Summer and School

I can now say that I survived my freshman year! I am out of school for the summer! :) So far, I have gotten all A's on my semester tests, except for one B, in science, which well, that's still good! I am waiting for the results of the final one! Hopefully I did ok! Anyway, hope everyone has a great summer vacation! I plan to spend mine traveling! :)

New York City!

I had an amazing time in New York City. I would love to go back and see more sights. In just 4 days, we packed a lot in and didn't get to see all of it, but it was a great trip either way! We arrived to school at 4:00 AM on Thursday morning and headed to the airport via bus. From there, we all jumped on our different flights to head to the Big Apple. We arrived in the afternoon and met our tour guides and buses. We got transported to Times Square and got to shop for a little bit, then went to dinner at Dallas BBQ, where supper was delicious, very filling, and a lot of food! After dinner, we went across the street to Ripley's Believe it or Not. We saw many disturbing things. I'm not a huge fan of those types of things, so I started to panic a bit, because I didn't really want to be there!! But it made it through, barely! After Ripley's, we took our group photo, then went to the Rockefeller Plaza to the Top of the Rock. We literally were in a cloud. It was too foggy to see the city, but it was still neat to be up there! After that, we finally got to go to the hotel and sleep. Our tour guide was Shyrl, and that day we also had Mike.
The next morning, Friday, was an early morning. The first thing we did was travel and take our bus to tour the city. We went to Chinatown and bartered. I found a watch, one like I had before. He wanted 10 for it, I didn't feel like paying that, so I told him 5. He gave me a funny look and went to 8. I said no, and started walking. So he thought about it and said 5. Well, I wasn't so sure after that, so I had to think, I walked away from the price I wanted, which was not smart or nice!! We saw a few Chinese funerals going on, it was neat to see their traditions! We had lunch at the South Street Seaport, then after that, we went to the World Trade Center Memorial. It was interesting and really a neat sight to see. After that, we took the subway up to Times Square and got to shop. We met again, then got our tickets for the Broadway show. Let me just tell you that it was AMAZING! I cannot begin to  describe how great it was! I got a shirt and the Wicked soundtrack! Then we bused back to the hotel.
Saturday morning we got to sleep in a little bit longer. We got to walk through Central Park that day, which was very beautiful! Doug, a tour guide, was really neat! He knew what he was talking about. We performed on Saturday at the Staten Island University. Then that night we got our awards at a Medieval Times performance. The horses were trained quite well, and the show was really neat!!
Sunday we got to sleep in the latest. Then we woke up to go on a cruise around the harbor. It was really neat! We saw the Statue of Liberty! I tend to get motion sick at times, so I took a pill to help it, unfortunately the pill had side effect of drowsiness, so I slept on the boat for some of it. We then had an hour in Times Square or 5th Ave. for last minute shopping before we headed to the airport to fly home. I was really sad to leave. We had a great tour guide, she was amazing! Of course, I cried when we had to leave. We got back to the school at midnight then. Another flight didn't get home til 1!! But let me tell you, NYC is an amazing city.
People tend to sterotype the city thinking there is crime and it's really dirty too. But it was actually beautiful and clean too! If I ever get the chance to go back, I will! I fell in love with the place!
I'm sorry this post got quite long, I could have split it into a few posts, but I threw it all in one! Also, I apologize for overusing the word "amazing" :) Please let me know if you can view the video with no problems. I got an email from Youtube saying that it was blocked because of my music. But after publishing it, it plays fine! I'm not sure what the deal is! We got a 1 at Large Group tonight! Hope you're all doing well! Have a great weekend!

Well, Hello There!

Yes, I am back. After getting home late Sunday night, we've had a busy week. Vocal concert on Tuesday, meeting tonight, and Large Group tomorrow! I promise I will get the pictures up soon! I put them in a video format and had to shorten it majorly, otherwise you'd be sitting for a 30 min period looking at pictures. But I cut it down to 8 min 30 sec!
Let me just say that I fell in love with NYC! I cried because I didn't want to leave. I have a great time! We saw many things, and we were always on the go! Sleep, well, we got some, but not a lot! I was perky, apparently too perky ;) Haha, kidding! But I was in a great mood, and it wasn't hard when you like what you're doing! :) Anyway, it's late, big day tomorrow, so I should let ya'll go! Hope you're all doing well!! :)