WELL IM BACK and myrtle beach was amazing. i have tons of pictures and shit. i would tell you the details of everything but...i dont remember it all. ill tell what i can remember haha.
prepare for the longest picture entry of your life haha.
sooo...i got home monday night and went to bed around 2...actually..i laid in bed till 3:45. every 5 minutes i would go "oh shit...i forgot to pack something.." and so i would have to get up and write it down so i wouldnt forget it. sooo 3:45 and i get up and shower and finish packing last minute stuff and pretty much freak out for the next hour. at 4:45 a limo thing came and picked us up at our house and drove us to O'Hare. i was pretty excited...we drove under that bridge that planes drive over. i was like SHIT i love that thing. soo we get to the airport and stand in the security line with 3 million other people, but it went pretty fast so thats okay. we met kim, aunt diane and uncle tony there, we ate some breakfast, and pretty soon it was time to get on the plane. sooo we get on and it was pretty fucking sweet because it was...kim, me and NO ONE next to me. i was so excited. and for the record...kim and i were so fucking scared to fly. like we were both so nervous haha it was actually kind of funny. sooo whatever we fly the hour and 45 minute flight to Charlotte, NC and go and sit there for like 40 minutes and then get back on the plane. and for this take off, we were still pretty nervous but more anxious to just get to myrtle beach.
i love this damn picture.
cloudss....i have a lot of pictures like this haha.
sooo we were 20 minutes from landing in MB and the pilot told us that the temperature was 105 degrees. not even the heat index...the damn temperature. so we landed in the MB airport which has 7 gates (compared to O'Hare which has like 700) and its hotter than fuck outside but thats okay. we got our luggage, picked up our rental cars and got a little lost on the way to our hotel but thats okay haha. so we got to the hotel at like...noonish? i dont remember, but at Compass Cove, you cant get into your room until 3. which sucks. so its hot as fuck and we have all of this luggage and we're all tired and we have nothing to do. we went to get some lunch and then we shopped at the first cheesy beach store. i dont remember what we did after that..we kind of just sat there i guess. so we got into our rooms and there was a bit of room drama but oh well. we unpacked and of courseee went to go look at the view from the balcony from the 11th floor.
up the beach.
down the beach.
the beach.
one of the 22 "water attractions" that was right under our room.
sooo whatever we spend a few days. i dont remember when exactly the rest of the pictures are from so whatever.
the front of the hotel is open...and the hotel rooms are long so they go from the front of the hotel to the back. so when you walked from the elevators to our room, there was a huge opening that was...amazing.
the sun was setting...i was definitely in love.
i seriously think that this is when i REALLY fell in love with south carolina and...decided that i want to live there someday.
when you stood in the doorway to the balcony...this is what you saw. just...water and sky for as far as you can see. its so amazing.
another view from the balcony at night, you can see the pier way down there.
i love this picture. i love palm trees. oh my god haha
me and kim...we both look pretty fucking sick haha
hard to see but its supposed to be some of the hotels on the grand strand lit up at night.
hard to see again but...one of the 3 buildings of Compass Cove lit up at night.
my feet in the ocean.
kim in a deep hole hahaha.
the view from kims 4th floor balcony.
another one from kims. thats part of the little cafe that we always eat in on the last day.
down the beach from kims balcony.
hahah so kim and i were alone in her room while we were getting ready to go to Broadway at the Beach (which is pretty much an outdoor mall), and i was reading the bible. so i took this picture haha.
PIGGLY WIGGLY...except the pole is covering that one y so its...PIGGLE WIGGLY! haha
the traditional pose at Tiki Jims.
amanda and patrick at Tiki Jims.
Celebrity Square at Broadway at the Beach. you can barely see the top of the pyramid Hard Rock Cafe behind the fountain.
lmao sonic. we all shit our pants when we saw a sonic haha so we decided to go. and we had no idea what to do or how to order hahahah. i think you had to be there...but it was one of the funniest and most embarrassing things ever. hahaha
i went back to Broadway the next day with the parents.
there is a senor frogs there...and i thought it was funny because it says mexico. and we were definitely not in mexico.
there was a huge chair at broadway and my mom and my aunt thought it was fucking hilarious...so my mom and i took a picture in it. i like it...we look like little kids haha.
i...dont remember taking this haha. but its from somewhere up high and towards land. so im guessing it was when i was walking from the elevator to the room.
WOAH! WHO'S EXCITED! hahaha if you cant tell..that says "EXCITEMENT VIDEO" and a lot of people were there. lmao.
