18 August 2005

Vacation to Northern Utah (Exciting, I know)

On sunday our whole family left and checked into Best Rest Inn in Ogden.  We swam, had dinner at McDonalds, and played Boggle.

On Monday I woke up at 6 AM for breakfast.  Retarded, I know.
At breakfast I had a joyfully-fun time.  I spilt a lot of stuff:
#1: I was getting biscuits and only placed the plate half on the edge of the table.  I placed dropped the first biscuit from my tongs onto the platethe side of the plate that was on the table.  But the second biscuit wasnt so lucky.  I dropped it onto the side of the place that was not on the table which sent the plate flipping to the floor.  It landed face down, wasting the biscuits.  At least like half of the people in the place were laughing at me. L
#2: A made a waffle, cut it up, and drenched it in syrup.  I had it on top of a bunch of brochures and stuff that I had picked up.  I was taking it to my room so I could eat it on my comfy bed.  Right at the door, the brochures went slack, and the plate fell face down on the floor.  I cleaned everything up.  Luckily Janessa and Clint had both put waffles into the makers at the same time, thinking they were both making one for Clint.  So I got to have Janessas.  I ripped it up and drenched it in syrup.
#3: I also got myself a cup of orange juice to go with it and loaded everything up and prepared to leave again.  I was backing out the door when Janessa talked to me, which for some reason, freaked me out.  I guess I was just so tired I was sensitive to sounds or something.  But my hand tipped at that same moment and dumped some on the floor.
#4: Being stunned and thinking it was already spilled, I went to set the cup of orange juice on the table but didnt lower my hand enough but just dropped it so it hit the table but knocked over.  It sent the juice running off the table and onto a chair and the floor.
Numbers 2-4 felt like I was asleep.  Luckily my dad was there by that time and he told the breakfast attendant to clean it up so I got to just take my waffle to my room.  I skipped trying to take orange juice.
I had another dense moment at the room.  I set down everything to get out my key, slid it through the slot, and then when I pushed discovered that the door was already ajar. 
Anyway, after breakfast I played Boggle with Janessa until it was time to leave.
We stopped in Roy at a Smith's and bought lots of snacks and food for the day.
Then we drove to Lagoon and went in.  It's rather boring so I'll just list the rides I went on and how many times I went on them and some of the funny events.  (Plus there's more spilling on the way so stay tuned!)
Fire Dragon: 3
The Bat: 1
The Spider: 2
Wild Mouse: 1
Skyline: 3 (+)
Samarai: 1
Blast Off: 1
Rattlesnake Rapids: 1
Log Flume: 1
The ship (can't remember the real name); 1
The Turn of the Century: 1
The lines were amazingly long and now I see how few I really rode when I total them up like that.
I also looked around the Pioneer Village and went to "Hooray for Hollywood."  "Hooray for Hollywood" was pretty good.  I liked last years much better, of course because it was a Broadway themed show.  This  one basically did the same thing because not very far into the show they switched to Broadway musicals turned into movies.  Tee hee.  Jamie is so hot.
And I promised more spilling so here's the list:
#5: I was opening a can of Pringles and the cover was glued on very well.  When I opened them like 10-15 went flying all over the cement.  Janessa made me eat them all though so nothing was wasted but crumbs. :)
#6: I was eating a chip with salsa and when I was biting it, I tipped the chip backwars so the salsa dumped off onto my shirt in two places and my capris in two places. 
#7: My sister shared some hand sanitizer with me and I spilt some on my pants.  (I know this one is lame but I had to count it for goodness sakes.)
Oh yeah, Crystal was tall enough this year to ride all the rides except for a few.  So we first took her on The Bat, which she liked.  We were going to take her on The Turn of the Century next, but it was closed so we went straight to the Colosus.  I watched her face the whole time and it was hillarious.  It was definitely worth losing all Crystal's trust in us.
When the park closed, we began the drive home.  We of course missed the freeway so we took the backroads home.
At the hotel I took a shower and hit the sack
On Tuesday I woke up and had breakfast and then with nothing else to do, watched "House Arrest" which was what everyone else was watching on HBO.  It was an OK movie.
At noon we checked out and drove around.  We drove to Cherry Hill but they were closed because of the insane downpour that morning.
We stopped in downtown Salt Lake and ate at the Mexican vendors.  I had two very delicious tacos.  I really love authentic food.
After that we drove around looking for a room.  Eventually we found one at La Quinta Inn out by the airport.  We checked in and unpacked.  I really liked the set up of this hotel because you get sick of the same setup at every single hotel.  The door to the room was at an angle and then the door to the bathroom and closet were on an angle too so the bathroom was a cool shape instead of boring rectangle.  It also made the bathroom have a bit more room so it wasn't so cramped.  The doors to the bathroom were also double so it gave it a very cool feeling.  The room was also more of a square shape instead of a rectangle which was very nice.
After we checked in I laid on my bed and did random stuff.  I also watched "Home Fried" I believe on HBO.
After the movie was over all of we kids went swimming.  I really liked their pool too.
After swimming I changed and after a bit longer we walked over to this cafe called Roberts.  I had grilled cheese and fries.  It was annoying because they automatically brought me fry sauce for my fries.  I like fry sauce, but it I don't have ketchup on such delicious fries I'll end up eating it later either plain or on bread or something to cure the craving.  So Mom asked for ketchup for me.  Yay. 
After we ate we went back to the hotel and watched some TV and went to bed.
 On Wednesday I woke up and had breakfast and did random stuff.
I got in the hot tub but didn't get my hair wet and then sat in the gazebo in the courtyard in my swimsuit and wrote in my journal.  Gazebos are just too awesome to not just sit in.
After I changed I packed and stuff.  Nessa convinced me to take this fitness test thingy on a bike in the fitness center.  I got 62 or something, whatever that means, and my rating was elite.  I don't know how they rate it but I am DEFINITELY not in shape so I don't know what's up with that.
A little after noon we checked out and drove to Walmart.  It was shutting down soon and moving into a much bigger building so a lot of stuff was on clearance.  I bought some hand sanitizer and a deck barbeque thingy for our Loving Family dollhouse.
Draper I think it was.  Whatever city has Boondocks.  We drove around forever looking for Boondocks.  If I would have known where we were going I could have told them right where to go.
Eventually we got to Boondocks and we went in.  We decided what we wanted to do and paid for it.  First we did a batting cage for a half hour.  It was very scary but they forced me to go.  I surprised myself by hitting most of the baseballs.  Stupid, what is up with this looking athletic and fit today?
After that I played lazer tag with Janessa and Clint.  Their court was way too small.  I got bored with just staying in the same area with my team so I left it and totally died like 50 times.  At least it was more fun then just standing there.  Each ticket was $5 and the game was only 6 minutes.  Totally lame.
After the game I played two games of air hockey with Janessa.  She beat me the first time and I beat her the second time.
After that we had to wait for Crystal to pick out and get a prize and then we left.
We drove for awhile until we got to Pleasant Grove.  We went to Sonic and I decided it's totally lame.  They would only let us use 2 coupons even though there were 6 people in the car.  So only the kids got burgers.  We ate on the way to Artic Circle where my parents got food.  I had some fries and a very delicious Oreo shake.
            After that we drove all the way home.  The cats were so cute.  They missed me.