Atlanta - Day 1

So we got to SMS at around 7:30-ish. Then we had to rehearse and do the "program run-through." But we were all really sleepy and stuff, and Ms. Victor was all like: "I guess this is an unmet challenge...", which made us all feel worse - guilty AND sleepy! (Well, me anyways.)

So then we loaded the bus and we all stood around stupidly like roosting ducks, and we got everyone's phone number's and our count off numbers. (I was 8! :D)

Well, we went on the bus, and Michelle was my bus buddy. Then we got to the airport, and went through all that security stuff, and FINALLY ate lunch - got Subway! But everyone was there, so it was all weird. Like, it was all empty, and then SUDDENLY a swarm of Asian kids wearing dark blue shirts came in. I think the workers were getting annoyed....:P

Finally we boarded the plane, and I got a MIDDLE SEAT. I HATE the middle seat! And what's worse, I was stuck with VIKASH!!!! AND JOSHUA (the bass dude). And I was IN THE MIDDLE of Joshua's disses to Vikash. He was all like, "Vikash, you're making the plane bounce. Fatty." Or something like that....

But then Joshua went to sleep, and it got boring 'cause I was stuck with Vikash. He told me about his "secret" crush, and just took out a random journal he got from Secret Snowflake, and wrote the freakiest free verse poem ever. It was like:

fire is ice.
i am fire.
i like food.
i don't get it.
either.
do you?
nope.
i didn't think so.
:D fire is cool.

Or something like that. IT WAS TOTALLY RANDOM. AND FREAKY.

FINALLY we got off the plane, and arrived at the Atlanta airport. Then we hiked ABOUT A MILE with our luggage and heavy clothing, and there was NO AIRCONDITIONING!!!!!!!!! IT WAS LIKE, BROKEN, OR SOMETHING!!!!!! So I was like, SWEATING LIKE CRAZY!!! And then Mrs. Vandiver's group TOOK THE TRAM THINGY!!!!!! BUT MS. VICTOR SAID NOT TO!!!!!! WE WERE SOOOOOOOO MAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! >.<

Well, we got our luggage, and finally arrived at the hotel. It was cool. But not really super fancy. It was just like, a two person room. So 2 people had to squish onto a full size bed. Which was ok for me, of course, because I have a twin size anyways, but not Michelle, because she sleeps on a normal full or queen size. Which will cause problems later, of course.

Then for dinner, we got to go to Ted's Montana Grill. It had a big bison on it (scaring Michelle to oblivion...). But the food was pretty good! Well, mine. I got salmon, mashed potatoes, and green beans. But poor Little Michelle got this GIGANTIC PIECE OF CHICKEN. IT WAS...THE SIZE OF A.......SOCCER BALL IN DIAMETER, AND AS THICH AS A 1 and 1/2 inch BINDER. :-O

But then they gave us HUGE COOKIES, TOO!! (I TOOK A PICTURE WITH ONE!!! :D)

After dinner, Ms. Victor decided that we weren't going to the Olympic Rings fountain, which was good, because I was SUPER TIRED. AND SO WAS EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR GROUP. So we went back to our OWN hotel room (:D!!), and did all that nighttime stuff. Then we slept at like, 10:30, which would cause later problems relating to peer pressure...