Seeing how it is my (super) senior year of college, I am determined to have as much fun as possible. With classes and TAing, being on a research team and in charge of a campus wide service project, there is little time for fun. Fortunately though, my roommate Lacey has an aunt and uncle with a beach house in Oxnard, California that they let us use over President's Day weekend. I took long strolls on the beach, relaxed and did not think about school work or research, cheered for our Cougars at the BYU-UCSB volleyball game, enjoyed downtown Santa Barbara, suntanned but most exiting...we went to DISNEYLAND!!!!!!
I've been to Disneyworld a ton, but this was my first ever trip to Disneyland. I REALLY enjoyed myself. We went on Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain and of course Its a Small World (I think the Disneyland ride is MUCH longer than the Disneyworld ride).
After hitting up Disneyland we headed over California Adventure where were rode California Screamin...like 10 times, Soarin (which was by far one of my favorites) and Mickey's Fun Wheel. I'm not really sure why they call it Mickey's Fun Wheel because it should really be called Mickey's Ferris Wheel from Hell. I absolutely hated this. I hate ferris wheels in general but whoever thought it would be a good idea to make a ferris wheel that drops and violently swings is seriously disturbed. I can't exactly explain what the ride does because I had my eyes tightly shut the entire time and cried when it started swinging. Worst ride ever!
We spent the rest of the weekend just enjoying the beach. I was glad to get out of Provo but so very upset to have to go back. Now its back to the grind and the grind won't stop until graduation day. I'm just counting down the days until Friday, April 22nd.
Until then I will have to look forward to this.
and this,
....and this
March Madness here we come!
