Day 13

Tomorrow will be two weeks since I've been gone. Crazy, it's gone by fast. Today was a pretty kick back day for the most part. We got up n got ready and we went to IHOP for breakfast. Pretty good :). After we finished eating my mom n I walked over to target and browsed around we got a few things. We finally found MarioKart for the Wii. We have been looking everywhere for it. SO we finally bought it. I also found a really cute little cardigan, which I totally forgot to buy, I was having a major blonde moment. But anyways, we dropped our packages off at the rig and headed over to Shoe Carnival, who was having a MAJOR sidewalk sale. I was in heaven. I got three pair of shoes and spent a grand total of $15.05. I got some $2 jellys, which are really comfortable, and I got two pair of really cute heels for $6 each. A blue pair for me and a tan pair for Erica. They're super cute n comfy. There was some zebra shoes there that I wanted but they weren't on sale. :( Oh well, Next time. Then we went to Dress Barn and I got a really cute skirt to match a jacket I bought in Arkansas. N we went to several more stores. Lucky for me a shirt that my mom bought Jeremy was too small and we had to go back to Target and get a new one. SO I was able to get my Cardigan. YAY!! It's pink and super cute!!! Anyways, after Target we chilled at the hotel and I Packed up some of my stuff cuz we leave tomorrow. After a while we went to Panda Express then came back to the hotel. I finished getting my stuff packed, and then I figured out what classes I am going to take this fall. I was going to register, but when I went to register online, the system was down for the night and won't be back up til tomorrow. So that's that. And now here I am once again for the 13th time updating my blog. Well I better get some sleep, we leave tomorrow and head for Pennsylvania. We're going to be staying at some friends of my parents house. They're menonite, so that should be interesting, and we're going to amish country. AWESOME!!! Lol G'nite!

Day 12

So today was an awesome day! I got to sleep in until 11 today. It was sheer bliss compared to gettin up at the crack of dawn like I have been lately. It was a total kick back day for me. After I got up I played some computer games for a while then I got into the shower. After I got out I fought with my wonderful hair which did not want to work with me at all today. I finally just gave up and pinned it up. It was just not a good hair day. So about an hour or so after I finished my hair my mom and dan came back to the hotel from the convetion center and told me that we were going out to eat with some friends. So I had to get dressed and brush my teeth, cuz let's face it, my breath was kicking. lol :) Anyways my parents friends, Dave and Brenda, came and picked us up and we headed out for dinner. We went to Chili's but it was SUPER packed out so we went to Longhorn Steak house instead. I had the best filet mignon ever!!! *YUMMY* And I love their sweet tea. It's so good! So we ate and socialized then headed out to leave. As we were heading out we ran into some other friends. So more talking and standing around was done. Oh the joy. So we finally left and headed back to the hotel. On our way back we realized why everywhere was so packed. American Idol was being hosted at some huge center right next to chili's and longhorn. So it took a while to get through traffic. When we finally got here, I decided to washed my hair since I was not having a good hair day I decided to straighten it. During the process of straightening my hair I burned my finger and left a blister. Not fun at all, but rather quite painful. But I just finished my hair, and here I am. Yes Erica, I will be home two weeks from tomorrow, and I am so excited to return home now cuz you'll prolly still be there and we can have a girls day. I can't wait!!!! :) Tomorrow is supposed to be another shopping day so hopefully it will be fun!!! We shall see! Hope everyone is doing good, I would love to hear from you all! Oh yea, and I hope I get some sleep tonight cuz there is a wedding party here, I think the reception might be here cuz there is some really loud music going on. I think it's on floor 1 cuz we're on 2 and they sound like they're right below us. Thank God I have my ipod. lol But that doesn't stop the vibrations in the floor. lol

Day 11

Today was a very boring day. We got up n got ready, then we went to Breakfast at Dennys. We came back to the hotel and took the hotels shuttle over to the convention center. CHA is huge. They have like three ginormous halls that are full of all kinds of exhibitor booths. Some of the stuff is cool, but I really wasn't in the mood to look around. I wasn't feeling well. Anyways, we wandered around n saw some people we know n then we found dan. We didn't stay very long today, than God We came back to the hotel and just chilled for a while. Then we decided to go have a late lunch/early dinner at some place called Portillos. It wasn't all that great. The only thing I liked were the french fries. But after that we came back to the hotel n just did our own thing. Now here I am writing about my boring life. lol And my head is killing me so I'm going to go for tonight. G'nite all. See you in a couple weeks. :)

Day 10

Well, today was totally uneventful. For me anyways. So we left at 6 this morning went to McDonalds and then picked up the trailer and headed out. I slept most of the morning. We stopped at Cracker Barrel to eat. I basically just played on the computer today. I had alot to think about today. I think I wanna move away for like a year. I would miss everyone but I think I just really need to get away. Idk, just something I've been thinking about. But anyways. We're in Chicago now, a really ugly city. Tomorrow we're going to CHA it's like a craft convention. Where businesses go to see what new product is out that they might want to buy. They have alot of make-and-take-its. Like demonstrations that we get to do and keep so that shouldn't be too bad. At least I'll have something to do. Well that is it for tonight. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to write abou tomorrow. ta-ta for now!

