ISU Basketball

Over the past year I have seen many different events including football games, basketball games, and many other events. The one event I am going to talk about is the ISU Redbird men’s basketball game which we played Bradley. We played them on Saturday, January 31st at 3:05pm. Before even the game started we had to get tickets the Monday before. We have to get there early because we knew it was a popular game. They start giving out tickets at 10am and my friends got there are like 915 and the line was already half way around the store. From what I heard by the time we got tickets that we were in the upper level and over a few sections. So when my friends got back from getting the tickets they said that every seat is sold out and people in line are not even going to get any seats. Thank God we got tickets. So Saturday rolled around and so we were getting pumped up. Ironically my friend had a formal that same night and she invited me to be her date so before the game came around I curled my hair so I did not have to worry about it later. But we took pictures of us and on my face I had “BEAT BU.” So we are walking there, getting pumped and see all the people going to the game. Once we got there we went to our seats and took some more pictures. So Bradley had a section as well and every time they chanted we chanted back harder. It was so intense I could not sit down it was getting more intense by the second. But it was loud the whole time. There was so many people there and could not wait to see who won which was ISU!!After it was over we were walking and you could hear all the people who were happy and the Bradley fans who lost the game. After we got back I could not believe how fun it was and I am excited for next year when the game comes back around. I would have to say the atmosphere made the game seem so much better and more fun.

My Spring Break

For my spring break I did a multitude of things. First off even before spring break my dad and I were planning for my mom to have a surprise party and ironically it was the last Saturday of my break. During that whole week my dad planned for me to do everything, which at the time telling me I did not think it was not going to be that hard. On the invitations I was in charge of the people calling me to R.S.V.P. as well as my neighbor, Penny. When I got home whenever anyone was calling me to tell me if they were going or not and how many people I had to leave the room since my mom was home majority of the time. As well my mom is a very nosy person so she asked me who was it and I said it was a friend. Then she asked me who is the friend and I told her she doesn’t know her so I tried to lie out of my butt. It was very hard. To go along with that I had to order the cake which my mom went somewhere with the car so I asked my neighbor penny to drive me there. My excuse to my mom was that I had to go and pick something up at a friend’s house. After that I hung out with my friend Dan to get decorations and order the balloons. So my brother flies in on Friday and so all day Saturday he helps me get the alcohol since I am not age and I get the food and other drinks. When we are done getting all the food and finally got to my house we all decorated my house with all the lovely 50th birthday decorations. After that we cooked some food and got the cake at 11 and the balloons at 1. Also got the catered food we ordered. Once it hit the time for people to come, it felt like no one was at my house. A few minutes later there was a rush of people coming into the house. It ended up being around 50 to 60 people in my house. Finally my mom and dad turned the corner and we all got quiet. Finally she walks in and we all screamed surprise. She was so surprise and she was shocked that so many people where there to celebrate my mom’s 50th birthday. She thanked me for the party and said it was so nice. It was funny because people were asking me if it was hard, I felt it was not to a certain extend. It was hard guessing the amount of food for that many people. But I learned from my mom who plans a lot of parties for us. Then the Friday before the party my dad and I went to a gun range. WE go there and the inside of building was covered in guns. I was very nervous when I got in there. I was the only young girl who was there. We took a lesson with this guy Jerry, who my mom calls him, the new age gun lover. He told use when you are handling a gun think it is always loaded but when you are shooting the gun think it is unloaded. When we went into the actually range I shot first and did pretty well. First we did target shooting and then we did self defense shooting. At the end I was the last one to shoot and Jerry asked me if I wanted to do target shooting or self defense and I told him I wanted to do target shooting and my last shot was on the bulls eye. I was so proud of myself. Over all the spring break was fun, even though planning for the party was stressful, it all worked out in the end.

Travel Europe

If I had the amount of cash to pay for college and could only go out and see the world there are many different places I would go. I would first travel across the ocean and visit Europe. Within Europe I would visit France, Italy, Greece, England and Ireland if I had enough money. The first place I would visit would be France, since I have been taught French since junior high, I would love to go and experience speaking in a little French. Also see the Eiffel tower and possibly walking the entire way up or taking the elevator. But at the top there is a restaurant that I would eat at and have some classic French food. As well as I would go around Paris and eat. Also since Paris is a fashion capital I would love to go shopping there as well. Other than Paris I would go and visit Marseille with is the Southern France. It is a Riviera where a lot of famous people go and it very expensive to stay. The second place I would go to would be Italy. From what I hear from when my mom went to Italy she said to visit all of the ancient Rome buildings. I would go and visit the coliseum of course and go inside and see everything. Also I would go to Venice and experience a city surrounded by water and maybe even get a ride on the gondolas. The third place I would go would be Greece, for the most part, I would just go there to experience the white houses and the extremely blue water to see how beautiful it is. Of course I would go swimming in the Mediterranean. The fourth place I would go to would be England. I would go in London and see the Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace and have fun with the guards. As well I would just experience England with the way they drive; opposite of the U.S. would drive. Finally I would go to Ireland. I would love to go there and walk around where the mountains are and see how beautiful it is, and experience the beautiful Ireland terrain. Also like P.S. I love you, the movie I would love to meet someone there and maybe end up living their because it would be so beautiful. For me having to pick one place would be so hard, I love to travel so I would pick many little trips instead of one big one.