Sunday, August 22, 2004

Finally Back ^_^
Any and everyone who comes to my page has me most humble apologies at the lack of updating. The school drew to a close and final were moments away. Plus, I was only home for 2 days this summer.
Well, on the topic of my summer, it was...travelsome. I never want to get on a plane again. School ended on the 18th of June. Four days later was my birthday and senoir graduation. I didn't get to the graduation because it was held inside and they could not fit everyone, first to go was the band. So I celebrated my 16th birthday. You know, my birthday turned out like any other day, nothing special, no party. Kinda depressing when I think about it.
After my birthday, I had a week to just hang out with my friends, go into town, stuff like that. Fourth of July weekend was spent at my aunt's house in Long Island. A friend of mine came up from South Carolina and stayed with us too. I didn't really enjoy myself, but I don't know why.
The following Monday was the only day I had to get ready for over a month away from home. Early Tuesday morning, we left NJ to drive to Florida, about 20 hours driving time, covering 3000 miles. At the same time, my mother and brother decided to quit smoking, cold turkey style. You can imagine how much "fun" that ride was. Anyway, we had to bring my kitty, Vierna, with us. When we were driving, she had fun because she would sit on a pillow on my lap and stare out the window. She was really cute. Whenever we had to stop though, we had to put her back in the carrier. She never did like it much. One time when we stopped it was 101 degrees out and my cat had to stay out in the cat carrier in the car. I felt really bad for her. We thought we lost her when we stayed overnight at a hotel because she didn't respond to my calls and we couldn't find her. I was really upset that morning. Next thing we know, she was sitting in her carrier waiting to go. We got to Florida and nothing really special happened there. I had a lot of trouble sleeping there. I somehow ended up thinking along some depressing thoughts every night and ended up crying myself to sleep most nights. >sighs< It really sucked, and I felt so stupid, but I couldn't do a thing about it.
On July 21st my siblings and I boarded a plane for Providence, Rhode Island. We were going to visit my dad. The flight was really fun. Our grandfather picked us up from the airport and we hung out with our grandparents til Dad got off from work. There wasn't much to do there. I went to the beach a few times, but the water was freezing. We got an XBox while we were there though. That was pretty cool. I beat Prince of Persia within a week. We were with my dad til August 6th. My mom drove up from Florida to pick us up and we went back home to NJ for 2 days. I saw a couple of my friends, so it was cool.
August 9th we left for LAX (Los Angeles Airport). We went to hang out at my oldest brother's place. We saw Venice Beach, Muscle Beach, Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Dr., Hollywood, LA. We also took a roadtrip up north to see Sequoia National Park and Forest, and to see Yosemite National Park. The giant sequoias were really cool and the pine cones looked like they could eat my foot off. Yosemite had ALOT of beautiful waterfalls. Unfortunately, coming down some very narrow, steep steps from Vernal Falls, I had a panic attack. I totally freaked. I kinda don't know why though. We went on one more hike after that but I didn't go all the way. I turned around and went back to the river, where I took a nap. It was really nice. I'll post some pictures eventually.
We got back on August 20th and now I'm here til the school year starts. I'm happy about school starting, but at the same time, I haven't finished my summer reading essay and I am having trouble writing it. My reading comprehension really sucks. If anyone has read To Kill A Mockingbird and would like to help me a bit, I would be really appreciative. It's like I understand the book and what I have to write about, but I can't put it into words. Send me a PM if you can think of anything that would help me.
I have to do my back-to-school shopping still, which sucks. I hate shopping. I hope to post again soon. Ja!

~Lumi ^_^

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