Vacation Part 3

After three days in Disneyland, we spent a day shopping, then a day at Knotts Berry Farm. Unfortunately, we didn't take many pictures, so you're going to have to read my rambling instead of looking at it.

I'm a pretty frugal person (except when I see I got a huge pay cheque and get a little too excited), so I really didn't spend much other than on food and drinks. For our shopping day, I bought a really nice red blazer that has a kind of ruffle at the bottom, five pairs of underwear, two of which didn't fit (can't try underwear on), a new Sims 3 game (It has dragons!), a loose red tube top (it actually fits without falling down!) an inexpensive plain black sweater, two pairs of shoes (black pair of sneakers for comfort and a light brown pair of slips ons), and a box of taffy. Note that pretty much everything I bought was under twenty dollars... So yeah, a lot of my money went toward food and drinks.

By the time we went to Knotts Berry farm, I was beginning to feel a little sick. My throat was sore and my head hurt, but I ignored it for the first few hours. The roller coasters there are amazing! Unfortunately, they're the roughest rides I've ever been on. The wooden roller coaster would have been a lot of fun, but I felt like I got whip lash. It was easily the bumpiest ride I've ever been on. There was one coaster that was closed down the majority of the time we were there. Vanessa and I managed to get on it right after it opened, and about five minutes after we got off, it closed down again. Close to the end of the day my knee pretty much gave out, and I was feeling grumpy. My toe on my left food really hurt and my knee on my right leg wasn't bending anymore, so I probably looked like a penguin waddling along to try and keep the pain to a minimum. At least I got a nice souvenir cup that I refilled for free about five times. The final time I just had ice cold water in it to keep on my knee...

When we got home, I took my shoes and socks off to find a massive blister on my big toe, right between it and the next toe. It made for some awkward walking when I tried not to pop it. And since I've barely had a day off of work or school since I got back, my knee is still sore. I really need to rest it up for a few days, but we're really short on staff at work. At school on Monday, it nearly gave out twice while walking.

And of course, my cold got worse. By the time we left California, I could barely talk, and my voice was even worse at work the next day. I still have an annoying cough, which is causing my throat to hurt again, and my nose is only just starting to clear up. Some morning I wake up with a head ache, but it normally goes away after breakfast or a shower.

So there we are, my vacation summer up pretty well. Maybe for Friday I'll try to post some pictures of what I got, I'm just too lazy right now.

Vacation Part 2

Before I forget, today is my first day back at school. I'm only taking one class, so I'm working most of the time. I'll post on Wednesday with a quick update on how my class is.

But back to my vacation! I rarely post pictures on my blog, so I think I'll overload this post with pictures. I'm also feeling a little lazy, and I'm still sick with a cold.

As we were leaving Disneyland to go home for lunch, we ran into Cinderella near the park entrance. The line was a little long, and we were pretty much the only people over five that wanted a picture with her. This was before we actually posed. I had said something funny, and the person taking the picture managed to capture this moment. I think it looks amazing.

Merida! She's my favourite Disney princess, so I was really happy that she was there.

Aladdin and Jasmine were the first characters that we got a picture with (sorry, these aren't in order...) When I was standing next to them, Aladdin made a comment about my Deku Tree shirt. Aladdin plays Zelda!

Unfortunately Sianna got cut off in this picture, but it made me laugh, so I had to include it. 

I was very tempted to buy this hat, but it was fifteen dollars, and I had no where to wear it other than Disneyland, so it would have been a waste of money.

Buying a plastic Merida bow and arrows wasn't a waste though! This thing kept me entertained for a long time. The window at the hotel looks like it was attacked by an octopus or something, because of all the suction cup marks. For the record, I know this is not how you're supposed to stand when shooting an arrow. My right arm is too high, my left arm needs to be fully extended and I'm not putting equal weight on each foot. but I'm standing straight!

There you are, a simple picture post for today. There was more, I might add in a few details later.

I'm Back!

Oh my, I have so much to blog about now. I think I'll cut my vacation into sections to conserve all this material.

So the first day of my vacation we woke up at four in the morning, then realized we could have slept for another forty minutes or so. Either way, we stayed awake, and made it to the airport by about six-ish. I think I'm finally getting the hang of flying and travelling. It's not as complicated as I originally thought. It also really helped that my friend's mom kind of walked us through everything...

One boring plane ride later, we arrive in Los Angeles. Our hotel was really nice, though it was more like an apartment, as we had our own kitchen. While buying our food, I found out that Vons is a part of Safeway, and I was able to use my Club card, which meant I saved us fourteen dollars. I then proceeded to waste those savings by calling a taxi without a long distance plan, because my friend's phone, which does have a plan, wasn't working. Yay for Virgin and their amazing reception! Ends up all my friend had to do was turn her phone off and on...

We spent a bit of time in the pool and hot tub, then watched Wreck-It Ralph. We turned in fairly early, as we were going to be up early for Disneyland, and we were all tired from our early morning.

Anyway, my injury count for that day was one sunburn on my chest and a blister on my toe, along with some sore feet from inappropriate shoes.

Vacation Time!

Alright guys, this will be my first big break from blog writing since I started. That's because I'm taking my first big vacation in over a year! This place does have internet connection, but I would have to go down to the computer lab they have, so it's a bit of a pain. Not to mention we will be busy with Disneyland!

That's right, a couple of friends and I are going to Disneyland. We leave on Tuesday, so I can still write a Monday post, but I'll probably be busy with work and packing. We come back very late on Monday, so the next post will probably be September 4th.

In other news, it looks like I'm track to becoming assistant manager of the Starbucks I work in. It's not confirmed, so don't quote me on it. I am getting more responsibility, and until one of my co-workers comes back from maternity leave, I'm third in seniority. Even if I don't become assistant manager, I'll still be working a lot during the school year, as I'm only taking one class. I'll have to help pick up the shifts that a couple of my co-workers will be dropping because of school. That being said, there will still be four of us not going to school, or only take a small amount of classes. And if you did your math correctly, then yes, there will only be six of us. When I first started, there were seven of us (including myself) and a new person looking to be hired.

So just a quick update for today. I'm going to go sell one of my old textbooks soon ad earn myself twenty dollars... Which I will give to my mom because I owe her some money.