Day 9

These last couplde of days have gone by so fast. I guess it's prolly cuz I've been having fun. So today was my last day in Arkansas, :(. We leave for Chicago in the morning. So far I've really enjoyed this this trip. I've really enjoyed myself. I was especially happy this morning because I got to sleep in for a little bit. My parents went to breakfast and I stayed here at the hotel and straightened my hair. It only took about 2 hours. lol I got a new straightener and it steams n burns my hand so it takes longer. Well anywho. After I finished my hair we did some laundry then went out. We went to another Cado store n didn't really find anything. So we went to Walmart to get some stuff, then went to a restaurant callled Browns. It's kinda like Cracker Barrel in a way, it has the little store and restaurant. We didnt eat there we just browsed around the store. Then we came back to the hotel n TOdd met us here. We just kinda sat n chilled here til Dan got hungry n we decided to go to a mexican restaurant called Ta Molly's n TJ met us there. The food was pretty good, nothing like our California mexican food though. lol So after we ate TJ took me n mom so some park n we walked around there. It was really pretty. Super green and LOTS of bugs. It's cool seeing lightning bugs though. I got some pretty cool pics of them. Anyways after we walked the mile long path we drove to Sonic and came back to our hotel. We just hung out here acting dumb. Todd left n TJ stayed for a lil while longer, then he had to go. We all said our goodbyes. So sad. lol Well kinda was. It was alot of fun hanging out with them this week. But so now I'm here all packed up n ready to hit the road again. We will be driving all day tomorrow so i will prolly just sleep the whole day again. Ah it's the life. lol well that's bout it. Off to bed for me gotta get up at 6 (4am cali time). And I need my beauty sleep. lol Oh yea n while I was packing I went to put my vans in my suitcase n I turned it over and a dead spider fell in my hand it was so disgusting. This place has too many bugs!!!!! *shudder*

Day 8

Wow, I've been gone a week and a day already. It's going by fast. It's good, but kinda sucks at the same time. So my day started off with breakfast at Cracker Barrel with Todd, Vicki, and David. It was really good. Which was a drastic change from the other Cracker Barrels we've been to so far on this trip. After breakfast we came back to the hotel for a minute, then Dan and Todd dropped me and my mom off at a little strip mall. We went to several different stores. I got a bunch of new stuff, and I still have money left, so I'm doing good. When we finished shopping we called Dan and Todd and they came and picked us back up n took us back to the hotel. We sat here and talked for a while, then TJ came over here when he got off work. We tried to beat Diner Dash and didn't succeed. lol So we all went over to their house to have dinner. We ate and then chilled. Tj and I played halo 3 for a little while, but then he got tired of getting beat so we quit. lol jk We sat around while and TJ played his guitar. Then TJ got this bright idea to kill all the wasps in the nest on their porch. So he got some kinda spray and sprayed it, but that didn't do anything so he got a golf club and knocked it down, real smart on his part. So he ran back inside and we watched from the window. Then he decided to play golf with the fallen nest. That was short lived. So we decided to go outside and walk around. We walked down their mile long drive way and turned down like two other streets and then we got tired n decided to get the quad. So we turned around and went back to the house. On the way back TJ decided he wanted a piggy back ride. That went well seeing as he is 6'2 and weighs 200lbs he ended up like choking me. lol It was so funny. By the time we got there we were too lazy to get the quad out and go riding. So we just sat around the house again n talked n took pics n were acting dumb. It was alot of fun. Then Todd and Tj dropped us off back at our hotel and I took a shower. Then I talked to Joe and downloaded the pictures from my camera. So here I am at the end of another day in my life. Rather boring in writing but so much fun in real life. lol

Day 7

Wow, today was one of the most interesting of this trip so far. Let's see, I woke up bout 8:30, and took a shower. I got ready to go. Todd Kennedy and his son David came and picked up my parents n I n we went to IHOP for breakfast. I ordered a Ceasar salad which was totally disgusting. But anyways, after we ate my mom and I walked over to Cato's, a really cool store. I bought an awesome green purse, some white sandals, a red shirt, and a green jacket. They have so much n super cute. After Cato's we went to Payless and my mom got some cute lil shoes. Then dan, todd, n david picked us up again n we went and met up with todd's wife vicki. From there David, me, my mom n vicki tried to make our way to Park Plaza mall and got lost. But we found a stein mart n i got two shirts. Then we finally got to the mall and walked around. Then TJ came and met up with us. We all ended up just chilling at the mall in some little lounge area. Then TJs friend Trea met us there n hung out for a little bit. Finally we got super hungry and ended up at PF Changs. We had a very interesting time there. Some lady across the restaurant did NOT know how to sit in a skirt, so Vicki took it upon herself to ask the lady to please put a napkin over her legs. Needless to say it didn't go over too well. The lady was affended n said she had shorts on underneath. The group was makin rude loud comments about was vicki said, and the lady stood up and began flapping her skirt up and down. They were rather on the intoxicated side. They said a few words to us on the way out but um... non postable words. lol Anyways, it was pretty embarrassing.Oh and on their way out they called us perverts. lol After that we came to the hotel so I could brush my teeth and do my hair. Then Me, TJ, and Davif went to birthday party for some guy. I met alot of people. It was ok at the party, but then we went to their friends church where they proceeded to "jam" it was interesting. They guys kept coming up to me and making random comments and acting retarded. It was funny. After we lef the church me, tj, and david went to hastings and walked around for a while. Then they dropped me off at the hotel. Now I am posting and bout to crash. Here are some pics from today.