June 30, 2010 9:00am
My suitcase was packed, filled, and bulky. It sucks because it was my time of the month and we are going to the beach. Oh fun. We drove for 6 hours, stopped at McDonalds, the outlet (starbucks, juicy couture, charlotte russe), and the hotel. We stayed at Oceanside, Cali and our hotel was by the beach! It was wonderful and we got to walk around the pier. My aunt bought us ice cream and it was way too much for me. Why do they eat so much fattening stuff - like mcdonald’s, ice cream, french fries, chips? We watched the movie Taken on TV at night and fell asleep late.
July 1, 2010
My cousin’s brother arrived today. We went by the beach, met up with their second cousins and ate. We walked around the shops, bought clothes at T-shirt mart and i got this awesome Lifeguard shirt. We also found unique shops that sell vintage and weird things. My cousin bought sunglasses that were exactly like my black ones that broke -_- Oh and we made smoothies from mango syrup which didn’t taste as good as real fruit.
July 2, 2010
My uncle (cousin’s father) arrived today. We got a free facial at the hotel activity center. We felt bad for not ordering anything and taking advantage of their make up stuff. We went fishing at night and it was hecka freezing outside. We sat like hobos, sang songs, drank chocolate milk, and used the cups as money holders. There were a lot of people fishing at the pier.
July 3, 2010
We packed our stuff because we were leaving the hotel today to go to Anaheim, Cali. But before we left, we met up with their other second cousins and a 2 of them were teenage guys my age. I was uncomfortable since im not related to anyone and the adults don’t even know who i am. They went to the beach while me and my cousins went to the pier to meet up with their dad. He was fishing and had already caught 3 small fishes. We stayed there pretty long and decided to go to the beach to eat. We ate McDonalds (again), sat by the beach, and sang songs while their cousin plays the guitar. We sneaked back in the hotel to go to the pool by the 2nd floor. While they were swimming, me and my cousins went to the activity center to play cards and secretly take their cookies. We were begging my 11 yr old cousin, M.E. to take some for us and she confidently took them and ate. I can’t believe her boldness aha. That’s what is so awesome about her - and the fact that she got cookies for us. We went to the sauna, gym, and they finally went swimming. I just sat and waited. I then went back to the activity center and saw their cousins and my 7 yr old cousin, B.E. The employee even served us lemonade and choco chip cookies (which i was desperately hoping for). We played cards and got to know each other - in a rude/fighting/silly way? TJ together with his little bro could not believe that i was 16 and going to be a senior. I think they teased me too much. But yeah, he turned out to be 17. We played cards, i beat his brother at the game ‘Speed’, TJ beat me, we played blocks, and laughed a lot. Then my cousins came and ate cookies too. We went to the gym, the sauna, and had a fun time. We were pretty much cramped in the sauna since there were a lot of us. We finally went down to the game room, played pool, and said our goodbyes. It was a fun day fo shoo. We then left to go to Anaheim. We got to the resort, and the ‘adults’ left to go to the House of Blues. We played outside - i learned how to do a one-hand cartwheel though it hurts. We played leap frog and i got squished my M.E. that was taller than me. But it was fun. We watched TV the whole night, B.E. went to sleep with me and R.E. since M.E. fell asleep on the other room. We were cracking up the whole night since B.E. said odd things to us.
July 4, 2010
Happy fourth of july. We left for Downtown Disney, walked around the shops, ate at a Mexican Resto, then a mariachi band sang to me ‘cause they thought it was my birthday (my older cousin pointed me out). It was so embarrassing and we were all laughing. They even gave me a flan cake with a candle. We ate a huge burrito and i felt bad ‘cause i couldn’t finish it. M.E. played this finger game with me and we were about to die from laughter. We then walked around outside, went to a mexican grocery store, saw a ‘panaderia’ where you walk in and pick your own bread. My cousins got so excited. We went back to Downtown Disney to watch the fireworks. We couldn’t get a good view but it was fun. After, we tried out makeup from sephora, R.E. tried this ‘balm’ thing on her lips and the employee told her it wasn’t a lip balm but a hand cleansing thing. We were laughing a lot.
July 5, 2010
We packed our stuff and went to the activity center to play pool, bought food from the snack bar, and roamed around. We left the resort, went to the bank to withdraw money, my cousins looked through my iPod, and went straight to chinatown! My relatives had a real good time there *cough*thankstome*cough* haha kidding. But we seriously loved it there. I got a few things, my cousins and aunt got a lot. I bought sunglasses, an owl ring (M.E. got the same one right after), and a bracelet for my brother. I was pressured to buy this purse without giving it thought. Then i found a better purse for much less and showed it to my cousins. I was so frustrated when i didn’t have money to buy it since R.E. borrowed $10 so i was left with $4. Then their mother came and helped them pick out purses for M.E. i also picked out this black and pink purse for her but they shrugged me off and O.E. said he liked the gold better. Although i think that it looked too formal for her. But anyways, I was just standing there, looking at my dream purse when R.E. picked it up. I was so frustrated that my jaw slightly dropped. I couldn’t do anything but luckily, she found another purse. Goodness, i was about to explode but im too polite to do anything. In the end, they ‘picked’ out the black and pink purse (that i showed them before) and claimed to have found it. This is exactly the reason why im not fond of shopping with other people that are not my own family. We left the town, ate at burger king / taco bell, then went home to AZ. my dad got to their house fast and i went back home.
