Just Watch the Fireworks

I went to Disneyland today with Monica (roommate), Aislinn and Juan. Aislinn is a fellow band member and Juan lived on our floor...we hadn't planned on him going originally, but it worked out that way. We only had a short while at the parks though because Monica had to be back at SC by 5 for Commencement rehearsal.

We met my mom around 11am at the Monorail station. I like it when my mom meets my friends, I feel like she'll trust me more knowing that I have responsible, nice friends. Some part of my psyche has always suspected that she always thinks I'm lying to her when I tell her where I'm going and who I'll be with. Like in high school, she'd get very suspicious when I'd tell her I was going to hang out with guys. But I couldn't help that most of my friends were guys!

Anyway.

We went to Disneyland first and it was pretty empty! I hadn't been there in at least a year, so it was nice to be back. We went on Space Mountain, the Matterhorn (where Monica lose her phone, though she recovered it soon after), It's a Small World, the Teacups, Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean. I think we covered all those rides in about 2.5 hours, which is crazy to think about.

We were hauling ass all over the park.

Juan was always like 20 feet ahead of us because he's apparently in love with Disneyland. Who would have known? He wore this crazy orange shirt with a glow-in-the-dark illustration of Mickey Mouse on it. So when we waited in line in dark places like Space Mountain, Mickey glowed! =)

Aislinn was really enthusiastic about going on It's a Small World, so I didn't tell any of them that I absolutely loathe that right. But it wasn't that bad going on it because we made fun of most of the dolls. Juan took thousands of pictures of the dolls and other things. The "Mexican" part of the ride was so stereotypical! It had a bunch of dolls dancing to Mariachi music. Oh, Disney. You racist.

After going on the Pirates ride, we decided to head over to California Adventure. I made sure we went on the Tower of Terror first. That ride is so legit! It's my absolute favorite at the Disney Parks. I mean, California Screamin' is pretty good too, but it's only a close second to Tower of Terror. Juan had never been to CA Adventure either, so I was excited for him to go on it.

Monica, on the other hand, hates heights, so she wasn't gonna go on it with us. She had been on it once before and hated it. This time, she got in line with us and said she'd just bolt when we went to get on, but she never did! So she went on it again, she said it wasn't as bad but still not very pleasant.

Juan loved it!

Aislinn did too, but she loves everything. She's so nice. =) I like that her favorite ride is the teacup ride. We took some pretty funny pictures on that one.

After Tower of Terror we grabbed some grub. Next we went on the Grizzly River Run, which was another super fun ride. Monica got the most wet. Ha.

I think Monica was kind of frustrated with Juan because he kept wanting to rush from ride to ride, whereas her and Aislinn weren't too worried about getting on so many rides. I was pretty caught in the middle, so I just went along with whatever.

We left the park around 3:45. They dropped me off at home and went back to LA. Apparently Monica was an hour late to rehearsal (!)...but I guess she was okay with it.

When I got home I picked up my brothers from the sitters. Ahhh they're so cute. I honestly don't have a problem babysitting them anymore. Jonathan and Henry keep each other pretty entertained, especially since they're free to roam around outside in the backyard. And baby Fernando is pretty well-behaved. He rarely cries and stays entertained with the simplest of toys.

Tomorrow I'm going to babysit them for a while in the morning...hopefully I come away from that with the same attitude. Haha. My mom guilted me into babysitting though. She always does that. I had plans! I was supposed to play tennis with Vinnie. Now I feel terrible because I know he'll be disappointed that we can't play. He'll say its okay but I know he'll probably be kinda sad about it. Ugh.

But tomorrow night (FOR SURE) I am going out for sushi with Melissa and Tony! Holla. It'll be my first actual meeting with Tony. Apparently he's heard a lot about me, just like I've heard about him. That's so exciting! I've never known anyone to be excited to meet me. I sort of felt like a celebrity when he messaged me over facebook and said I was "exquisite." Awwww.

So yeah. Hopefully we'll eat some delicious shiz and then maybe see Star Trek? It depends on how tired I am.

I haven't been sleeping well at all. My brothers wake up way too early. Alex leaves for work at 4am, and I always hear him get up. College made me such a night owl! How irritating. I guess it doesn't help that I stay up until around 1am blogging and texting like this. I can't help it though. I feel like I need to make the most of my days and nights by finding time for social contact/networking, even if it's this late at night.

I keep telling myself I'll find time to make up for all the lost sleep. We'll see how that pans out.