26/03/13
Spring break. That’s all I need to say
right? Only kidding. First
thing I need to note on is I came back last night to an almost full ½ gallon or
2L bottle of milk that I forgot to throw out. I was expecting the bottle to
have exploded with sour milk spilt all over the bottom of the fridge but surprisingly
it was still fresh and I had it on my weetbix this morning…. I have had that
milk for 3 weeks now…. What in the world do they put in their food over here!
That is not natural.
Right well to begin i can't remember every minute detail of the week but it was seriously like a reality tv show. Jersey Shore international style i would say...
Ok we flew down on the Saturday and darling
Jack stayed the night and took me and Portia to the airport the next morning. Poor dani had her flight booked to Atlanta for the Friday so had to fly down then and stay an extra night. It was quite an easy journey and we
stopped off for a MASSIVE hagen daaz Sunday at the airport (not a good start to
the week). Once we picked up dani we headed to the car rental place where we
had some major trouble getting our car. Portia's card didnt have the full $350 needed for the payment and they wouldnt let us pay on another card so we all had to chip in a little in cash and then pay some extra because apparently teenage girls cant be trusted....Car trip down was alright. We got delirious towards the end of it but that made it more bearable on my behalf at least. Again you may think delirious is my favourite word… and maybe it is but it is perfect to describe how I get when I am TOOO tired, and that is more often than not on over here. We got in at 3am and basically went straight to bed. People were still partying but no no that could wait until the morning.
Next day was cold and windy but that didn’t
stop the fun. Hottubs and heated pools are a great invention. Because we were going full boar from about 10am we were all asleep by 7-8pm and so I had a wonderful sleep over 12 hours!!! Wowie!
Next day was much sunnier and everyone came
out to play! And I mean everyone! It was the busiest beach day of the trip. One
really cool thing was for st pats day they somehow dyed the sea green!
I cant
remember anything of note really on that day apart from EVERYONE except the smart aussie over here got sunburnt and peeled for the entire rest of the trip! All I can say is
sucked in! you all need to learn to slip-slop-slap! In saying that though I was
probably one of the palest by the end of the trip which confused everyone
because Aussies are meant to be BROWN!!! Yeah well genetics isn’t really in my
favour now is it….
We also went to a beach party on one of the
days where there was free drinks for 5hrs! woohoo! I didn’t drink though because we danced soooo much! didnt have time to wait in lines! There was an awesome DJ set and a country music set
as well… and I admit… I am a country music convert now… I love all the corny
American stuff! Country Girl is the best song.
Towards the end of the week dani (frenchie)
was discovered by a French filming crew. So naturally as her BFFL, the two of
us are now being featured on a French documentary on the main TV station in
france. They followed us around for 3 days and interviewed the both of us
(mainly dani in French, with me looking like a mute in the background). It was
quite funny because people were getting really confused and thought that we
were celebrities! :D nothing wrong with that…..
Second last day all the girls stayed in bed
but I managed to head out once the sun was out. So glad I did because I say so
many Minnesota people that I actually already knew! Reed from my accounting
class, Annie from well I guess Sigma Nu and the rest of the Snu’s! It was great
fun! And I managed to rope one of the boys to drive us home from the airport when we got in so that we wouldn't freeze without our jackets!
Oh and I think I should drop out of
business school and do a cooking apprentership… seriously. Look i even have my own business set up!
Even on spring break
I was coming in off the beach, stealing the spatulas off the boys cooking a bbq
saying no no no your doing it all wrong. Here let me show you… I ended up
cooking their whole lunch for 8 people! And well its safe to say I took over the pasta,
pancakes, scrambled eggs and cocktail making for the week. I cant help myself!
The last night of the trip we went to
hammerheads fred's again. Going there I was completely pooped out and didnt really want to face hard liquor again. I was such a wet
rag for the first half of the night but then Wesley made me come with him into
the mosh pit once the glow paint started being sprayed and well...
WHO DOESNT LOVE GLOW PAINT?! I had the best time! Such a grub and I love it!
Haha I slept like that though when we got home which was not really a good
idea… my hair had become all crusty with green, purple and orange paint and
well my face was not much better. It was VERY hard to scrub off the next day
and so I still managed to travel to Atlanta with a fluro green neck and chest… needless to say my singlet is destroyed.. even after two washes! mum i need you to bleach it!!!
Other than 2/3 nights, we were all in bed by
11pm and so well it sounds dull but we were honestly all partied out by then! I
also definitely spent over $1000 but again… it was worth it.
On the way home Atlanta was a bit of a let down. It seemed like a pretty city but we were so ridiculously tired and it rained the whole day… we still got a
nice lunch from Ray’s in the city though and I was super touristy and held out
my map and camera everywhere we managed to walk in the wet! So crazy it was
only about 9c but I was walking in only jeans and a shirt… I mean I was cold
but Minnesota has really acclimatized me! Beach in winter!?!?! Here I come!
We also went to the Coca Cola factory which well as a coke lover (NOT) was thrilling.
Apart from the coke onsie i found!!!
Also #FUNFACT atlanta fire hydrants are painted silver!
One more thing. I just went to the
supermarket to fill my barren fridge and I couldn’t resist the jumbo packet of
bunny peanut mnm’s so of course I bought them and was munching away on them on
the bus… nek minute… the crack whore across from me (don’t want to be so
politically incorrect but she was clearly off her face, only had one fake eyelash
on and was slumped on the front seat of the bus) springs to life and asks me
for some! I was pretty bewildered but of course I offered her the bag… when she
couldn’t manage to get any out I helped her again. I tell you though it lifted
my morale for the day. I felt very charitable and offered up my seat out of the
goodness of my heart and not to get away from my new friend or anything.
Now that im back in Minnesota its time to
do a major detox… toooo much frozen pizza, chips and well just disgustingness. So
good to be home and clean and cold again J
If I have forgot anything well… too bad.
Much love,
dee
