HEY GUYS! Look, I know I haven't been on here in a while, and I'm SO sorry. I just got wrapped up in a lot of things recently (so much I actually went out and bought a calendar). I've gotten complaints from my Uncle and Step-dad about not writing, so this is just to prove them wrong. I'm gonna write a lot, so that you guys can all catch up on the recent schtuff(yes this is spelled right, it's pronounced sh-tuff) that I've been doing.
Here we go: Well, the last time I wrote was.....OMG! I haven't written in SO long! Okay well here's the rest of the Texas trip in a bubble. We worked a lot, we ate bad food, we stood in puddles for days, and I skipped the last day because I was so tired. I caught up on season 1 of NCIS while everyone was working their butts off in the booth. I actually fell asleep for a couple hours one day while I was working (I was still paid well, which is nice). Anyways, we finished I think...July 4th was the last day.
July 4th: After a grueling day at work, and the tearing down of the booth, and the yelling and screaming customers who just wanted to chuck money at you; We all got dressed up and went out to dinner to the restaurant where Mom and Glenn and I went out the first night (when the power went out) Anyways, I got a salad which was really nice and flavorful. After a leg cramp ordeal with Aunt Diane, we went out onto the freeway, headed for Fiesta, TX for fireworks. They started before we got there, but luckily, we could stop right on the shoulder of the freeway and watch them there. 15 minutes and many fireworks later, we headed home, and after a quick trip to Walmart, headed to bed.
July 5th: We headed into Austin today. It was super super hot, and even though everyone wanted to shop, we didn't stay that long. We went to a couple stores, got some ice cream, and then got back in the cars to go home. One really cool store we went in was the costume store; It must be a nightmare to do inventory in that store. There was SO much stuff, and I could've spent hours in it. When we were leaving, we decided to get some authentic Texas BBQ at this little shack that used to be an iron factory. It was REALLY good, but my Coke was flat :( but otherwise it was cool. Some of the other workers at another booth came with us to Austin, and then came back to our house for a rousing game of Apples to Apples.
July 6th: MY SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY! We got up a little early, around 9 or so, and hung around for a while. Mom and Glenn and Allen got me a birthday cake from the grocery store (which wasn't as well decorated as I would've expected but oh well). The only thing that was disappointing then was that the ice cream cake had NO crispies in the middle! NONE! It was insane. It's a sad day in Texas when ice cream cake has no crispies. Anyways, we all piled into the car to head up to SEA WORLD! YEAH! Who knew they had one in San Antonio?! Not me! So we drove about 30 minutes to Sea World, and waited in a short line to get in. After getting in we immediately went on a water-ride called Trip to Atlantis (or something similar) and then went to see the Shamu show. It was really cool and I cannot believe the size or gracefulness of those whales. I'm gonna try and post some pictures on here, when my computer decides to let me. Anyways, Allen had to go to the airport, so we decided to get re-entry into SeaWorld so that we could take him, and get lunch later. We drove him to the airport, and went to Sonic. There was a whole ordeal there, but long story short: I rode home with no pants on, and we got free sundaes. Later in the day, when it cooled down a bit, we all went back to SeaWorld, and Auntie and I got on some rollercoasters while Mom and Glenn went exploring. We all met at the Beluga show for the end to a perfect day. As we were leaving, I went into the gift shop, where I found the most perfect walrus stuffed animal whom I bought and promptly named John Winston Lennon (after the real one) and I call him Winston for short. He's helped me through a lot already, but more on that later.
July 7th: We left for Missouri today, I think...Anyways we(Mom, Glenn, Auntie, and I) drove about 13 hours to get all the way to Missouri. We got into the hotel and slept for the night. There's not much to say about this day.
July 8th: Now the fun starts; Auntie and Mom and Uncle-y/Cousin Jesse went out to the Lake House for the family reunion early. Glenn and I hung around at the hotel for a while to catch up on sleep, and hopefully regain some sanity to be around people again. We finally arrived around 4 or so, and greeted the family, as well as the MANY fireworks that were shot off constantly. It was a nice night, complete with a pontoon boat ride in the rain :)
July 9th: This was our first full day at the Lake house. I tried water-skiing today, to no avail. The cousins make it look a LOT easier than it is. I also went out sailing with Auntie and Uncle Todd, who were very impressed with my sailing skills which was very cool. I did study at UKSA(United Kingdom Sailing Academy) after all, but let's not tell them that I was sick the day we were supposed to study sailing (shhh!). I also went tubing and swimming and a whole plethera of other things today. We got all dried off at night, and ate dinner (walking tacos, which are VERY good, and I encourage people to try them). After a short but very LOUD fireworks display, Mom and Glenn and I went back to the hotel, where I had a mental breakdown from being so homesick. I just hugged Winston and talked to my dad on the phone, and got through it.
July 10th: This was our last day at the Lake. I didn't go swimming today, but I spent a nice quiet day working on puzzles on the porch swing. It was very pleasant, but I couldn't WAIT to leave that day and get home!
