Thanksgiving Break 2011

     Over Thanksgiving break I had many different experiences. I experienced Black Friday for the first time, went Christmas tree hunting, and almost began to hate hot tubs. For Thanksgiving dinner, we went over to the McCullough’s house, which was awesome since they always have really good food. I got a call from a friend and they informed me that they were going to go Black Friday shopping and wanted to know if I wanted to go. Obviously I was all for that because I love shopping, and I had never experienced Black Friday before. I spent the next hour trying to convince my mom to let me go. I had to ruin all the plans I had for the next day to build, breakdown, and preview a movie that wasn’t even that good. It also didn’t help that there were people there who were telling her not to let me go. Once I convinced her, I got out of there as fast as I could before she could change her mind. Never before have I seen so many people in Wal-Mart at one time. There were lines all over the place. It was a good thing that we were all wearing the same jacket or I definitely would have gotten lost. The main thing we went there to get was a game, and since the group was so impatient we left and went to Target which didn’t open for another 2 hours and there was already a line forever long. They then proceeded to complain that they were really hungry, so we went to I-Hop. At that time, the smell of food made me nauseous, so I spent a majority of the time outside walking around in a circle and kicking a stick. I don’t recommend doing that because the people who saw me probably thought I was crazy; I received some of the weirdest looks. By the time I get back inside, they tell me that they pawned me off with a group of girls who were sitting behind us. I was kind of offended. We went back to Wal-Mart and then waited in the wrong line for a game that was full price, not even on sale. The next destination was the mall. The line there was so long, and I’m pretty sure that there was a fight about to break loose. I ended up going home with my mom, because she didn’t feel it was appropriate for me to go home with a bunch of guys at 1 in the morning. I had to spend the next hour and a half with her and my sister, I was about ready to freak out, they were driving me CRAZY! We got home at 2:30 in the morning, and as much as I wanted to sleep in, I definitely didn't get to.
     The next day I literally woke up and went to the movie theater to hold up my part of the deal. I was somewhat terrified about being in there alone because a friend once told me that there is a little Chinese boy that haunts it, and I totally believe him. Eventually my mom showed up and she helped me, but then I had to be there for a free movie, and to preview the next movie since I have a history of ruining the movies when I build them.  And as it turns out I did ruin it. I put two different types of film together, which only caused problems for my mother. Later that night I went hot tubing, it was a pretty good time. So then the next night I went hot tubing again. It didn’t end so well that time. Somehow I ended up on their bathroom floor, because I passed out. I had Lindi take me home and I don't really remember how we got to town so fast, because Lindi claims that she was driving the speed limit.
     On Sunday I spent the morning with my class, Christmas tree hunting. That was way more fun than I thought it would be. I didn’t really do much though because I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t trust me with a chainsaw, and I’m not exactly strong enough to drag a tree by myself. I left early with my dad and brother because I had homework to do, but I brought home the wrong book, so that homework didn't actually happen. I never found out how the rest of Christmas tree hunting went, although I did hear that there was a snowball fight that I gladly missed out on. These three events made this Thanksgiving break an okay one. Things could have gone better, but then again they could have been worse.