Travel with Friends or Family

One of the factors that adds into if a vacation is going to be enjoyable is who you end up going with. Earlier, we were talking about how if it was a trip with friends instead of family, how factors would change. When I'm with family on vacation, I can be a bit lame and go to bed early. The reason? I'm not going to want to spend time in clubs or things like that with my family, I do that with friends. On the other side of that argument, it's nice to be able to wake up early on trips with family. Most of my trips are with family, so I wonder how much I would like it with friends? I dunno. I'm just rambling. Good night to you all!

Do you prefer trips with friends or family?

Oh Canada!

The thing about vacation? There's no time to blog, and no one really wants to. Unfortunately, I did not plan ahead so I have no one else to write. (or pre-written posts). What can you do, eh?

Speaking of eh...

Currently I'm in Canada. Even though it shouldn't be a culture shock, there is still a bit of it. My sister was commenting on how there are no fat people here. ...I don't think that's what culture shock means, but still it's odd.

So we're off again. What kind of post is this? I dunno. It's just seeming like a travel log without pictures... which isn't fun! There will be pictures when I get back, don't worry!

Adventures in Seattle

Goodness. There are many things to talk about, but it would be better if I had pictures. Ah well. Let's summarize the day, shall we?

• Went on a run through the hilliest landscape I've ever seen
• Explored Seattle, including Pike Place
• Bought a vendor an ice tea
• Had a sandwich leak in my already dying bag (need a new one)
• Bought fancy cheese
• Went to the top of the Space Needle for the first time in my life
• Walked all over Seattle
• Went to the original Nordstrom
• Had a delicious dinner of fancy cheese, bakery bread, and nice salami
• Finished off the night with a slice of peanut butter chocolate pie.

Really, that's all I can say for now. Tomorrow, we go farther up north yet again!

Have any fun events during this week?

The Way They Drive Up North

The adventure continues up north, and now we are hanging out right outside of Seattle.
The driving habits of other states are strange indeed. In Oregon, it's easy to get pulled over by the cops. Speeding? Don't even think about it. Today, we ended up having a situation none of us ever thought would happen. My mom, first of all likes to speed. She was only going five miles over when she saw a cop. Sure that she was about to be pulled over, she immediately went to the speed limit and moved to the far left lane so the cop could move over. The cop moved into the left lane and said through his speaker:
"Please move over to the next lane unless you are going to pass."
The main point is my mom pretty much got sassed by a cop for going too slow. That's ridiculous for my mother.
It's crazy how many people we saw going ten, twenty miles over the speed limit... and not being pulled over. What is this? Maybe that's just how Washington rolls.
The plans for tomorrow? Not quite sure. The idea is that we're going to explore Seattle, which I am excited for.

What's something that you've found strange while in a different state?

Impromptu Vacations Ahoy!

What happens when you, your sister, and your mom hastily decide to go on a road trip? With no officially planned paths, destinations, and a rough amount of time set out, we were out on our adventure.

...Which ended up putting us at cousins' house on the way up. Not really a road trip, but still fun. However,  our road trip is still a go. The idea of a road trip has been floating around for awhile, but nothing official was planned. And still, it's not really planned, but we'll see how things go. We're just going on north!

Have you ever gone on an impromptu road trip? Or any other impromptu vacation?

The Posting Schedule

You may have noticed that I didn't write up a post yesterday. Yeah. So much for my write a post everyday goal.
However, I will (try) to post everyday continuing on as usual.

Why wasn't there a post yesterday? Well, there was a lack of planning for one thing. Another thing is, lately I haven't really known anything good to write about. Heck, I might have not known what to write about tonight if not for missing yesterday. Besides, I was having a mini breakdown by the time I got home at midnight, so writing a blog post was not on my mind. (My schedule was off, my mind went into a frenzy of things I'm not doing right... It wasn't pretty).

It's like a diet. If you fall off the horse, you're not just going to go pig out because you messed up. You get back on that horse! Then again, it's a freaking blog. Not a big deal.

In other news, just came back from a family friend's wedding. It was really lovely, in a vineyard. Also one of the shortest ceremonies I've ever seen. Honestly, it was about ten minutes long. Wild.

That's really all I have to say right now!

Do you have a specific posting schedule? What do you do when you have trouble completing it?

Unwelcome to the Week of Welcome

I know I said this yesterday, but I still can't get over the fact that it's September. That just makes me think of all of the things I need to do before school starts! Moving in, getting books, getting everything together for the first days of school... So much to do! One of the things that isn't really at the top of my "School is here" to do list is Week of Welcome.

Most colleges that I've heard of have a Week of Welcome, where activities for new students happen. These events are created for freshmen and transfers, but honestly they're mostly for freshmen. Which is why I'm not participating in the activities during said week.

Another part of the thing that makes me not want to go has to do with Facebook. Apparently, a lot of the people in the grade below me decided to attend this school, and I keep seeing statuses like this:
"Ohmigosh, Week of Welcome is gonna be SO COOL."
"I know! We'll make it awesome, and we'll hang out even though we never hung out in high school! Woo!"

I don't really want to hang out with the high school class below me. It would just be awkward.

Still, the hanging out with all of the younger high schoolers isn't the only factor of me not going. I also know how these things work, and they're not that amazing.

During my New Student Week at Western, I was happily screamed at by PLUS team members. I met people in a rush during "meeting games", and instantly forgot their names because there was no time to think. I listened to a lot of weird speeches, many with points about being raped as a child and overcoming it. More than I needed to hear. Also, what did they have to do with college? Nothing. It was just strange.

I don't need to go to sessions on being in college, I went to those last year. Despite some weird things, it was alright my freshman year. I just don't need it this year.

Did you participate in a Week of Welcome for your school? What was it like?