Scotchman!
a bunch of huge ass fish at Barefoot Landing (another outdoor mall).
a turtleeee at barefoot.
some organization brings in tigers to Barefoot Landing. its really fucking cool.
it was so hot...sooo they were in the water.
chillin out.
they also had a baby chimp...he was pretty cool.
they had baby tigers too. these werent so small, but there was another cage behind them with REALLY small ones.
aww. i think the guy said that one of the bigger tigers was actually a liger...i was kind of excited.
of course id be the one catching a picture of the tiger taking a shit..or whatever its doing. haha but ignore that. its pretty.
LOBSTER!
one of the tigers was laying right by the glass.
it was so fucking crazy to stand there and know that there was glass between you and this huge ass tiger.
then we had the best fucking dinner at this place called TBonz...go eat there sometime. they have fucking amazing bread.
my mom bought us matching bracelets.
the sunrise over the ocean.
beach.
some storm cloudsss building up.
storm clouds over the ocean. amazing.
THE SQUARE!!! and the little bar thing.
down the beach again. hm, i have a lot of pictures like this haha.
that night we went back to broadway to go have dinner at Senor Frogs. kim, amanda, patrick and i got yards of virgin daquiris. they were good. until the end. then they started tasting like shit. haha. im so happy, we got to keep those glasses.
the table cloths haha.
it kind of looks like kim is using a bong. she told her mom this...expecting her to laugh because she was really drunk...but she was like THATS NOT FUNNY hahaha. it ended up being funny for me either way.
lmao the dragon at the mini golfing place at broadway
almost a full moon over the ocean.
down the beach at night from the balcony.
we walked to the pier one morning.
the pier...but closer haha
a different part of the beach.
another different part of the beach.
partway down the pier, up the beach at the grand strand.
the view on the other side of the pier
the edge of the pier. i love this picture!
looking out at the end of the pier...thats just...all there is. water and sky.
all of the fishing poles waiting for a king shark. one guy caught one but it snapped the line.
AH I LOVE THESE BIRDS.
a lonely fishing pole. i like it.
so later that day my mom and i wanted to go up and see a condo. and theres 1 room, 2 room, or 3 room condo. and i guess there's a small chance we might get a 2 room condo next time. but we couldnt see a 2 room, so we went up to see a 3 room. and it was fucking amazing.
the balcony was on the side of the building but...you could still see the ocean.
and it was a big balcony...so you could see the street too.
the living room. and like almost all of the couches at Compass Cove...it was a pull out haha. so...thats great.
the master bedroom. there was a bathroom in there and a balcony door.
the fullsize kitchen with a washer and dryer. there was also a big table somewhere around there.
a bedroom with 2 beds.
another bedroom with a bed. so...you could sleep 10 people in that condo if you put 2 people in each bed.
from the kitchen into the living room and master bedroom.
after we saw the condo...i realized that it was a really bad idea for the lady to give us a key to the condo. she gave us a key that was good for only one time. but i realized that all you would have to do is...get into the room and stay in there. and call people and tell them what room you were in, and then open the door for them and have them bring all of the shit. and you could throw a party. im sad that i realized that so late.
the view outside the balcony of the condo.
the view outside of the door to the condo.
another view from the outside door.
lmao if you cant tell...that place is called "NUTTIN BUTT HORSEPLAY" haha i told you guys that there were a lot of strip clubs and things down there.
THERE WAS A FUCKING SPRING GARDEN DOWN THE STREET FROM COMPASS COVE! i was so excited. and also, i didnt get a picture of it, but down the street, there was a little motel thing called "Shady Rest" and it was one of the shadiest buildings ive ever seen. haha
moon over the ocean.
and again.
me, drew, kim and jordan. we met these guys on the last night of vacation. they were 17 and 18..we took their Square Virginity. they were pretty funny. but we were all drinking so...everything was funny. im really sorry that i look like i spent a week in a tanning bed haha.
i woke up early tuesday morning and took pictures. this was one of the "22 water attractions" were we hung out. we...actually spent the most time here.
i walked along the beach to say bye to the ocean alone. it was sad.
my feet in the ocean again.
the waves breaking close to meee. the waves were actually pretty big down there.
i...love this picture so much. the sunrising over the beach again.
between 2 dunes. this is where the police truck snuck up on people that were shooting off fireworks on the beach. so many people shot off fireworks..and since we were on the 11th floor, they were like even with our balcony. it was so cool. and during the day, tons of pelicans would fly up and down the grand strand. one time during the day, i was chillin out and looking out of the window onto the balcony and these pelicans flew RIGHT BY the balcony. it was soooo cool. if i had been standing out there, i would have been able to reach out and touch them.
