The Christmas Miracle

On Wednesday (Lindsey's Birthday–it might as well be a national holiday), we started our semi-annual tradition of driving up to Idaho. It was quite an event, especially compared to past years. We were out of the house at about 7:30 (on our second try after almost getting to the freeway and having my dad realize he forgot his mp3 player and books). We made it to St. George where we visited my grandma fife and ate at Café Rio. Concerning Café Rio: not as good as I had expected.
After spending about four hours at cousin's house, receiving an early birthday present from rex, and being quizzed on movie lines, we departed once again, destination mink creek Idaho. Didn't quit make it though...had to stop in cedar city. Now, if you've never driven the I-15, you're not quite sure what I'm talking about...but from St. George to Cedar City is about an hour. It took us much longer since we were caught in a snow storm. We barely made it to cedar and stopped between Stratford Court and Best Western. I stayed in the car while the parentals went into the Stratford Court to get us a room. I saw i sign in front of the SC gleaming "FREE HS INTERNET" This was my last chance! For you see, there is no high speed Internet in Mink Creek. I run into the lobby to check my e-mails and respond. So, Lindsey, Melissa, and I are using the computer and playing with the snow in front of the SC when Ii get a call from the parentals saying that they had gone to the BW and got a room there–in the basement...? so I start running from the SC to the BW we get to the BW and are just kinda chillin'(quite literally) in the lobby when I realize I have no phone. I make my sisters trace our steps through the knee-deep snow back along the block we just ran looking for my phone. After asking man-at-front-desk of SC we disappointingly walk back outside. At this point I'm starting to have a panic attack. Luckily, at that exact moment in time, Melissa reaches down and scoops my phone out of a few feet of snow! It was a little frozen, but still worked. A Christmas Miracle!

Lance Bass

Today, i had to wake up earlier than i would have liked to have done...especially since it was saturday. i woke up at about 7:45, went to the lillywhite's house. had a donut and the most delicious hot chocolate ever! after that, i went to rehersal for the cabaret (woodbridge high school, january 11 and 12, tickets on sale now! 25$ a piece, come talk to me!) from 9-12. then i got gas, drove thru KFC/Taco bell and got on the 5. i got to disneyland, ready to start my eight hour shift. it was pretty much the longest day of my life. until of course the best thing happened! i saw lance bass! yes, lance bass of n'sync came into taste pilot's grill today. i got back from my break, was bored, went up to the front counter where i was informed that lance bass was in the building. i sneakily went around "sweeping" trying to find him. when i located his table and entourage, i "swept" around it for a while. i wlaked by a few times to make sure it was really him (it was). he was wearing a white hat...that's all i really remember. i went up to the front again and looked thorugh the receipts (kept it for proof if any of you skeptics need it). he was number 44, and he ordered a chili cheese burger and fries. he also ordered a chili cheese burger with onion rings...who was that for i wonder? at his table sat four guests. himself, a brunette next to him, a blonde across from him and a man diagonal to him (the blonde and brunette were girls...thought i'd clarify since his being gay may confuse a few). He also had a disney tour guide slash security guard with them. now is the part where i get to brag. i allison fife, was less than a foot away from lance bass today the 16th of december. lance bass was at disneyland, well california adventure at least...but still. its way cool.

in-n-out

that's what a hamburger's all about! today, hannah, lacey, lindsey, emily and i went to in-n-out for lunch. we do this quite often now a days. its fun because we never know if we'll be back on time, and we get to see torrie at work! the last time hannah and i went, we decided to pay only in coins. i took out my coin cup and hannah grabbed her coins. we ended up paying for two whole meals in mostly pennies! how exciting is that?!?!? later that day, i had to get gas...but had no cash. i took my coin cup into the cashier, dumped it in front of him and said, "i need this much gas on pump number six." he laughed and kinda gave me a funny look, and then started counting. i was able to get $8.25 worth of gas! this means that i had about $14 dollars in coins in my car before i went on this spending rampage! you'll be ahppy to know that now i have 27 cents...it may take a while to get back to where i used to be.

