sunshine.

Yesterday was quite the interesting day. I went to Cedar Point amusement park with my brother, my cousin, and my brother's friend. The two hour trip to Sandusky, Ohio was nothing compared to what happened once we got in the park.
My cousin Brandon arrived at my house to pick us up at 20 to 7am, and we loaded all of our stuff in his car. We drove to a nearby Meijer's so we could buy discounted tickets, and after that, we hit the highway, settling in for the drive ahead. The drive went by easily, filled with mindless chatter and lots of laughs. We blasted music from the two mixed CDs I had made the night before, and I proceeded to read Harry Potter (DH) in the car (:
We only had one hold up, which was paying to get onto the Ohio Turnpike. It's a toll road, and when you're driving up to the booth, there's a huge sign that tells you "US CURRENCY COINS ONLY". Easy enough, right? Apparently not for the car in front of us. It was like slow motion, seeing the guy in front of us reach out of the car with two dollar bills in his hand. Everyone in our car was like "NOOOOOOO!" The lady obviously had to tell them they couldn't do that, and then we were just sitting there for twenty minutes while the guy looked for change in his car. That was, until, Brandon, being the nice guy that he is (and the impatient guy he is) got out of our car to go give the guy some quarters so we could get the hell out of there.
After the turnpike fiasco, we were on our way, and started seeing signs for Cedar Point everywhere. We were so freaking excited, it's out of control. We got out of the car and lathered on the sun screen before making our way to the park.
My brother and I have never been to Cedar Point before, something that most people refuse to believe when we tell them (: I went to Disneyworld in Florida three years ago, but I got sick while I was down there, so I didn't ride many roller coasters. My brother had never been on one at all, so we started out small, with the Blue Streak. An easy ride for most, but it took us by surprise at the first drop. We were all screaming and laughing as we came to a stop, and my brother was definitely up for more.
The next ride we went on was The Raptor. (Watch the video for this one, it's insane) This ride was bigger than any I had ever been on, and for my brother, it was only his second rollercoaster ride ever. We waited in line for almost 40 minutes to get on it, and my brother and I thought we were going to pee our pants. Seriously, we were freaking out. Eventually, it was our turn to get on, and we were all freaking out and giggling uncontrollably while we pulled the restraints down over our shoulders and belted ourselves in. The ride took off, and it went up, up, up, up and finally let us go, and we were flying down. We went upside down at numerous points, and I had to shut my eyes at those or else I would totally freak out, but I was screaming and laughing the entire time. It was by far the best ride we rode there.
Next was the MaxAir. This ride reaches speeds of 70mph and swings you back and forth, while spinning in circles. It was fun while we were on it, but afterwards, my brother and I both started to feel a little sick. We took a break from rides and got some water and sat down and waited for Brandon and my brother Danny's friend Dylan to get off The Mantis. This ride is out of control. When you ride it, you're standing up the entire time! It takes you upside down and spins you all around. Needless to say, my brother and I were feeling a bit too queesy to go and ride this one.
After they got off this ride, we went out to the parking lot and grilled some hot dogs while having some pop and chips. It was hot out too, so everyone reapplied the sunscreen and took a seat. We were starving and knew we had a long day ahead of us. We ate quickly and headed back into the park. We wanted to go on a smaller rollercoaster before we hit up a water ride, so we headed over to the Iron Dragon. This ride looked a little laid back, but definitely took us by surprise, we were screaming and laughing the entire ride and it was a lot of fun.
After we got off that ride, we headed over to the back of the park where we got on a ride called Thunder Canyon. This ride is basically a giant raft, so we tried to strip off as much clothes as we could (wearing undershirts and shorts) because we knew we were going to get drenched. And we did. We were soaked by the time we got off of it, and it was fun while it lasted, until we realized how cold we were, and how awkward it felt afterwards, haha.
The next ride we wanted to go on had a wait of almost 2 hours, so we skipped that one and headed to a smaller ride. This one was called the Cedar Creek Mine Ride. This ride surprised us as well, because it was really jerky and basically threw us all over the place in our cars. It was defnitely interesting.
That was our last ride for the day, as we were all wet, tired, and our feet were killing us. We left the park as happy campers and stopped at a gas station on the way home so we could get some snacks for the drive.
All in all, Cedar Point was awesome, and I'm definitely going back. It was really fun and I had a great time, except for the feeling like I was sick part :/
I'd definitely reccommend Cedar Point to anyone who loves rollercoasters and thrill rides, it's out of control.

