Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Hawaii

Hello Everyone!!

As you all probably know, last week I went to Maui(sp?). When we got on the plane to go to hawaii i was between my brother, and a little asian kid that was playing a video game. Now normally i really could have cared less who i was sitting by, but this kid......he was different. Not different in a bad way, it's just that his game that he was playing was so loud that my aunt who was 3 rows ahead of me and on the other side of the plane turned around and asked me to tell the kid to turn the volume down. Anyhoo....i didn't end up sitting to him for the whole plane ride, so that was kindof nice. The second day of my Hawaii adventure i was washing the sand from my legs and feet when my family decided to leave my all by myself and go up to our room without me. Luckily i had a key so when i got to the 10th floor of our hotel i turned to the right and headed down to the end of the hall. I was about to slip my key into the slot when i noticed that the door was left slightly open. " How nice of my family to leave the door open for me" i thought as i pushed open the door and walked into the room. I stopped mid way in the hall when i saw 2 colorful rafts. " I didn't know that we had rafts" I thought before continuing down the hall. Suddenly I froze as i heard a womans voice that did not belong to my mom, sister, aunt or grandmother call out from the kitchen. "Ryan? Is that you?" Properly horrified i realized my mistake. This wasn't my room!! Whirling around I yanked open the heavy wooden door and flew out into the hall. Sprinting down to the other end of the 10th floor i came across the house cleaner. Timidly i asked if she knew who was staying in the room that by now i was pretty sure was mine. "Your last name please?" I told her and she smiled before telling me that yes, this one was my room. After that whole episode was over, i very much enjoyed my trip, and except for cutting my foot on the coral nothing dramatic really happened.

Princess Pink

Monday, June 4, 2007

Setting off the alarm

Hello all.

Sorry i haven't posted for a rather long time, i have been.......busy, i guess and haven't had the time to do any thing on the computer. Now to my post......

It happened yesterday, and let me assure you, no one was expecting it. See i had just gotten home from a debate/swim party and had gotten hit a couple times by a water gun, so, i decided to take a hot shower and watch a movie. My parents had gone to evening service and i for one was not to hot on the idea of getting out of my comfortable pjs to accompany them. Besides, i thought, they'll have much more fun without me. I was right in the middle of my movie when they came home and suddenly anounced that we, me, mom, dad and my brother, were to go to the Halpins house for ice cream and that it was non negotiable who was going and who wasn't. I regretfully shed my comfy clothes for something nicer. Upon ariving i realized that it was just to be us and the Rowlands who would be attending. When Catie arrived(Michelle being to lazy to get out of her pajamas) we all, me Catie, Atalie and her older sister, sat on the couch, at a loss for what to do. Suddenly i hit upon a brilliant idea. Why not go over to the church and dress up using the drama rooms costumes?? After getting an, O.K. with our parents, we quickly got our sweatshirts and hurried over to the church. Catie and Atalie went to the the front of the church to try the doors there while i took Michaela around the back to try the doors there. ''Its open!" i heard Catie yell as she and Atalie dashed inside. Hmm that's weird, i thought as i followed them. The moment i stepped inside the building i knew something was going to go wrong, and sure enough, the churches alarm went off. Now when you think of alarm you might think of a small beeping that lets the police know that someone has entered the building, but no. This alarm was loud. So loud that when my sister set off the alarm off a different time, she was half way home and could still hear it ringing loudly. I didn't stop to find out what would happen. Doing an incredibally fast 3-60 i pivoted hard and started sprinting away with Catie and Atalie hard on my tail, the earsplitting shriek of the alarm ringing in my ears. Wondering where Atalies sister was i quickly turned around and saw a white van that was about to leave the parking lot stop by the church. A man climbed out of the van with a set of keys and stalked over to the churches office where he let himself in and turned off the alarm. Dread seeped into me as i realized that our rescuer had been the schools principle. With head bowed i quietly led my friends back to the church and apologized. I told him that i had no idea that that would happen, and that we were very sorry and would never do it again. He was very understanding and was quick to forgive. So i had an interesting evening and made myself a mental note to never EVER go into a building after dark, even if the door is wide open. You never know what might happen. =)

Princess Pink