Twilight Obsession

Today, and yesterday for that matter, you may have noticed I was quite uptight and impatient. Or that my nose was stuck in a book. Usually, I try to prevent from reading at school, but I seriously couldn't tear myself away from the 1st in the twilight quadrology. Which I read in 2 days, broken up time slots. Congrats to me =] Hopefully Jade will realise that she has a text message and will bring the next one tomorrow.

Also, emily if you're reading this you should already have your assignment sheet in your inbox. if not, text me or something and i'll do it straight away.

Much love,

Amanda

Yes, this one is about America

Yay!!! I heard from my host!!!! She's amazingly pretty, and loves gossip girl (like me). And I'm really excited.

Apart rom finding out who my host is, today I also presented my geography thing and got an O. Which I'm very happy about!

It's also my 15 years, 4 months birthday. Which means, 8 months til I can drive.

Alrighty, thats all for now.

Bye!

Chewed Shoes and Busted Door Stops

That's right, you've got it. My dog got inside today and decided that it would be fun to eat one of my shoes. and my door stop. So now it slams shut whenever I turn on my fan and open my windows. Hurray.

Today was the first day back, obviously, and over the weekend I went camping with Josie, which was fun. We drove up on Friday morning, I got very sun burnt setting up, and Suzanne didn't help at all. stupid lazy person. Josie and I washed and dried up everyday day. Making that at least 9 times before we left.It rained on Saturday. We drove on Sunday. We drove a bit on Sunday. We packed up, I got sun burnt, we came home. the end.

Turns out we're going camping again. Just after Christmas and just before America. leaves me a lot of time to pack, doesn't it.

I actually don't have much more to say. My heads is empty, and I'm off to do something secret.

ttyl.

Caravans and 100km Winds

Alright, you've guessed the topic. We're possibly going away at the weekend. yay (sarcasm present). It's not like I hate it all that much. I'd rather stay at home or go to a nice hotel up the coast of Queensland. And what if I haven't finished my homework in 2 days? I mean, hello we won't get back til Sunday night, I have school the next day and just a few days to get it all done. I'm not complaining, I'm just making a point.

The fates must have been in my favour last night, because the annex roof of the caravan was out in those horrible winds, and they broke 4 of the poles, and bent on of them. I know its mean to be happy about this, and deep down I'm not, because that was only finished on Saturday. It was Monday when it broke. That's a couple thousand dollars down the drain.

Anyway, enough of the tragic unhappiness, I had a great time in Queensland. I actually meant to post a blog earlier and write about it in detail, but I'll do it now. So we left home at 7:30am on Sunday and drove to the airport, boarded the plane blah blah blah. When we got to La Sabbia (where my cousins live) we helped get ready for the party and sat around until the guests arrived. The guests arrived and I spent about 6 hours more in my high heel shoes.

After the party we cleaned up and headed inside for dinner. The end of that day.

On Monday we went shopping. It was amazingly fun. Although Suzanne was having issues to find anything that would fit her. Including swimmers, so she pretty much had a hissy fit in the shop. I had a great time finding swimmers. I found a few more than 8 pairs to try on (i know, but my cousins helped find me good colours) and I somehow managed to get that down to three. I actually wanted to buy 2 pairs, but decided against it when I looked at the price tag. I got a beautiful halter neck tube bikini, in bold colours. It's so comfortable. Now I just need a place to wear it! I also bought 2 pairs of pj's, a pair of white denim 3/4 pants (only 1/4 away from the white skinny's I want!) and I think that's it. Needless to say, after shopping at Dreamworld the day after, I came home with 15c. Out of $200. At least, you can say, I didn't spend it all. =] When we got home my cousin and Nikki and I painted our nails (i'd only done mine on Saturday but already they were chipping). I painted mine a really deep purple called Linkin After Dark, or something similar.

On Tuesday, you guessed it, we went to dreamworld. first, though, we had a game of tennis. which was fun. We drove there and got in the line to get in, which took us an hour, then lined up for the claw straight away. Oh, my god!! I had to sit by myself cause people couldn't be bothered to fill in the seats. Anyway, I was secretly freaking out before that one. My sister tried to convince the 3 of us about 4 times that she'd rather wait outside. And she's supposed to be the brave one. Anyway, so you start swinging on this claw shaped thing, and then you start spinning around slowly, then after you gain momentum, you just get flung up in the air, spinning as you go. I was seriously shitting myself. Well, I wasn't, but I did scream myself hoarse. I even tried closing my eyes, but that made it worse. lol.

Next, we went on the wipeout, and after lining up for a while we were the first one's on. Again, I was scared a bit, but Suzanne was practically hysterical. I think she nearly cried. Anyway, apart from being a thrill ride, I actually wasn't scared at all. I mean once or twice I felt like I was going to fall out of the damn ride, but I didn't, and I actually enjoyed it more so than I thought I would. It's really just like this big wave. You're sitting on one side of this triangular prism type thing and then the arms move you around like a wave coming into the shore and then drifting out (as in lifting you up, then taking you around in a circle). then as the ride goes on, the arms start doing weird things and you're not horizontal anymore, and it kinda moves you like you're legs do when you're riding your bike. lol. Then right at the end, it takes you upside down, and leaves you there for a while, then leaves you on top of the ride for a while. then slowly brings you done. lol.

After that, we decided to line up for the cyclone. would you believe we waited for a bit longer than an hour before getting on? yep. we did. anyway, so we got on, and this one again wasn't that scary, but after the hour wait I was getting jittery. Anyway, we got on, and the roller coaster took us around the side fairly slowly, then up this really high ramp, which is pretty nerve racking cause it takes so long. then when you get up the top, you're sure you're going to drop, but you don't. Anyway there's a few loop-de-loops and stuff. but it's all good. I liked it, but not worth the wait.

After that, we were starving so we got lunch then headed over to the Thunder River Rapids Ride. Compared to all the other rides, this was like a walk in the park. It was actually really boring. the best part was probably going up the ramp slowly at the end, being jolted from side to side by the ramp. lol

After wasting another hour lining up for that, we headed over to the tower of terror, now I just want to clear this up this is the ride that shoots you out of the tunnel, and then up as far as 38 storeys. Not the giant drop. anyway, we spent 1 hour lining up for this ride, then they had a delay cause of some problem, which was routine seeings as it's propelled by magnetic force. Anyway, we managed to get on, and sat in the car thing, and to be honest I was a bit freaked out, but never said anything, cause I wanted show up Suzanne. which I did. anyway, the car thing jolted forward, and then we were off at 160km in just 7 seconds. pretty amazing really, again I screamed going along, then when we started going up you run out of breath and can't be bothered screaming. Then, you just sit still, about 38 storeys high, in the car, before you remember 'shit, this thing goes down as well'. in the middle of thinking that, the car starts zooming backwards to where you came from. I think that was the best part.

On Wednesday, it was our last day so we had breakfast and started to say our goodbyes, cause both of my cousins re going to the UK for 10 weeks. then the youngest is coming back to Sydney to work. anyway, we all shed tears. It was really very sad. Needless to say, my mascara was all on the tissue by the time we got to the airport.