July 11th: This was our last day of driving, and it went rather well except for some traffic. OH! By the way, if anyone knows what a "silver alert" is, please comment it, so I'll also share that knowledge with you.
Well that's the end of the "day-by-day" posts, because a lot of the other stuff I have to talk about is just random. Over the past couple weeks since I've been home, I've been working a lot. I think Karen's finally giving me a bit more freedom in the bakery and she doesn't feel like she has to watch me all the time, which makes me happy because it gives me confidence in her eyes. Just this past week, I've handed out tons of business cards, gotten two orders, and delivered one of those orders! It's very exciting to know that my business is finally taking off and that I'm doing a good job in those cakes that I put out. I don't feel the need to elaborate on the cakes that I'm making because they're not THAT important. My dad and I have been hanging out a lot which is really good, and we're going to OC on the 26th and 27th of July for some time on the beach.
Today, July 23rd, I worked in the morning, and then around 5 my dad picked me up to run some errands. I drove from my mom's house, to Borders Book Store in Annapolis ALL by myself, considering DAD was on the phone, when he SHOULD have been helping me (not like I can't do it by myself anyways) So, we went to Borders, I got the book I needed for school, and then we went over to Staples, so I could get a calendar to finally be able to write down everything that I need to remember! It's gonna be a HUGE help, I can feel it.
LAST THING (you know, until tomorrow...) I'm going to join in with one of my favorite youtube stars Philip DeFranco in his Project: Lose an Olsen Twin(PLOT). Yes I know it sounds silly, but actually it's all about eating healthier and just getting yourself back into shape. I'm going to follow his vlog, and I'll post a link at the bottom of this blog in case you'd like to join in too! He's a great inspiration and I hope he also inspires you to work on fitness also! So, the healthier eating, and exercise starts tomorrow, which will include a short run, some pushups/crunches, and then some workouts on the wii, along with a Bowling game or two. I'll be posting updates on the PLOT, which will include updates on myself, but also on Philip and on my friends who may want to join in. Let me know if you're going to support him, and myself, and you'll recieve a prize! ....maybe...probably not. But you'll be more fit, which is a prize in and of itself. I'll see ya tomorrow! Hope you enjoyed the apology blog, and all the new stuff that will be happening soon!
Hugs and Cake,
Emily
July 3, 2010
There she goes, there she goes again!
Hello everyone! The past couple days have been eventful ones, which is good. I think I left off at...Day 2, which was the day we picked up Aunt Diane and went it to Taco Taco. Okay! So we're onto Day 3.
Day 3: This was our first day working in the booth at the convention. Have I mentioned it? This convention was the 75th Anniversary of AA, so we're selling merchandise from mom's store. It was a pretty good day, REALLY tiring though. My feet hurt so bad after every day we worked, along with everyone else's. The neighbor booths around us were very nice and we all had a bunch of fun getting set up. Today was just a "get used to the surroundings and set up your store" day, so that's it.
Day 4: This day...I think I stayed home. I'm forgetting a lot of the dates here, but I believe mom let me stay home this day to relax and regain my foot arches once again. They had a good day at the store, however it rained a LOT while they were there. Actually the first day, we got the merchandise out, then it started to rain! So we had to scramble to grab everything and get it to a dry place, and our station still ended up flooded by the end of Day 4.
Day 5: Day 5 was yesterday, July 2nd, I believe. I went back to work today, and since it was Friday it was reallyy busy. We were constantly taking charges and cash and our money belts were so messed up by the end of the day. It rained some today, but not as much as the day before. A little of the merchandise, including some of our shoes, were ruined by the rain, but we didn't lose too much. OH! At the beginning of the day, I was harshly insulted by a customer! She had bought some merchandise, and gave me a large bill, so I made the change best I could(I've never been very good at it), and it was wrong. She counted it by herself, and replied "You're short changing me, do you know what country you're in?" Now I had no idea how to respond, and so I just gave her the change she was asking for, hoping she would just GO AWAY. Now every time I see a woman that looks like her pass by, I cringe inside, because she was really mean! When I bent down to get her a bag, I was almost teary eyed; I wasn't expecting to be insulted! By the end of this day, I was almost sure I wasn't coming in for Day 6....
