because I knew you I have been changed for good.
sup y'all! okay, so I had loads of fun at Lead U(Leadership University). here's a re-cap of the trip starting from the day before I went on the plane...
Wensday~
Me and my mum left for phoenix around 12:00. So my suitcase stands out I spray painted(well, my dad) RENT on each side in white paint, and I spray painted the front and wrote RENT phases all over it. it did stick out. lol. We got to the hotel. Sadly there was no Comedy Central coz they were gonna FINALLY re air 'Trapped in the Closet' and I and to miss it. I thought that sucked. My dad said he watched it for the first time. and that it was finny. =) That's my fav episode. (Tom Cruise, please come out of the closet! No! Mr. Hubbard didn't like my acting!) lmao.
Thursday~
I got up at like 1:30am, and got ready to leave. The plane left around I think 4 something. I was just prayin' over and over to God that my flights would be safe. Thankfully they all we're. I love riding in planes now. In the morning when the sun's coming up over the big fluffy clouds I finally got why people always pictured Heaven with clouds and all. Its so beautiful. I loved it. The clouds reminded me of:
Coconut Cotton candy
Pina Colada cotton candy(you know how all the Pina Colada type drinks are white and all)
Antarctica in the summer time(coz it looks like ice broken off and floating in water)
Heaven
The first plane I took was from Phoenix to Dallas. Then when I was going to get on the plane from Dallas to DC the gate person that had to put me on the plane wasn't there so the dude who drives the car to the different gates had to bring me to the UM(unaccompanied Minor) area. Then the people there forgot about me and I missed my flight. So they had to put me on the next one an hour later. Boy was my mum POed. But I met some cool people there. A girl I think her name was Lauren. She was 15 going back home from the Netherlands. And there was this boy who her and him kept arguing and he threw ice cubes at her. It was funny. And there was this girl who was really annoying. She kept talking about nonsense I can't remember. But she left a few minutes after I got there(thank you God!). And a brother and sister who were so intent on watching TV(boomerang) that every time the people who worked there called their names they ignored them. It was kind of funny.
So yeah. When I got off the shuttle from the Ronald Regan airport in DC to Gallaudet University(a school for the deaf and hard of hearing) I got lost going to Ballard North(where I lived) and then going to the Elstad Auditorium(where we had our meetings and stuff) for opening ceremony. So I didn't change into my professional clothing. It was hot in there. almost 400 people breathing. agh! lol.
We had the first team meeting after where we did a thing where we have to ask someone their name, where they're from, something they don't know how to do and we do, and stuff. I met a kid from Oklahoma named Philip. He and his friend Luke(also in our group) were both from OK. So after everyone introduced the person they just meet, we all headed off to our dorms.
When I got to my room I meet my roommate, Kayla. She's cool. From Oklahoma too. The panhandle part tho. Philip and Luke were from Shawnee(I think that's the name).
Friday~
Saturday~
Monday~
Tuesday~
I thought I didn't have to be at the shuttle until 10:30 so our group had planed on eating breakfast together one last time....Well, the remains of our group. We were talking and taking pictures and stuff. Some lady called my name and said I was late going to the shuttle. I didn't know that! Oh well. anyways, I had to run to Ballard North(which is right next to the cafeteria) but then I had to run up 4 flights of stairs. I had to get the stuff I didn't pack packed and run down again. Check out, and go to Benson Hall where the busses where waiting. The lady checking everyone in on the bus said I was suppose to leave on the 2nd bus(this was the 3rd one). Oh well. I still had time and didn't miss my flight.
But then I started thinking of my friends there and everything and I started getting teary eyed. I had to think of something else like the grass or...something. I was looking at the fence while going to the airport(they were really rusty). The grass. the cars...buildings. the road. If you looked inside my mind you would think I had an extreme case of ADD or something. hehe. So I got checked in at the airport, but while doing that I saw Phillip and Luke there too. After they left I kind of um...broke down? I was really sad that I was leaving all my friends. And who knows when I would see them again. If I would see them. I didn't completing calm down until I went on the plane. then I called my mum to tell her I was on the plane when I broke down again. Gosh. I hate myself for doing that. Crying in public...twice. agh.
okay...after all the plane rides I got back to Phoenix. Me, my mum and dad had lunch at Crackle Barrel and went back home.(My dad gave me this really cool snake ring by the way.) I was so happy to see my computer again! And my dog. We missed each other. He always gets so sad when I'm gone for even one day.
Wednesday~
Me and my mum went back to Phoenix coz she had a meeting(Her supervisor Tom didn't want to go). We had dinner at P.F. Changs. I love that place. I saw a BORDERS down the street from it too. So we went in there. I am officially broke now. I bought: Now Showing-Unforgettable moments from the Movies, Stay tuned- Unforgettable TV moments(both only 3 bucks), and Without you- a memoir of love, loss, and the musical RENT. by Anthony Rapp.Its about his career in RENT and what happened while he was doing it and stuff. his memoirs. I got it coz I saw Mark(played by Anthony) and RENT on it. lol. My mum also found the original Phantom of the Opera. yay! And I don't mean the original PotO with Michael Crawford...The ORIGINAL silent film with Lon Chaney!
