So I briefly talked to Alex and Mere about blogging about this past weekend because I was definitely contemplating whether or not. A huge part of me wants to remember this weekend because it was so great and memorable. But at the same time this tiny part of me just wants to forget majority of it because it involved me getting to know these people much more than I was comfortable with at the moment. So I have decided to just discuss the good times and forget about this frustration I felt during parts of the night! No point in lingering about the frustrations of the past when you have the rest of your life to be positive. Okay so let me set the scenario for you:
All the clouds had darkened up the skyway, waiting for a rainbow to be found. Saturday March 25, 2006 was the date a group of seven planned to visit a friend in Waterloo. Two cars were taken with the destination and itinerary already planned out. It was a day of excitement, trials, confusion, and content at the end of it all. So this is where my journey begins...
Getting to Alex's
Saturday morning came about and I was supposed to study for the midterm I had today, but as we all know when it comes down to studying we don't always come through with our scheduled plans - well the majority of us.
| To those of you who love to study, I envy you and your dedication to schoolwork. |
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yes other people's
blogs. As well as,
talking to people,
which was great!
I am proud to say that I am capable of doing all of that without even getting out of my bed. It was superb! Alex was going to call me as soon as he was done his Macroeconomics middy, so while I was talking with Kat on the landline, Alex called me on my celly and told me that he was out and heading home. At that point I was about to freak out because I had less than 20 minutes to have my shower, get ready and get to the bus stop - 7 minutes away. So I hung up on Kat and jetted. I JUST made the bus and was panting (not like a dog though) because my feet had ran to fast for my body to keep up. I arrived at Alex's, somehow thinking that I was gonna be the last one to show up and then when I got there I found out that I was actually the first one. Tom was the last one and I think that he lives the closest. Odd huh?
The Ride & The Mall
Alex was telling me that he had just found out 5 minutes before I arrived that everyone was going to meet up at his place before we jetted. When I say everyone I mean Alex, Kat, Mychal-Ann, Jill, Tom, Lauren and I went to go see Heather for the evening. So we got in designated vehicles. Jill, MA, Kat (Driver) and I (Navigator) were in the Topaz and Tom, Alex, and Lauren in the Civic. The Civic car got lost and the Topaz made it to Conestoga Mall perfectly with no trouble... all thanks to my navigational skills. Mychal-Ann was on the 30-hour Famine and when we were driving to Waterloo, the 30 hours were up and she had a candy that she ate. The whole time in the car Jill was crocheting. When we arrived and stepped out of the car, Jill was like "Guys, I'm feeling a little woozy!" (oh JILLIAN!). Once all of us got to the mall... we shopped/browsed/window-shopped whatever you want to call it, but we did it! Conestoga is quite nice... bigger than I actually imagined. I got a Crunchy Chocolate Chip Ice cream single scoop in a regular cone from Laura Secord... Mmmm food! After that we went to Gap and Boathouse and other places. Jillian bought some Captain Crunch cereal and was nice enough to share it with us all... I only had one Cap'n Crunch.
NCAA @ The Keg
At about 6 we left the mall and went to the Keg for dinner. I never realized how awesome the Keg was until that night. We had to wait for about an hour because it was so packed. While we were waiting Jill, Mychal-Ann, Lauren and I all had some samples that a waitress had brought out... I was like sweet deal! After that, Lauren and I went to watch the end of the LSU vs. Texas NCAA game. They ended the last quarter at a tie and then overtime began. We ended up seeing the Tom and Alex watching the game, so we chilled with them. I'll fast forward, as many minutes as it took for the game to go from 5 minutes in overtime to 4 seconds left in the game. We got our table and sat down.... so 4 seconds left and LSU is up. A shot thrown at the basket and guess what happens? One of the bartenders changed the channel to the hockey game. I was quite ticked because that was an intense 4 seconds. I knew LSU would win because they were up about 10 points (pretty much LSU was up enough that Texas could not catch up and surpass the score in 4 seconds). So we left the bar and sat back at our table to continue our supper.
Supper... Mmmm!
