Sunday, April 13, 2008

Happiest Place On Earth...seen in fuzz

Last weekend me, Kate, Hilary, Melissa and Christine took a little road trip. On Friday we drove down to St. George and stayed in the St. George house. Saturday morning we woke up and watched the first session of conference. We lounged around the house for the afternoon and then watched the second session of conference. (I did my best to stay awake for the second session, but was less than successful.) We took a shopping trip to TJ's where I bought a new shirt which I did not need. When we got back from TJ's Christine was making us salmon burgers and watching "Disturbia". Hilary and I had never seen "Disturbia" and we were deeply disturbed. The salmon burgers were delicious, but the movie left something to be desired - calmed nerves. Oh, I forgot one thing. On Friday night as we were driving to St. George I tore one of my contacts. I didn't have a spare pair and I didn't have my glasses. When we got to St. George we looked up Eyemasters which is where I get my contacts. There wasn't one in St. George, but there were a few in Vegas. We didn't make it to Vegas in time for me to get a new pair so I just went without contacts. My eyes aren't that bad so I didn't think it would be that big of a deal. We got glammed up and headed to Vegas around 10:00 on Saturday night. We were the typical car full of young ladies making the Mecca trip to Vegas to dance. Jewels, hairspray, sparkles and loud show tunes blasting through the car speakers. It was great. We went to the club in the Stratosphere. Because I'm not a dancer, I initially just stood back and observed the dancing. Everyone was very entertaining, especially Melissa. A few people approached me concerned that I wasn't having a good time because I wasn't dancing. I assured them all I was having a good time, I just didn't dance. Eventually I did loosen up a bit and danced some. It was a great time. We didn't get back to St. George until almost 5:00 am. Sunday morning we woke up and watched the first session of conference and me, Hilary and Kate headed to LA, and Melissa and Christine headed back to Salt Lake. (My head progressively started to hurt more and more without being able to see things clearly.) We stayed with Hilary's aunt and uncle in California, and they were just fantastic. They had a really great dog named Tess. She was my favorite. Monday morning we woke up early and drove about 40 minutes to Disneyland. We went on all the best rides at Disneyland and California Adventure. I just love those places so much. It wasn't too crowded so we were able to ride all the rides we wanted to. By evening time my head hurt so bad I couldn't even keep my eyes open. I bought some Advil and drank a coke and walked around staring at the ground so I didn't have to see things in fuzz. We stayed until the park closed at 11:00. On Tuesday morning we woke up and got ready to head back to Salt Lake. I locked me and Kate out of Hilary's aunt and uncle's house and I had to break in. Luckily Tess didn't seem too concerned. The drive home was long, but we survived with Kate and Hilary taking turns driving. I either laid in the back seat or sat in the front with my eyes closed. It was good to finally get home, but it's always hard to leave the happiest place on earth.