Anywho, I wanted to get 100 years of playbills too, but it was $35 and I already spent too much with those books and movie. I also got a BORDERS rewards card. I always go to every BORDERS I see so why not save a few bucks there?
Thursday~
I spent the time while my mum was at the meeting hanging out in the hotel room reading(Wicked and Without You) and watching TV. When we got back home I started to watch the Phantom of the opera. Its so good. Its a 2 disk set. One has the 1925 version. Not that great. Like its all white and you can't see the faces that good. And the other disk has the 1929 restored version. that ones really good. It has a little colour in it too. I haven't finished watching it though coz I fell asleep then went on the Internet. lol. So yeah. Thats basically all.
Right now I'm just listenign to my Wicked CD and just chilling...chilling hard. lmao. no, just hanging out listenign to music. I said the chillign thing coz there was this one dude who everytime he said somethign he always mentioned when he was back home he was gonna chill hard. lol.
~trina...Mimi
No day but today
We had lectures, team meetings, and a closing ceremony that day. The Closing Ceremony was fun. The guest speaker, Dr. Gilbert didn't come so we just hung out and stuff. The dude who was talking, I forgot his name, made us do some stupid songs. But they were fun stupid songs. LIke Bazooka Bubble gum(My mom gave me a nickel(my mom gave me a nickel) She said go buy a pickle(she said go buy a pickle) I did not buy a pickle(I did not but a pickle) instead I bought bubble gum. bazooka-zooka bubble gum. Bazooka-zooka...) lol. And there was this other one with a shark and you got your arm bitten off by it and you go to heaven. We did this one thing where when everyone does it, it sounds like a real rain storm and all. I liked that one
After words we were hugging everyone and saying out goodbyes incase we didn't see them the next day. In my room me and Kayla were packing up and kind of going crazy. I took some pics of the room and stuff. And I fell on my suitcase. We didn't turn off the lights til like 11:00. maybe later.
We had to do a High Ropes Course but it looked like it was gonna rain so we went inside the gym instead. We didn't get to do what we were gonna do, but I think we all had fun still. I know I had fun watching Daniel and Jay being blind on one of the things we had to do. lol. We had some meetings and lectures then we had free time instead of a team meeting and after we all had a Social. We all had some ice cream and soda then went into Elstad to watch Glory Road. It was such a good movie. I'd been wanting to watch it. I love those kinds of movies. Glory Road, Remember the Titans. Movies like those.
Sunday~
We went to the Smithsonian Institution. A few groups went to the outer space one. Natural whatever one(I think it was about rocks or something). and American History. Our group went to American History. I was so glad too coz I was really excited to see Archie Bunker's chair! lol. And I did!!!! I also saw Fonzie's brown jacket, Mr. Roger's sweater, The Muphets, the Star Spangled Banner(that was sooo awesome! I wish we could have been able to take pics.), and lots of other stuff. It was really fun. Ten after words we had lunch at Union Station. I had Sushi. It was good. Then we shopped a bit. I bought 2 CDs- Taylor Hicks(it only had 2 songs, but I love those ones), and Wicked. Then we looked at other shops before we had to go. I saw a B. Dolton and had to go into it even though we had like 10 minutes before we had to meet at the rally point. lol. I found Wicked the book and bought it. I'm reading it now. It's really good.
After Dinner we went to the Grant Memorial and got a photo. CSLC(for High school) got one together and NJLC(the on I was in for Jr High students). I didn't realize that Capitol Hill was behind us 'til one dude said that this was a great shop for a picture and I was wondering what he was talking about so I turned around and I was like...oh shoot. I'm stupid....That's a big building. The picture turned out great by the way. Well, except coz we were facing the sun a lot of people had their eyes closed of squinted in the pic.
We saw a few memorials after that. The one's I remember are: Jefferson (I didn't like that one) I think that was the one where we saw the big stick monument thingy(Washington memorial?) across the lake from. Me and my friends went picture crazy and started poperotzing our other friends. Anyways, we also saw the FDR memorial(the one with all the water falls. It was boring), Lincoln, and World War II. I saw Fireflys at the Lincoln too!! They look so cool! and one kid caught one but killed it on accident. Their little butts glow! haha.
We had a mini-lecture before we headed to the busses to go to Arlington National Cemetery. Let me tell ya...There are a lot of graves there. (Well no dur Trina, Its a CEMETARY!...oh yeah...) I remember two stones that stuck out when we were walking to the Tomb of the Unknown Solders...One headstone had the last name Evans on it so it reminded me of Lily Evans-James' wife in Harry Potter- Then I saw a headstone right behind it that had the surname...Potter. I grinned. That was the freakiest thing ever. When I told me friend she didn't really care. I wish I had my camera out at that time!
(I think it was this day)Jasmine(our TL-team leader) took us to the Bison Shop after out team meeting and I bought a Nicholas Sparks book-The Rescue. It's really good so far.
Later on we had a guest speaker, Dr. Katherine green. I forgot what she talked about.