So I have enough time for either breakfast or posting on my blog.
Mmmm, eggs. Bacon. Toast!
Later!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Let's play catch-up!
I've been home from my trip for a week and a half, and am already settling right back in to the home routine. The girls were over Monday night to watch the first disc of Gilmore Girls season 7 - not as good as the original seasons, but I've got to finish them all off now. Jeremie is in the city for work this week, so I have the house to myself. I always forget how much more time one has when they live alone. Last night was movie night - I watched Chuck & Larry (typical Adam Sandler, not bad but not worth reccommending) and Little Manhattan (pretty good, but still a rental movie).
My trip. I'm left with a collage of shifting memories, almost all of them good - it was an amazing trip. Thus the first installment:
I left on October 31st, driving the 4 hours to Edmonton. The roads were good, and it was a pretty uneventful drive aside from my excitement to finally be on the road. I met up with Heather that evening, and crashed at her place that evening. I was shocked to find that they didn't give out halloween candy, so Heather and I took a little side-trip to the store to pick some up. We put on the Live at the Fillmore DVD & gave out candy to the cute kids. And some not-so-cute older kids. I'm not sure what I think about 14-year olds trick-or-treating. I know that when I was that age I had friends who still went, and wanted to go myself, but it seems like more of a younger-kid thing. Although if you're taking a younger sibling, I think it should still count.
We didn't sleep much that night, between Heather getting up every half hour to check on things, her dog's nails clicking on the floor outside my bedroom door, and the fact that I was too excited to sleep half the time as well. We were up around 4:30, and left at 5 to pick up Kim and drive to Calgary. We played a lot of unreleased Hanson tracks on that drive, and had a great time sharing songs with each other that we hadn't heard.
We stopped at Mal's dorm, dropped off my car in her parking lot, and grabbed a cab to the airport. We were through security pretty quickly, and spend an hour or so drinking Starbucks, taking photos, and trying out the video mode on our cameras. The flight to Anaheim was fine - we made a layover in Salt Lake City, and it was neat to see the salt flats & the mountains down there. The mountains around Salt Lake look a whole lot different than the Rockies up here.
We arrived in Anaheim with all our luggage, found our rental car, and spent an hour or so fiddling with Gloria (our GPS) to figure out how to get where we needed to be. We wound up at our hotel with only one wrong turn, and that only a block out of our way - not bad at all! Our hotel was about 5 blocks from Disneyland, which was perfect - we could walk to the first show, taking place in the House of Blues in Downtown Disney. We walked to Denny's for dinner, after which Heather crashed in front of the TV . Kim, Mal and I headed down to the hot tub to soak. I might have snuck into the cold pool to swim a few laps as well, which I loved. Swimming = love.
Show day number 1 - we were up at 8, showered & packed the car by 9, and headed down for our free breakfast of muffins & coffee. We then walked to Disney (while taking a lot of photos - can you say camera happy?) and stopped by the House of Blues. To our surprise and delight, there was a Hanson line already for the show that night, and a girl in line giving numbers to show who got there when. We were pleased to get sharpie numbers on our hands so we could sneak off to Disneyland for the morning and not lose our place in line - good idea, whoever thought of that! We were numbers 18-21. Not bad at all!
- to be continued -
My trip. I'm left with a collage of shifting memories, almost all of them good - it was an amazing trip. Thus the first installment:
I left on October 31st, driving the 4 hours to Edmonton. The roads were good, and it was a pretty uneventful drive aside from my excitement to finally be on the road. I met up with Heather that evening, and crashed at her place that evening. I was shocked to find that they didn't give out halloween candy, so Heather and I took a little side-trip to the store to pick some up. We put on the Live at the Fillmore DVD & gave out candy to the cute kids. And some not-so-cute older kids. I'm not sure what I think about 14-year olds trick-or-treating. I know that when I was that age I had friends who still went, and wanted to go myself, but it seems like more of a younger-kid thing. Although if you're taking a younger sibling, I think it should still count.
We didn't sleep much that night, between Heather getting up every half hour to check on things, her dog's nails clicking on the floor outside my bedroom door, and the fact that I was too excited to sleep half the time as well. We were up around 4:30, and left at 5 to pick up Kim and drive to Calgary. We played a lot of unreleased Hanson tracks on that drive, and had a great time sharing songs with each other that we hadn't heard.
We stopped at Mal's dorm, dropped off my car in her parking lot, and grabbed a cab to the airport. We were through security pretty quickly, and spend an hour or so drinking Starbucks, taking photos, and trying out the video mode on our cameras. The flight to Anaheim was fine - we made a layover in Salt Lake City, and it was neat to see the salt flats & the mountains down there. The mountains around Salt Lake look a whole lot different than the Rockies up here.
We arrived in Anaheim with all our luggage, found our rental car, and spent an hour or so fiddling with Gloria (our GPS) to figure out how to get where we needed to be. We wound up at our hotel with only one wrong turn, and that only a block out of our way - not bad at all! Our hotel was about 5 blocks from Disneyland, which was perfect - we could walk to the first show, taking place in the House of Blues in Downtown Disney. We walked to Denny's for dinner, after which Heather crashed in front of the TV . Kim, Mal and I headed down to the hot tub to soak. I might have snuck into the cold pool to swim a few laps as well, which I loved. Swimming = love.
Show day number 1 - we were up at 8, showered & packed the car by 9, and headed down for our free breakfast of muffins & coffee. We then walked to Disney (while taking a lot of photos - can you say camera happy?) and stopped by the House of Blues. To our surprise and delight, there was a Hanson line already for the show that night, and a girl in line giving numbers to show who got there when. We were pleased to get sharpie numbers on our hands so we could sneak off to Disneyland for the morning and not lose our place in line - good idea, whoever thought of that! We were numbers 18-21. Not bad at all!
- to be continued -
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Back!
My trip was amazing. I'd love to tell you about it once life de-hectifies.
PS - ask Maria how her phone interview went ;)
PS - ask Maria how her phone interview went ;)
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