Blast from the Past: August 6th, 2000

August 6th 2000

I got to sleep in today. The curling iron wouldn't heat up, so I just put it up in a bandana. It still looks really good. I had chips for breakfast. Dad had to leave early, then Mom, me, Joe, and Katie went with a taxi to the bus station. Joe split and went off by 'imself, while me, mom, and Katie went on a tour bus. It was sort of interesting. We got off to go to the castle upon the hill. Mom kept changing her mind, but we finally went to the castle. It was really interesting! We saw a cute little pet cemetery, the oldest chapel in Medieval times, and the Crown Jewels of Scotland. I really liked it! After that, we went to a really cool Magic Gallery. We saw a cool show, saw a whole bunch of cool demonstrations, and a whole bunch of holograms. It was pretty cool! Then Katie and I got some white chocolate bars. There were really good! We met Joe and Dad for dinner, and ate at a hotel. It was good! Then, dad left to go to another play, while the rest of us went to the internet cafe. I got an e-mail from Crystal saying she'd had her first real kiss! With a really hott guy! I'm so jealous. I want to kiss guy so bad :( Dad would kill me. But I think I will. I don't think it's that bad. I know I probably will. Oh well, too bad dad. I'm a teenager! I shouldn't have to be a Molly Mormon!"
Let me just stop right there. This is probably the funniest thing I said in my journal the entire trip. "I'm a teenager!" Cracks me up every. single. time. Sorry dad....

"We went to go get some food for tomorrow morning and dinner. Then came home. Joe and I watched a funny show, and then we watched a "Mystery on a Rapist" show. It was really cool. It's interesting! The show left us hanging and it'll continue this Monday night, which we'll be home by then. That was sort of disappointing. We flipped through channels seeing there was a comedy show (which was sick), a show on teen generations (Generation X), and a backstage show of Jerry Springer. Joe was just painting Warhammer, I was stamping postcards. I decided to go to bed. Joe stayed up later than I. Good night!"

At this point in our trip, we are all very anxious to go home. We're feeling very...."trunky". We kept our days filled with activities but in the back of all of our minds is the fact that we will be going home soon. 8 weeks is a long time to be abroad with a family of five. We were champs.