Yea so I definitely don't update this journal enough! Although I should cuz I have nothing better to do this summer!
So summer has finally started but I've been a little bored cuz I've got nothing to do. But it'll probably pick up from here cuz on tuesday I'm going into the city with the family to see the fireworks and we'll stay overnight. Then the 17th I have the first Orientation for Fordham. Then the 20th I'm going on the cruise, which hopefully will be fun and I won't feel suffocated.
The party last sunday was soooooooooooo much fun!!! It was so nice to celebrate with my friends and family. It was fun and the food was good and we danced and it was great!
Then the weekdays I didn't do much. Just chilled and stuff. Started off my two or so months of doing nothing. I need to go out and buy some books or something to read this summer cuz otherwise I'll be bored to death.
Anyway, Friday night was my cousin's graduation/birthday party, although her birthday's in October but if she wants to celebrate it 4 months early, that's her choice. You know, whatever floats your boat. So preparations and stuff throughout the day. Picking out clothes, doing nails, doing hair and all that other stuff. So around 7:30 we left cuz it's quite a drive. The place was in Huntington which is a nice 30 to 45 minute ride if there's no traffic and if you hit traffic it's about and hour to hour and 15 minutes. It was about an hour drive or so.
So we get there and no valet. So dad's like "Ok, I guess we'll go find our own parking spot." We found a spot easily but when we got out, oh boy. The parking lot was completely broken. There were holes and absolutely horrible to walk in or even drive. I was wearing heels and thought I was gonna fall. Hmmm, this place wasn't like this when my cousin had his reception for his wedding here three years ago. Well obviously this place hadn't been running too well and that's why they're closing it. I guess this is one of their last parties so they didn't really bother to fix things cuz it'd be a waste of money.
Anyway, we walk in the place is pretty bare. It's not at all decorated like it was for my cousin's wedding. We asked the woman where the party was and she directed us upstairs. We go into the hall and it's pretty nicely decorated. It was nice in there. My uncle comes over to us and greets us and then my cousin comes. Hug and stuff. My aunt's standing my her table and also walks over and more hugs. Then we are assigned to a table. Although we would have been capable of finding a table on our own. I mean, we're adults and can figure out that any table that isn't taken can be sat at. But if they wanna assign us tables, fine then.
So we headed for the table and said hi to the rest of the family members and friends that we knew. We got some appetizers, which there barely were any. There was food but it was the most bland tasting food I've ever eaten. Anyway, ate some and sat down with my family. We kinda just sat there bored out of our minds. Thank god for other guests showing up who we knew. So we went and met them and talked for a little while and then it was back to our table again.
It'd been about 45 minutes and about half the party was yawning. Heh, what a party! The music was pretty boring. It was more like a lullaby (that's def not how you spell that). Anyway more family showed up and more hi's then back to being extremely bored. A lot of sitting involved and not doing anything.
Eventually they cleared away the appetizers, but this was before many people had actually eaten some, but whatever. They also ran out of food at some point so my uncle had to make a special request to get more food. Anyway, my uncle went into this whole speech about how proud he is of his daughter and all that jazz. It was sooo boring! We thought he was just going to say thanks to everyone for coming but no he went on for like five minutes and those were some really long five minutes!! When he was done everyone applauded a lot, but most likely cuz he was done rather than the reason that the speech was actually any good.
Then they showed a slideshow of pics of my cousin through the years. It was cute but the pictures were really small and if you were in the back you probably couldn't see anything. It was kinda nice but there wasn't any music or anything along with it so it was boring.
Anyway then the DJ invitied all the members of the Class of 2006 to come on the dance floor and dance. My cousin danced with her friends while everyone else sat there. My cousin then came over and told me to come on the dance floor and I went cuz I didn't want to be a jerk. So I danced with her friends for like five seconds cuz it was uncomfortable cuz I didn't know them. So I went back and sat down. Some other people got up and danced too but they didn't really enjoy it much either. The music was terrible! At one point the DJ's like "Hey guys, show the birthday girl your happy and come dance." He put on a song and
no one got up!! I found it hilarious! LOL! Everyone just sat there and stared at each other!!