Day 6: But I did. Day 6 is today, July 3rd. Today was VERY eventful. This morning we all got up and shuffled into the car, and went to work. Once we got there people flooded in. We had so many customers, it was like all of the previous days combined. Since we were one of the booths with the most diversity, and the only ones with the spinner rings and the sobriety year pins, we stayed pretty busy throughout the day. Once everything started winding down...around 11 PM, we started to get a little punchy... Also, there were crickets EVERYWHERE! They were attacking! It scared me so bad, I couldn't even bear to sit in my chair for fear of crickets jumping on my head again. They were creeepyyyy. Anyways, around 12:15 AM we headed out to the car..which is when things started to get weird. Mom was already overtired, but I don't understand the rest of the night. First, when we were all in the car, Aunt Diane realized that she hadn't taken her money belt off yet, so she was standing outside the car untying it. She had one leg inside the car, and mom started to pull away! It was insane! We all were freaking... Mom stopped, Aunt Diane finished untying her belt, and got into the car. We paid for parking that day, and headed out onto the streets. On the way home we had some laughs talking about the many things that happened that day. Then as we got closer to home, we were on a side street, at a red light. Mom started inching forward (the light STILL red) and she just slowly...creeps through the red light. Her justification: "I got tired of waiting! It seems like we were stuck in a vortex of time, and I HAD to get out!" I told her, when I run a red light, that's going to be my excuse. We all were laughing so hard, and Aunt Diane and Mom were 'squeaking' (a traditional family noise for this side of the family). So we got back to the house, still laughing and we all get out of the car, get our stuff and make our way inside. Well, I'm trying to get out of the door, and mom presses the automatic close door button! I had to narrowly escape being crushed by the door, even though it would've just bounced back. Anyways, we all got inside, and now I'm sitting in our room with Aunt Diane and we both have our laptops, typing away!
That's all I have for you now, stay tuned for further updates!
Hugs and Cake,
Emily
Day 3: This was our first day working in the booth at the convention. Have I mentioned it? This convention was the 75th Anniversary of AA, so we're selling merchandise from mom's store. It was a pretty good day, REALLY tiring though. My feet hurt so bad after every day we worked, along with everyone else's. The neighbor booths around us were very nice and we all had a bunch of fun getting set up. Today was just a "get used to the surroundings and set up your store" day, so that's it.
Day 4: This day...I think I stayed home. I'm forgetting a lot of the dates here, but I believe mom let me stay home this day to relax and regain my foot arches once again. They had a good day at the store, however it rained a LOT while they were there. Actually the first day, we got the merchandise out, then it started to rain! So we had to scramble to grab everything and get it to a dry place, and our station still ended up flooded by the end of Day 4.
Day 5: Day 5 was yesterday, July 2nd, I believe. I went back to work today, and since it was Friday it was reallyy busy. We were constantly taking charges and cash and our money belts were so messed up by the end of the day. It rained some today, but not as much as the day before. A little of the merchandise, including some of our shoes, were ruined by the rain, but we didn't lose too much. OH! At the beginning of the day, I was harshly insulted by a customer! She had bought some merchandise, and gave me a large bill, so I made the change best I could(I've never been very good at it), and it was wrong. She counted it by herself, and replied "You're short changing me, do you know what country you're in?" Now I had no idea how to respond, and so I just gave her the change she was asking for, hoping she would just GO AWAY. Now every time I see a woman that looks like her pass by, I cringe inside, because she was really mean! When I bent down to get her a bag, I was almost teary eyed; I wasn't expecting to be insulted! By the end of this day, I was almost sure I wasn't coming in for Day 6....
Day 6: But I did. Day 6 is today, July 3rd. Today was VERY eventful. This morning we all got up and shuffled into the car, and went to work. Once we got there people flooded in. We had so many customers, it was like all of the previous days combined. Since we were one of the booths with the most diversity, and the only ones with the spinner rings and the sobriety year pins, we stayed pretty busy throughout the day. Once everything started winding down...around 11 PM, we started to get a little punchy... Also, there were crickets EVERYWHERE! They were attacking! It scared me so bad, I couldn't even bear to sit in my chair for fear of crickets jumping on my head again. They were creeepyyyy. Anyways, around 12:15 AM we headed out to the car..which is when things started to get weird. Mom was already overtired, but I don't understand the rest of the night. First, when we were all in the car, Aunt Diane realized that she hadn't taken her money belt off yet, so she was standing outside the car untying it. She had one leg inside the car, and mom started to pull away! It was insane! We all were freaking... Mom stopped, Aunt Diane finished untying her belt, and got into the car. We paid for parking that day, and headed out onto the streets. On the way home we had some laughs talking about the many things that happened that day. Then as we got closer to home, we were on a side street, at a red light. Mom started inching forward (the light STILL red) and she just slowly...creeps through the red light. Her justification: "I got tired of waiting! It seems like we were stuck in a vortex of time, and I HAD to get out!" I told her, when I run a red light, that's going to be my excuse. We all were laughing so hard, and Aunt Diane and Mom were 'squeaking' (a traditional family noise for this side of the family). So we got back to the house, still laughing and we all get out of the car, get our stuff and make our way inside. Well, I'm trying to get out of the door, and mom presses the automatic close door button! I had to narrowly escape being crushed by the door, even though it would've just bounced back. Anyways, we all got inside, and now I'm sitting in our room with Aunt Diane and we both have our laptops, typing away!
That's all I have for you now, stay tuned for further updates!
Hugs and Cake,
Emily
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