Peanuts and Bodies and Apps, Oh My!

Hi. Sorry for not blogging. My life got a little hectic right after the last day of camp. God, was I sad when it ended. The YWiC crew is so awesome, and they have made my life so much better. That month I spent with them was the best of my life. To thank them for giving us the awesome opportunity to spend a month with them, Ari and I got them all flowers, and we gave the instructors and Becca gift cards to Cold Stone. I hope they liked them. We also wrote them individual thank you notes. I wish we could have done more for them. Anwho.
So the day after that, Mom, Noel, Ari, my mom's cousin Louis, and I all went to the wonderful city of Los Angeles. It could have been a fun drive, but we had to be ready to leave by 6 in the morning. If you know me, you know I'm not a morning person. I hate them, and get grumpy if I'm tired. I'm not fun to travel with when I'm tired. Plus, Mom kept on talking to us about how we had to be respectful to her relatives who live in LA, and that we couldn't use our iPods at all during the trip. It all aggravated me. I mean, it's not like I'm the rudest person on the planet. And what else am I supposed to do during the 11 hour drive there? Mom wanted us to read, but I get nauseated when reading in a moving vehicle. She also wanted us to talk to Louis, but he is around Mom's age and not nearly as energetic. I will admit that he is fun to hang around and talk to, but I didn't find much to talk to him about after the first hour or so. Plus, I wanted to sleep, but Mom can be really loud and woke me up every time. But I think the worst thing about the drive was that I started cramping about an hour after Phoenix. Ladies, you know what I mean. I was prepared for it, of course, but still. It sucked.

I love everything Peanuts. This is my heaven.

We were there from Saturday to Wednesday. My favorite day was definitely Tuesday. We went to Knott's Berry Farm, and it was so awesome!! Noel and I even got Ari to go on a few roller coasters! But that wasn't even the best part. No, the best part was that I found out that Ari screams. And it's not yelling. It's screaming. I swear, I never thought her voice could go that high. You would think I would know, being her twin and all, but I didn't! I used to be terrified of roller coasters, and I still can only handle the mild ones, but now I'm willing to go on them. My God. I still can't get over it. Noel couldn't believe it, and says Ari screams like Karim. I wouldn't know. I'm just proud that I don't scream.

It freaked me out so much

So we came home on Wednesday, and it was better that the trip up there. We got home really late, and I slept in until 12 the next day. It was crazy. It makes sense, since we had to be up early every day we were in LA. Oh! I forgot. We also went to go see the Bodies Exhibit while there. If you don't know what that is, click here to see information about the one we went to near LA. Any-huays.


Now for today. Today was our first day at the Gk12 camp at NMSU, and it was in the same room as the YWiC Camps had been in. It felt so weird. I have never been in that room while guys my age were. It felt strange. I've only ever been int here with other women. In the camp, half are supposed to be girls, but 2 didn't show up. It felt like they were invading my space. That room is sacred to me, and I really hope none of the boys will make me feel like I have to submit to male authority. I refuse to let them tell me what to do. But that doesn't really matter since the one guy in my group is really quiet. I doubt he would make me try to do what he says regardless. But there are these 2 guys who annoy me. Thankfully, they are on the other side of the room, but they are still really loud. It's not like they are bad or anything, I just don't like loud guys. Sometimes they think they know everything. Let's hope they prove me wrong. So. Camp. It doesn't feel like the YWiC camps. Everyone except for the aforementioned guys is quiet. And the instructors are all at least 10 years older than us. I didn't really like it. It made me feel like I was at school, whereas YWiC made me feel at home. They were nice and all, but I didn't really feel like I could connect to them. We were taught about the core concepts in the morning, and it felt really repetitive. I mean, Ari and I have basically gotten the lecture 4 times prior to this morning, and I was kinda bored. But it left when we actually started working on and using AppInventor, which was in the afternoon. It was a newer version, and it's so cool! I love it. I was ahead of almost everyone there, so I had extra challenges for the tutorial project I was working on. I didn't complete all of them, but Still. I can't wait to get started on my app. Well, I guess that's all for today. Oh! And if any of you want me to do a blog prompt, leave one for me in the comments below and I will answer it for you the best I can. I might address it to whoever sent it to me, or not. I don't know. But if not, Ari will create some for me to answer. So yeah. So long for now!!!

Bye!!

P.S. This is supposed to be after M&Ms and Emporiums Galore.