When did life become so irritating?

I seriously can't believe how irritated I am at the moment. Not just with one problem, but it seems as though nothing can go right today. I'm not blaming anyone but myself for it, I just wish I had enough will power to try to be optimistic about the situation. Doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon.

It's not just the fact that I'm going to be the only girl on this camping trip that is becoming less and less appealing as time wears on, it's the fact that EVERYTHING else in the world is seemingly coming down on me all at once, even the smallest of things has got my attention in a negative way.

For instance, I'm currently updating my MSN messanger, and it's taking so frigging long, and it's driving me crazy! It's making all of my programs run slower than they usually do. Even Twitter, which, don't even get me started on. I use Twhirl, and I'm seriously so irritated with it, I have to shut it down and restart it every two seconds, or else I get like, 3 tweets every hour. When I have so many other things on my mind, Twitter should be the least of my problems, yes? Maybe I'll get Tweetdeck or Twitterific or something, or just stick to the web like most other people.

Also, MY HAIR. I need it cut, and now. It's unusually thick, my hair. So when it's hot, like it is now, it drives me nuts. Plus, it just wouldn't do what I wanted it to today, and there's these little curls that stick out on the side, like, little whispy hairs that don't fit into my ponytail, and they keep tickling the side of my head. It's possibly the thing that is irritating me the most at the moment.

Also, BOYS. WHEN DID THEY GET SO FREAKISHLY OBNOXIOUS?

You know what? I have to restart my laptop, it's going so slow. Needless to say, I digress.

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer...

Well, here we are again. It's 11:30 in the morning, and I still can't judge what to wear today by looking out the window. Honestly, this weather is getting a bit ridiculous.

First it's unbearably hot, then the next day I'm in need of a hoodie and a blanket at my brother's baseball game. I suppose I won't have to worry about that much more, as said brother has now been dubbed 'broken-footed Dan' by our family. Yep, the poor kid broke his foot rounding third base, and now we're all running around the house trying to take care of him. Although he did manage to hop his way into the shower, and every now and then I can hear him hopping around his room, trying to find something. The silly boy.

But, back to the weather. Today, it's slightly warmer, but still chilly for the beginning of July. It's really out of control. Like, we're in Michigan. It should be warm and sunny out. Especially because we're getting ready to go camping at the end of the week.

:sigh: You know what, Michigan? I've had enough of you. When someone finds out a way to accurately predict the weather around here, let me know.

times they are a-changin'.

well, i'm off to university in the fall. it's an interesting experience, i'll tell you that right now. coming from a small school and then going to university of michigan is going to be hard enough. but right now, there's a lot of uncertainty. as you can imagine, my graduating class was all very close. we were a class of 130 kids, and none of us have really known anything but each other.

recently i find myself wondering if we're all going to be friends after everything is said and done. when all the grad parties are over and we run out of excuses to see each other, how long will the 'keep in touch' sentiments we all wrote in everyone else's yearbooks last? the fear of going to a new place and being forced to meet new people is in every one of us, and i'm not sure how well i'm going to take it.

i don't want to lose anyone. i need all my friends, they're all stars and i don't know what i would do without them. they make me laugh, make me smile, and force me to have a good time even when i'm not in the mood for having fun.

basically, this is a plea to keep in touch. with all the craziness going on in our lives these days, i'm sure this is the time when we need each other more than ever. i wish we could stay in high school forever, even if it was only to socialize.

OHAI, BLOG.

this certainly is interesting.
all i wanted to do was comment on someone's blog, and then i thought,
"yknow, i might as well just make one."

i have thoughts to share with the world too!
so, let's get started, huh? although i'm quite sure no one wants to hear me talk about nothing. most of this will be ranting, by the way. so you have been forewarned! (: