read more.

9th Grade Lagoon!
Okay, so before school ended they had a day when all the 9th graders went to Lagoon. Kelsey, Jenny and me felt otherwise. As 8th graders we skipped school and went to Lagoon. Course the 9th graders objected but hey. It was pretty smoking. Haha. Yes. I just said smoking. The lines were okay, they were pretty long and it started raining and I didn't break a sweat shirt or any product of clothing that has the ability to sustain heat so I was pretty cold. But it was fun, it was for sure, a lot better than school! I also have some pictures from this day I'd like to post if I remember!

Last Day of School
So, on the very last day of school, June 4-5-6-7? One of those days, it was quite bittersweet. It was the last day of school, but it was the last day of school. I wouldn't be able to see some of my friends for a long time, but I deepened a friendship that brought new oppurtunities this summer. So what really happened? On the last day of school I invited Chelynn (I love you!) to hang at the mall with me afterwards since I just really didn't want the day to end. Sam (love you too!) joined us and we squished in the back of my aunt's car and drove to Fashion Place, so happens it Chey and Sam invited Aaron, Curtis and Savie (love you all!) and we spent pretty much the rest of the day at the mall messing around. And no, I did not buy anything. We all just became great friends.

End of School PARTY!
Okay, so Sam decided to throw an end of the year party and this consisted of many people and many new friends! I have some pictures that if I feel like I'll post later! Okay, so let's see who was there. Chey, Sam (fer sure), Leslie, Sedona, Alicia, Savie, Aaron, Curtis, Kenyan, Casey and there was someone else... his name started with a T? Anyway we started playing Truth or Dare and then, me, Aaron, Leslie and Curtis sneak off suddenly and go into an empty (well empty of normal things, filled to the brims with junk) room and sit in a circle and begin singing Kum-Ba-Ya and joining hands. It was pretty hilarious. And then suddenly everyone else comes into the room and Kenyan comes up to Leslie takes her arm and LICKS it. Yep. Me and Aaron fall on top of eachother laughing and I wish I had my camara to take a picture of Leslie's face although she would have made me delete it. That day was great we had soo much fun. We walked to Macey's and bought ice cream and it really couldn't have been better. Thanks Sam for throwing such an awesome party!

Lagoon Again? You betcha.
So for Aaron's birthday (Happy 14th!) he invited the lot of us to Lagoon! And wow. That was the best day too! I might have some pictures of Curtis, Aaron and Savie on Go-Karts I want to post up later too. Despise the fact that it was one of the hottest days in Utah, the lines were SHORT. We went on the Wicked 3 times and the Samurai twice. We'd only wait in line for 20-30 minutes for ones you normally wait 3 hours in! It was the best. We also met up with Ahrahka, Morgan and Stacie there and a lot of ditching and rejoining happene haha. The only downer was that all the wet rides were closed. This means that they closed down Rattlesnake Rapids and Cliffhanger. On the HOTTEST day. So instead we decided to go on the Log Flume. It was funny because normally when people go down the hill they produce a huge wave and it goes around them getting them somewhat wet. The heavier you are the bigger the wave, the more likely you are to get wet. Well Aaron and I went together for one and when we went down we didn't even make a wave. It was kind of pathetic really. But it was fun. During that line my Italy chocolate melted all over my bag and we went to Arby's to clean everything off it was so nice everybody helped!

River Rafting in Colorado!
So the very next day after Lagoon, me and my dearly beloved and still alive mother went to Colorado for some serious river rafting! We only knew one person in the group but we quickly made friends with everyone else. The drive was 4.5 hours long and honestly it killed me but I lived! We arrived roughly midnight at the camp. My mom and me slept in the car that night. The next morning we packed everything up again and put them on the boats and set for the rapids! We had water fights and wow. The water was COOOLD. The river was also going a lot faster than usual so we made it to the campsite in record time! We set up camp and hung around for a little bit, then we hiked up to the waterfall. It was beautiful! I spent a long time there just swimming. Then Mac, one of the 14 year old boys there (actually the only one) found a frog or toad thing. I kissed the frog but no luck this time. It was real cute though, we took a picture of one of the girls kissing the frog and then was replaced by her husband! Mucho cute! The next day (after torment of bugs, insects and heat) we packed up once again and headed for the RAPIDS! The water was going very very fast. During one of the fastest rapids (Skull) we went aorund 40-50 mph! I was up in the front with Brenda and Steve just diving head in from the waves, otherwise the boat would taco. The water was cold but it was soo much fun. I was holding onto my hat and sunglasses most of the time and sqealing my head off. Steve and Brenda were also just bailing the water out of the boat but really we were going so fast than usual that there wasn't any time and by the time we got out of the rapids the water was up to our knees. When the water calmed down me and Steve jumped into the water and let the boat pull us. Brenda fell in from "Rapid Dee" (She was pushed in by our boatsman :)) The water was soo cold and took a while to get used to but it was fun fun fun! Then we pulled up into the cliff jumping area. We would hike up onto a cliff and jump. The usual drop they said was 40 feet but because the water was so high it was only a 20 foot jump. I didn't jump because the current was so fast I would be washed away. And the water was really cold. But it was fun watching people jump. And watching Sarahi trying to jump. =] All in all it was a great 3 days. I want to do it again minus the bugs and heat!

Italy cries: Jessie we are ready for you!!
So guess where I'm going tomorrow? Yep. You guessed it. Italy baby. And I won't be coming back for 10 days. I will be on a 7 day cruise and then 3 days in Rome. (Aaron- Curtis - I know, you hate me and are mucho jealous) I'm going to be going to Florence, Pisa, Cicily all those major cities (Naples, Livorno) I'm soo excited. And then ROME! I want to go to the Collesseum (spelling) and just take pictures everywhere! You will most definitely hear from me when I get back. Why not during the trip? Because internet is quite expensive on the boat and in the hotel (go for 10 dollars a day) and why not texting? Because even though I have unlimited texting its 35 cents per outgoing text! And 5 dollars per each minute. That means a 5 minute conversation would sum up to 25 dollars. Think of what I could buy with that! So I'll be back friends, with sunburns, pictures and experience. If you guys want to keep in touch with me I can email from my dads email, just tell me if you want to. If you do keep in touch with me during my travels though its more likely you'll get a souveneir haha. I love you all. And I'll see you again in 10-11 days.
Ciao America!