hello there! where have i been all week? let’s just say i’m a bit busier than usual, which means i also haven’t been sleeping much either so i feel like crap, but what’s new?

well, on tuesday i worked the concert series show, and it was def more fun than usual. but that was because it effing poured and thundered and lightninged, and the band still played. and everyone that was watching stayed. well, they moved under the concession stand pavilion, but they could still hear from there. melissa and i were completely soaked—so soaked i couldn’t wear my pink chucks to work on wednesday.

on wednesday i went to seabreeze with liz, my cousin steve, his friend trevor, my aunt marta, and my uncle tom. we went on all the cool rides (and some that were less than cool, like the new ride they put in this year—super lame). it was a pretty grand time, despite the fact that steve squished me on a ride (thanks, gravity!) and i got covered in powdered sugar thanks to trevor’s snack and steven’s idiocy. afterwards we ate at bill grays and got lost finding the interchange on the way home.

and today i think i spent more time doing work things off the clock than i did on it. i got up at 6:00am to get things ready for our art project today, i stayed late to fold up tables and move heavy things to prep for our talent show tomorrow, i edited the programs to the show, i ran off 100 double-sided copies of the programs at the office, i hung out in becky’s office for a good hour, and i spent way too long folding the programs as i watched episodes of scrubs on my computer.

today after work the boys and i went to seabreeze amusement park. we went on the water rides first (my first time on them since two summers ago), and then the regular rides. i think we managed to ride them all (or at least i did, stevie and jordan weren’t up for the ones that went upside down). it was pretty friggin’ fun. we went on the bumper cars like 6 times, the twirly roller coaster three times, the spring tower thing three times, and the wooden roller coaster four times. we’re pretty much amazing.

stevie wanted me to write in my blog that he is awesome. and ben said to write that he was awesomer than steven. and drew wanted me to write that he was the awesomest, period. trish said i can put jordan down for “moderately awesome.” so, ranked in order of awesomest, my cousins go as follows:
1. drew
2. ben
3. steve
4. jordan

just in case you were wondering.

today was our graduation rehearsal (nothing to write home about there, it was pretty much a meeting about graduation, and we sat in the seats that we’ll sit in on thursday). but afterwards was the class trip to darien lake amusement park, which was much more exciting.

on the way there, we drove through a thunder/lightning storm, and it was so bad that our driver made us put our seat belts on. but when we arrived it was over, luckily. first we (me, stabby, dinah, and lina) headed to the water park, but since i just dyed my hair last night, i couldn’t go on. so i waited at a picnic table a rubix’s cubed slash talked to people. after that we hit the rides. we went on the predator (the wooden rollar coaster that kind of hurts to go on), the boomerang (goes forwards and then backwards), the viper (the green one with the loops), and… lina and i went on the skycoaster! it was basically the awesomest ride i have ever been on. it was so worth the 25 bucks you have to pay to go on. it’s a 180 foot drop, and you go up to 63 mph. it’s insane. i got to pull the rip cord, it was so cool.

after we got off a ride we headed towards the games, but it got dark all of the sudden and started to rain. we decided to duck under a food booth shelter to wait it out. well, instead of letting up quickly it started to pour and by then there was a large crowd under the shelter. it was thundering and lightning and everything was wet. the closed all the rides, so we just stood there for a half an hour until it got lighter, and then we ran to the game building. they played lots of games while we waited for the rain to stop (i don’t play games, waste of money). it never did stop raining though, so i put a plastic garbage over me with a hole for my head and we walked around in the rain for the rest of the time. when we got on the bus, everyone was soaked, but we had a great time.

The first time I dyed my hair purple I vowed never to do it again (this & this). Yet I did it anyway. I’m such a freakin’ idiot. Ugh. I’m redying it ASAP. Seriously though, it gets everywhere. Like for example, today for Dinah’s birthday party we went to Seabreeze and it was really hot out. So I was sweating and my hair was getting sweaty so it was dripping down my forehead. So annoying. So I’d wipe my face with my t-shirt sleeve and my sleeve turned purple. So then to cool down we went on the log ride, which just made my hair even wetter and therefore my skin became even more purple. But I still had a fun time with Dinah, Debbie, Katie (from Alabama, my new best friend), and Greg[gles]. We even got to have free milkshakes afterwards at Bruster’s, where Greg works. I love milkshakes.