tomorrow: National Chocolates Day and Square Dance Day

Happiest Place on Earth

If you don't already know, i work at Disneyland. You should come visit me! i am a hostess at Taste Pilot's Grill. That is in California Adventure, right next to Soaring Over California. its fun. a lot of funny things happen at work. i've always loved watching people at disneyland because, lets face it, there are some strange people at disneyland, but now, i get to talk to them! its quite exciting. if you're planning on visiting me at work, there are a few things you should know before hand. first of all, you better be a fan of john denver. i can't tell you how many times Leaving on a Jetplane plays over the sound system. i basically start singing whenever it comes on...which i'm sure is annoying...but i just can't help it! you must also be wary of beer guy. i gave him this name because he always comes in to buys beers. i kid you not, he has come in the last four times i've worked. and one night, he sat in the restaurant for hours and kept getting up and ordering more budweiser (i would think that if you were as heavy a drinker as he, you would want to be getting bud light, because, let's face it, he's not the skinniest man i've ever seen). i just don't understand beer guy at all. if you're paying for admission into a theme park so you can sit in a restaurant and buy beer for disney prices, why not just go to a store and get it for a lot cheaper and drink it sitting on your coach...which i'm sure is a little more comfortable than the chairs at TPG. moving on, please, if you are planning on visiting me, don't complain about the touch screen computers. they are not that hard to figure out. and make sure you order what you want too...it's annoying when we make people's food and they're surprised at what they get. for example, one woman who shall remain nameless (mainly due to the fact that i don't know her name) ordered a cheeseburger. when i gave it to her, she told me i had gotten her order wrong. i replied, i'm sorry ma'am, what did you want? she said she wanted a cheeseburger (at this point i'm very confused) i informed her that she had a cheeseburger in front of her...after some more conversation i was able to identify the problem. what she wanted, was a cheeseburger, sans burger. ie, grilled cheese sandwhich. that's all i feel like writing today.

tomorrow: National French Toast Day

Freedom Folfing

Yes, it's true. i have been folfing. and more than once too. for those of you who have absolutely no idea what i am talking about right now, it is simply because you are just not cool enough. but if you MUST know, you may visit the official disc golfing website--the rules are amazing. so funny...i mean...not funny, very worth while and necessary in order to play the game. i consider myself to be an unofficial member of the Freedom Folfers (coolest club at school) and decided to unofficially join in on saturday's tournament. i didn't pay so i wasn't actually in the tournament, but its ok because kailee, lacey and i had fun just throwing the disc thingy...chad and the others were a bit more intense about the whole situation--understandably so, since they were folfing for a prize ($5)! i really can't explain the game...you just have to see for yourself. you'll be surprised to know that there is a course at deerfield park and just might see some folfers if you happened to drive by on a saturday afternoon. just a warning: if you are planning on attempting this sport, beware of mud :(

Scapino!

since it's been so long, i decided to go through my claendar and see waht i've been up to this past month. i really didn't find much. when i came across scapino, i remembered i had something funny to write about this. the only problem is, i don't really remember what that was. scapino was irvine's high's fall play. it was fun to watch. me and lauren went together and sat on the front row (not a good idea). at the beginning, one of the characters came and sat next to me, he was all wet...but it was ok. chris did a really good job. i especially loved his synchronized swimming dance. hannah did a good job on the choreography, and the execution was flawless, chris. all around good show. at the end the cast sang a song to us. after curtain call, the cast informed us that we had to sing along and they were watching us--if we didn't sing, we would have to stand up and sing it as a solo while everyone pointed and laughed at us. this made me feel a little uncomfortable...especially since chris made sure we knew he was watching us. no worries though, nobody had to stand up. it was an idle threat. and that's all i have to say about that.

Catching up

i was informed today that i haven't blogged since homecoming and was appalled to find this statement true after checking my blog! sorry to my avid readers...though they are few. i don't have time right now to write about all the things that have been happening in my life these last few weeks (because a lot has happened) but i did feel that i owed it to you to post something. don't fret. i will be posting more regularly. and you can excpect a long post by the end of this wonderful thanksgiving weekend. must go to work now, come visit me!