THE SQUAAREEEEEE. this picture makes me want to cry a little. i lost my square virginity this year. you can see a bright green cap underneath one of the benches. that was from us the night before when we were drinking out there. haha
the view from the square.
another view from the square.
my mom in front of the fountain in the front of Compass Cove.
patrick and amanda in front of the fountain. sorry its so dark haha.
patrick and our rental grand prix.
CONEHEAD! for all of you who havent been lucky enough to encounter this...when we lived in cleveland, there were these restaurants called Friendlys. and we used to go there all the time and get these sundaes. and we havent had them for almost 7 years. so one day we drove past a Friendlys in MB and pat and i seriously freaked out. so we got coneheads.
at the Myrtle Beach airport. waiting for the plane to show up and watching the storm come in haha. we took off on the edge of a thunderstorm. it was pretty dark and lightning a lot and it was pretty windy. we were getting speed to take off and the wind was pushing us all over the runway. i was so fucking scared. it was such a turbulent flight. even though the flight from MB to charlotte is like..40 minutes haha.
in the air between mb and charlotte.
sooo we landed at charlotte and walked into the airport and saw the gate that said chicago. we had like 10 minutes to get on our plane haha and it said the next flight was supposed to leave at 9:15. but our flight was supposed to leave at 7:20. so we asked someone and they told us...hey your flight is as gate A4 but you're at gate B12. so we BOOKED OUR ASSES across the airport and we walked up to the gate and the lady said, "final boarding!" so we just barely made it.
sitting on the plane at charlotte.
still sitting there.
THEN we get out and we're in line to take off...and the pilot goes, "wellll the next sound you're going to hear is the engines shutting down because we have to wait 20 minutes." we were all so pissed.
so i took a picture of the sunsetting over charlotte.
so we took off for the 4th time in a week haha and i didnt even care..i just wanted to get home. this is were all of the cloud pictures out of the plane window come in. there are like...30 no joke. but the sun was setting and it was sooo fucking beautiful. i stared out of the window the whole hour and 45 minute flight.
out of the window...
out of the window..
that cloud kind of looks like an airplane haha
there were a bunch of huge clouds.
we were in the middle of a cloud. its so fucking cool.
i look so sick. but i was so glad that we had taken off and were on our way home.
clouds.
clouds.
this kind of looks like a hurricane. it was weird.
CLOUDSSS.
more.
and more.
and more again.
i kind of just wanted to jump out of the plane and sleep on the clouds. i was so tired and they looked so soft and comfy haha. too bad i would freefall to my death. ha
soo prettyyy...
more clouds.
those clouds reminded me of mushrooms. haha
pretty.
easter egg clouds.
sunsetty cloudyness.
gary from the air
and again i think.
even though i hate it...us cellular from the air. it was just cool to see a huge baseball park from the air.
this is..one of the most amazing pictures ever.
not as good but still awesome. once we flew out a little to turn around to land, we actually picked out the walsh house. haha it was so fucking cool. we picked out stratford, glenbard, simkus, jewel, costco, the water tower, the fire station, our house...it was so awesome.
amazing.
amazing again.
sunset.
midway from the air.
o'hare from the ground.
remember when i said...we left last tuesday and drove under the bridge where the planes go over and i was so excited. well i was even more excited when i saw that we were actually on it. i seriously screamed. its the coolest fucking thing ever.
sunset again.
soooo after that i went out and chilled out with my friends and attacked and got attacked. i loved it. then this morning, the WHOLE GROUP (minus lauren and joe) met up at the fountain for a group picture. let me tell you...it was so fucking weird to have everyone together again even though so many friendships within the group have fallen apart and so many things have changed. a lot of people didnt talk to each other...but it was just...insane.
all of us.
the guys.
the girls.
i love these 2 guys so much.
me and my bessteessttt friend pat!
me and ryan herman.. we both look gross haha but its okay.
haha bad angle but..kelly was chewing on one of those long grass things and she looked like a hick. it was gross.
adam and i are a totem pole.
band kids.
me and asian tiffany!
sheri o'teri kids.
colombian and wang.
me and amy. i really like this picture of us. i look tan and blonde next to her haha. i love amy a lottle.
me and kelbas...my hair blowing in the wind haha.
guitar heros.
me and chris wanzung. i like this picture but he looks high.
kelly and adam surfing down the thing.
elise and i
the GH kids! ghetto. haha
cooks.
hmm. amazingness. yes.
ps..this post took me an hour and 7 minutes to do. with no breaks.