Holy crap, it's been almost 2 months since I last posted to here. I need to work on that. I apologize for the inconsistent posts, especially to those that actually read what I write on here. I guess now it's just going to be quadruple duty.
After I posted my last time (clear back on December the first) not a whole lot happened. I got home, and life just sank back into it's usual routine of just going to school, hanging out, talking to friends, just the usual. Nothing really happened. So I'll start with after that, with my flight going back to Utah, and then my actual time there.
So I returned back to Utah on December 19th. I was really worried about it because I had to miss a day of school, which just happened to be a day that we took semester exams. I was originally supposed to miss both days we took exams, but I was super grateful that my mom was able to change my flight and make it so that I only missed one day. The flight going in was just... horrendous. That day, in Salt Lake City they got slammed with an ice storm and then probably close to a foot of snow on top of the ice that was already there. Needless to say, the airport shut down for a while, and that messed up the flights big time. I flew from Dallas, to Oklaholma, and then to Colorado where I made a plane change. That flight was delayed an hour so I just wandered about the airport and found food to eat, texted my friends, Facebooked, and then it was time to get back on. then we just sat on the tarmac waiting for the plane to get deiced for probably close to two hours. Needless to say, after I got off that plane, got my stuff, and had my parents drive me home, it was close to 2 in the morning. I was so tired. The flight going back was even worse.
So when I got to the airport, I noticed that the line to get your bags checked in at was incredibly long. I looked at the monitors and quickly realized why. There were flights being delayed and cancelled left and right. Thankfully, mine hadn't been. So I proceeded to get my stuff all checked in and got through security no problems at all. I went to my terminal and just sat and read my book, which is what I usually did. Then I hear on the intercom that the flight had been delayed for anytime upwards of an hour. I started to freak out because I had a layover for a plane change of only 25 minutes. There was no way I was going to make that connection. So then I went to the service desk, and they told me that they had to reschedule my flight, mine and 19 other people all going to Dallas. And the soonest they could get the flight was for 3 days later, and it was an early flight. I was pretty upset because at that point, I really just wanted to play my computer, guitar, and just be at home. I felt bad that I was as upset as I was, but isn't it human to feel that way? We eventually got my ticket refunded and I got a different flight, this one a direct flight from Salt Lake to Dallas. I liked that so much better. And that time, there were no issues.
As far as the actual trip itself is concerned it went really well. I got sick about 2 days before Christmas with the flu (thankfully I wasn't throwing up or anything), and I cannot even put into words how terrible that felt. It hurt just being touched in the lightest way. Thankfully I got over it mostly before Christmas came, although there were times when it just hit me again and I felt absolutely terrible. But I got over it. I got to see my family, learned how to play poker, hung out with a lot of my friends. It was pretty good. That whole getting sick thing though... just my luck. I went to visit my Grandmother at her grave-site and my mom bought a little Christmas Tree to put on it, and then I later made a wreath with purple poinsettia leaves, gold trim and a gold butterfly for her. I placed it on her wreath and we talked for a good while about all the stuff that's going on in my life. I know she would have loved the wreath I brought her if she were there to actually see it. Talking to her felt nice too. I just wish that I could visit her more often. And then also, Patrick and I got into a really big fight. We didn't talk for probably close to three weeks, and even then it was only because my phone spazzed out and sent him something.
A lot of you saw on Facebook that he cheated on me, which is basically true I suppose. I didn't really want to listen to anything he told me or talk to him, or even be friendly to him. And then when I confronted him about the whole situation he just wouldn't answer any of my questions and that's when I got really mad and upset. I won't say that things are back to the way they were, because they aren't, I'm still not exactly happy about what happened (especially since I have a hard time with letting go of mistakes and forgetting), and I think he knows that. He wanted to keep talking to me, which I told him would be fine but as nothing more than friends. We don't really talk all that often. And even when we do, it's just short and sweet. I don't think that I ever will be able to get over what happened, even if he did actually get over what happened between he and I clear back in November. At first I was pretty upset that we weren't talking anymore, but then I just kind of got over it. I just started to shut him out and started to move on. And to an extent, I still do shut him out. But I don't know. It's just a very complicated situation.
Other than that, nothing new has really happened. I got a new guitar that I've enjoyed playing a lot. It's just a 3/4 Size Martin Acoustic, she's pretty nice, makes a really good sound. I enjoy it. I've played guitar a lot more since getting that, and I can easily say that it's probably been one of my better impulse buys. I get out of school at 2:07 now, and it's really nice actually having time to get my errands ran and to get things done.
I recently got involved with my High School's Musical, Suessical, and I was running sound. I went to most of our set build days and a lot of the set building was left up to me. I cannot believe how awesome it turned out. We made it on the front page of the newspaper and had the best turnout that the school has seen in 4 years. All the cast and crew members were so involved in the show. We hit quite a few speed bumps, sure, but in the end, it all just came together. All the late nights at the school, all the countless weekends we spent at the school, they were all completely worth it. I've heard nothing but rave reviews from classmates and my neighbors that went to see it. I miss being able to work things like that with a great passion. Even though it was one of the most stressful things I've done in a while, I would definitely go through it all over again, especially after meeting all the cool people I met.
I got a Christmas Card from my best friend, Jake, if you remember me talking about him. He's currently in Calgary, Canada serving a LDS mission. He emailed me the other day and told me that he sent out an email and words cannot describe how excited I am to get that from him. It will be the first time (other than the Christmas Card) that I've received anything from him that isn't electronic. I miss him so much and I look forward to the day that I can finally hear him on the phone, or over Skype, or even see him in person.
Anyway. That's really all that's happened. I'll post (hopefully) sooner or later! You guys are all awesome, keep being like that!
~Alyssa
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