Then at one point, my mom went over to talk to some people and came back with Shahsi aunty. She's my dad's accountant friend's brother's wife. She used to live in New Jersey but then they moved to Detriot cuz of business. They have two sons, Dave and Ravi. Dave's the older one and he used to be pretty good looking before. He used to be skinny and tall and quite gorgeous but at one point he put on a lot of weight and now he's lost some but he still doesn't look as good anymore. Anyway, his brother on the other hand used to be about my height and had glasses and was pretty much a nerd. But, now, wow! He looks amazing! He's tall and gorgeous now! Hehe, I couldn't believe how incredible he looked! Anyway, my mom and I talked to them for a little while and they were so nice! They invited us to come visit them in Pheonix some time cuz that's where they've moved to now. And they said we'd go to Vegas together! LOL! That sounds like fun!
Then the candle lighting ceremony began. When she first started, I thought it was going to be a cute idea cuz you know, it's very sweet. But, oh boy was I wrong! There were so many things wrong with it. And here they are:
- Too long! She talked for almost an hour and half! She went on and on and on. It was horrible! Ok so there were 18 candles to be lighted, which is so many! Then she had to say like a five minute thing about each person! It was a nightmare! People were falling asleep! I got up like three or four times cuz I was falling asleep. I went to the bathroom, got a drink, and just walked around.
- Songs were horrible! The music which she picked to play for each person was absolutely horrible! The only good song was the one played for her dad which was sweet but the others were crap! They were like either really dumb or put you to sleep or didn't suit the person at all!
- Playing favorites When it came to picking who got which candle, it was so clearly obvious that she was playing favorites. Of course first she did her parents and her siblings, which was sweet. Then she did her grandmothers, who each got their own candle. So there's six candles. Then came her aunts, her mom's sisters, who lived in California, Wisconsin and England. They got one candle. Then came her uncles, her mom's brothers, and their families. They got one candle. Then came her dad's side of the family, which is me and my uncle and yea. So first she started talking about my dad's middle brother and his family and then also about my family and other cousins. We thought we would get our own separate candles cuz her mom's side of the family did, but no we're not her favorites. So obviously we wouldn't get seperate candles cuz there's just so many of us and she couldn't waste all those candles on us! Of course all we needed was two candles, but no we couldn't get that extra candle and she had to throw in every other person from her dad's side of the family too. I think we should have just been happy that she included us and remembered that we are still her family.
- Too personal and detailed I guess this would fit into too long but she just talked way too much about everyone and I'm sure other guests didn't want to hear about every single moment she spent with her friends and family. It was kinda annoying and bored them all to death! I felt bad for the other guests cuz she was all like "Listen to me talk forever and ever and ever about my friends and family who you don't even know."
If incase the party wasn't already dead, her incredibly long candle lighting ceremony killed the party to no end! Then she finally cut the cake and of course the feeding of the cake. Waited in line for our turn and fed her and got a picture. Nice.
Then it was dinner time! Which was the only reason people hadn't left cuz the party was horrible! Anyway people rushed to get food! My sisters and I waited for the rush to die down and then went on line. My mom got me food while I went with my sisters to get them some American food. I got them food. My mom brought me a plate full of food. I told her I wasn't going to eat that much cuz I don't eat at parties! So everyone finished their food while I ate about a quarter of the food on my plate. The waitress cleared off the entire table except for my plate cuz she thought I was still eating so I had to tell her that I was done. LOL!
Then my sisters got some cake and my parents got some other dessert and coffee and such. Then my parents are like "Let's go home cuz dad has to go to work early tomorrow and this party is dead anyway so let's go." We said bye to everyone who hadn't left yet. As we were saying bye everyone who had come to my party was like "Your party was so much fun! Thanks for inviting us!" Hahaha, I found it hilarious cuz this party had sucked and they really loved mine! It made me feel so happy!
Anyway, my dad started talking to someone so we waited a while. My feet were really hurting from walking in the heels all night cuz I don't normally wear heels so my feet hurt. So as I was saying goodbye to everyone, I was holding my shoes in my hands. My sisters and I walked out and sat down in the lobby area and waited for our parents. Then we went home.
As we were waiting at the red light, the guy in the car next to us was waving at my parents. I'm like "Dad, someone's waving at you." At first my parents didn't recognize him but then they realized it was Dave and opened the window and started talking while waiting for the light to turn green. LOL! It was funny! We said bye and went home. I think I had more fun on the way home than I did at the party. LOL!
That was my
oh so exciting party! We should have gone to Adventureland instead. LOL! We passed it on the way to the party.
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