We all ordered great meals. I ordered the Baseball sirloin steak - it's description was "so thick that it can only be cooked to medium rare!" After reading that I knew I had to order it for supper. We were given are meals, we toasted and chowed down. Kat took one bite of her prime ribs and said aloud something along the lines about the food was so good and she can go to heaven now. We all claimed that line to be the line of the evening. The food was exquisite and I was well pleased. We talked about a whole bunch of stuff. Like travelling, our summer, and other things. The conversation was good and so was the food! I have never felt so good after eating... Mmmm!
Surprise Dessert... Gelatos!
I was craving Gelatos all day long, even before I had the ice cream and to my surprise Heather wanted to show us this little Gelato joint for our dessert. It was fantabulous. I got the Tiramisu Gelato... and by George it was great! Everything was perfect. When we were in this joint, Alex and I ended up finding out that we both stayed in the exact same room when we were in Japan. He just went to Japan with OMF last summer, when I was working at OMF. And I went to Japan with OMF 3 summers ago. It was crazy to find out how some things like that work and it was fun to reminisce about our trips. After the Gelato, we were making our way to the vehicles when Alex was like... let's freewalk. So Tom and him were free walking over random thing on the street. The best was I would be taking a photo of Alex and after the shot was taken, the camera was getting ready to take another photo, but Tom kept doing his freewalking jumps too soon so I hardly got any photos of him doing it. The few that I got though are sweeeeet! After they stopped traffic with their moves, we made our way to Heather's home.
Heather's Home
We arrived at Heather's place and walked in. I didn't know she had a dog and that was exciting to be able to pet a dog... I love Dogs! We met her parents and met her siblings and then we head to the basement. I didn't expect the basement to be so awesome! She had an air hockey table and a foozball table. I was so happy! Alex and I played air hockey and man I lost. It sucked, but I guess I can no longer be called the reigning champ at that game. Alex also killed my fingers... friggers they hurt badly! I'll make that my excuse for not winning *rolls eyes*. After that I played some fooz with three of the females of our group and MA and I won twice. We are one amazing team Mychal-Ann!!! After we won, Kat was like I'm gonna fight you now. I said "Okay, I'm serious though. I'll fight you back." So we did. We were sparring and it brought back memories of Karate for her and Judo for me. I miss it so much! I think I won.. and Alex thinks I won too and I'm pretty sure everone thinks I won because I am AMAZING! No ego here at all... haha! After Kat and I were glistening from the sparring, we went into the hot tub and met up with Tom, Alex, and Heather.
The Hot Tub
Two seconds after Kat and I got in the hot tub, Lauren came in the chill with the cool people, while Jill and MA were playing card games inside. The temperature was just right and the fresh air was so nice. There was steaming rising from the water and once we got out of the water... we were steaming! I think it's because we all are so hot... right peeps??? I think so! So we chilled and talked about who knows what... just complete randomness. I remember talking about only two things though for a very short period of time... bellybuttons and bubbles... hahahahaha! Good times! After our fingers began to get really shrivelled, one by one we decided to go back into the house. As well for the fact that it was getting kind of late, but it didn't matter to us at all!
Chilling in the Basement
After we all got changed into dry clothes, we were just hanging around in the den with the T.V. as somewhat of a background noise. We all chatted for a long time and by long I mean, kat fell asleep for a while. Tom started mumbling about something, and Lauren was rubbing her eyes constantly. It was getting late and Tom and Alex had to get up in a few hours after to go for the worship practice at church the next morning or, at that time, later on that day. We said our "goodbye"s, our "tata"s, our "farewell"s, our "see ya soon"s, our "later"s, our "that was fun"s, our "we should do this again"s, and our "goodnight"s!!!!
In the Car With Kat
We just sat in the car for way too long at my driveway and just chatted it up for hours... so late that her cellphone alarm was going off! And then we decided that the conversation would end. So I left the car and went to bed and Kat left to go home!
The End
It was great. I'm sure we will all look upon this day and have some really memories about our time in Waterloo. I can't believe it was so great. My closing line for this weekend is the following:
1 comment:
Your blogs are getting too long to read in one sitting. So I only really read the beginning and the end.
Now, if you could somehow get a coffeepot (with a timer) right next to your bed with a bar fridge that had milk/cream, you could have your morning coffee in bed too...that would be perfect!
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