Wow. I had such a great trip. It was so nice to get away from everything for a while. (Haha. I'm only 13 and it sounds like I'm like...40 or something.)

Wednesday, December 28
I woke up at 7 am to go to Decatur. My poor brother had to get up around 5 am because his bus left at 6 am. (Remember, he had a basketball tournament.) Anywho, it took me awhile to wake up, and I probably ran into the same wall a few times. >.< The drive up to Decatur went pretty fast...faster than usual. Probably because I was playing my DS the whole way. I'm obsessed! Anyway, since my dad really didn't want to bring Sophie to Carbondale, she came with me. I was excited about that. Because my dog rocks my world. Once I got there, I was welcomed with lots of hugs. But sadly, my Uncle Terry had to go back to Florida so he had to leave. I called Anna, too. And we made plans for the next day...

Thursday, December 29
I woke up around 9 (I think) and I was really excited because Anna and her mom were picking me up at 11. So, to pass the time. I worked on my science exam study guide while my grandparents watched television. Soon, 11 rolled around and I was jumping up and down in excitement. And to add to that, Anna got to see Sophie! It rocked. So, once we got all settled in her car (without my dog) we set out for the Mall. I was looking forward to just talking and looking around. Anna ended up getting some jeans, but none really fit me. Then we walked around a lot. It was awesome. After that we went to Steak n' Shake because we discussed and decided. Teehee. Anywho, after that we went to Pier 1 Imports and bought some awesome smelling bath stuff. Yeah. And after all that we went to her house just to hang out and stuff. We played with her cats, chased deer (yes, deer), went on the computer, listened to music, talked about books, played The Sims: Bustin' Out on her PS2, and played on the computer some more. Oh, and I took pictures...lots of pictures. But sadly, all good things must come to an end...they took me back to my grandparents house. It was a sad good-bye. And a quick one. But we fit in one more inside joke...FUN RICE BEANS!
I found that my aunt was at my grandparents house and she wanted to know if I wanted to see Goblet of Fire in theatres. I was really excited because the last time I saw it I was sick (I threw up, remember?). So we planned on that.

Friday, December 30
I woke up sometime...(well obviously) but I can't remember when. Me and my grandparents went out to just walk around Wal-Mart, Menard's, and some other places. When I got back it was around 2...and Teresa (my aunt) was coming to pick me up at 2:30. So I just sat around and worked on my science exam thing some more. She got there just in time and we went to the movie. You know, movies are so much better when you're not worrying about throwing up on the person in front of you. It was great. We went through the popcorn in the first half hour, though. But that's okay. After the movie we went back to my grandparents house. I found out some awesome news. I didn't have to leave on Thursday! I got to say 'til Sunday! I called Anna right away to tell her. We were so excited and I invited her over for the next day. At first, she was only going to be able to stay from 3-5. But I was still excited.

Saturday, December 31
Again, I woke up sometime but I can't remember when. Since Anna wasn't coming over until 3, I had tons of time to spend with my grandparents. We did alot, we made brownies, went shopping...it was great! Around 2:45 I went online and talked to Jillian for a while. But then I was like, "Oh my gosh! Anna is going to be here really soon!" So yeah. That really doesn't mean anything...but I'm on a roll. Anywho, once Anna got here we really didn't know what to do...so we ate. Brownies, doughnuts, chocolate-covered pineapples and strawberries. It was fun. Then I brought out the DS and she created her very own dog! BLONDI! Yay! And I'm keeping her! So there. xD Then we were just talking about scary movies and "The Ring" came up. Then we asked my grandma if we could go rent "The Ring TwO". She said that would be fine so Teresa took us to the movie place and got it for us. It was a really good movie. More of a thriller than scary, though. But I just can't take those faces! Scary. But I'm still gonna watch it with Morgan. Because I love Morgan. YAY! MORGAN ROCKS MY SOCKS! MORGAN FAN CLUB! WOOOOOOOT! Ok, I'm good now. And then, a little while later, Anna had to go home. That night, I watched the Disney "Suite New Years Eve" party. It was pretty cool. Because I love Disney. YAY! DISNEY ROCKS MY SOCKS! DISNEY FAN CLUB! WOOOOOOOT! Again, I'm good. And I stayed up 'til midnight! I was so proud of myself. I can never do that...but I did!! YAY!

Sunday, January 1
Happy New Year! So today, around 11, my family came and picked me up to go to my other grandparents for Christmas. A lot of people were there...

• Me and My Family
• Uncle Randy
• Kim (Randy's Girlfriend)
• Jenna (My Cousin. Randy's Daughter)
• Grandpa Dick
• Grandma Rose (She Has Breast Cancer But She Looks AMAZING!)
• Uncle Keith (The Uncle I Never Knew I Had)
• Uncle Rod
• Aunt Karen (Rod's Wife)
• Uncle Craig
• Aunt Teri (Craig's Wife)
• Caitlinn (Yes, There Are Two N's. Teri And Craig's 3-Year-Old Daughter. ADORABLE!)
• Austen (Teri and Craig's 5-Year-Old Son. Destructive..)

I think that's everybody...but yeah, it was fun. I got a lot of stuff I wanted. Lots of purses, a nice necklace...it was great. Caitlinn was adorable as ever! And she has the CUTEST LAUGH! Oh my gosh I could of died! SO CUTE! And Austen is a little baby...and when they get older, Caitlinn is gonna beat up on him. Haha. And I broke my pinky toe. And it hurts SO BAD! You don't even know...this is the worst one I've ever had. Anywho, after that, we had to go back to my OTHER grandparents house to pick up Sophie. And we stayed and visited for a long time. It rocked! Except for the whole toe thing...but yeah.
Once we got home we had to unpack and stuff. So I ended up getting to sleep around midnight. But that's ok because I got to sleep in the next day.

Today, January 2
I slept in until like 11. But I had volleyball practice at 1 so I had to get up and get moving. My toe hurts worse today, and at volleyball it KILLED. We have our first game on Thursday..I'm not too nervous but a little anxious.

And that's about it. School starts again on Wednesday...I'm excited. David and Michelle broke up so I think I'm gonna celebrate. Haha. xD
This took a while to type...oh well. At least everyone knows what was going on. Teehee.

 Luff, Kensie