disney_allie

Wow it's been a long time since updating on my life.

Well things have been really good as of late, life gets busy that's for sure.
School has been really busy, but keeping me going that's for sure.

As well as hanging out with friends, watching movies. I saw A Christmas Carol last night, it was kind of terrifying but really good. I felt like everything was jumping at me, kind of stressful at times ha ha.
Totally got me excited for Christmas, I can't help but think how when Christmas comes everyone's moods brighten up and it's just a totally different world we live in. It's kind of funny how that works.
But nonetheless I'll take it!

My brother moved into his own place this past week. It's super nice, and great to see him living his life under his own roof. I'm pretty thankful though because I've been able to hang out with him and see him and talk to him a lot more already. That's pretty much what i've missed and am happy for that.

So I know as much as everyone is dreading snow, I'm very excited for it because I missed it. I'm excited for the lights and just the whole atmosphere. It feels like a good christmas is on its way. I know I know it's only the beginning of November, but how I see it, is it's getting me through till the end of school. ok? ha ha.

OH and I have the best daddy in the world, who got my Tom Welling's autograph. Be jealous. I know. It's beautiful nonetheless.

I realized I miss Florida, a lot of it is the people that are there, the good times we had etc etc. But i can definitely say this feels like home. But it was the best year of my life, here and now is where I wanna be.

Anyway that was just a thought, I think i'll end this now, and update more later.


"All these things I think about in pieces
All these scenes I play again in my mind
When were the two of us destined to come undone?
When we had just begun..."

So I doubt anyone reads this anymore, but by chance someone does, well I'm gonna write for you.

Life has become crazy but absolutely amazing. The summer is now over, School is in session.
The sun is still out, but I look forward to some chilly fall weather at some point.
I've even thought about Christmas, i know i know, give me a break. I'm gonna be with my family this year :)

So you know that feeling where you kind of re-think everything that's been happening, who you've been hanging out with, who to trust and what you're doing with your life? Well all of those I think really play an affect on your happiness. I've really learned that. I have been hanging out with the greatest people in the world. These friendships existed way before disney, but they're even stronger now. They know who they are. Don't forget my Disney family though, I can't go a day without thinking about them. I miss my bffs Ty and Kristen. I'd do anything for you guys to be here with me.

First week of school was crazy exciting. It was cool to have my Florida roomie at SFU with me. Jesse and Dakota hanging out with and drinking Tim Hortons. Oh did I mention SFU & Tim Hortons = Love.

Life is just great right now. I'm so thankful for so many things and people. Well I'll leave it at that right now.

"Sometimes pain becomes such a big part of your life you expect it always to be there, you cant remember a time that wasn’t, but one day you feel something else, something wrong, because it’s so unfamiliar, then you realize, you’re happy."

So Jesse, Lisa, Adam and I went on a day trip to Victoria,
our beautiful province's capital. It was quite the interesting and hilarious day.
It started off with waking up at 6 am, catching the 9 o'clock ferry. The ferry was hilarious people watching, there was some very interesting people that's for sure.

Then our first stop was....the Butchart Gardens...well sort of, it was expensive so we kept going but we saw some parts of it haha from the outside anyways.
WALMART. We caused so much havoc, we coulda gotten kicked out.
Jesse found this fantastic shirt that looks just like our popcorn shirts! Aww costuming.
Next stop...Mayfair mall!!! We were looking for some Mraz hats for Lisa and Jesse, as well as parading the mall and finding really interesting things.
We also took a pit stop for lunch and we all ate some type of fries poutine style-ish.

We finally made it downtown and went to the Provincial BC Museum. Poor Jesse was so excited for the Titanic exhibit, however it is no longer there. We still went and made the best of it anyway. We saw treasures from all over the world, mammoths, fish, bears, chinese alley ways, RICKSHAWS, amazing-ness altogether.

Next we went to the Parliament buildings, walked around the harbor and then went looking at shops.
To finish off our adventure we ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory, MMMM lasagna.

We were almost late for the ferry but Adam got us there with about 3 minutes to spare before the cut off. It was an epic drive. It was a great day.

"Don't tell me you've been swept away
I can't believe it about you, I won't believe it about you..."

So if anyone is still reading this, i thought i'd update what's been going on since sometimes i find writing on here therapeutic.

Well this summer has been really awesome so far. I have such awesome friends and am so glad i've taken the time to enjoy the summer with them.

What have I been up too? Well.. I've gone to 3 shows.
Death Cab for Cutie was the first one and they were amazing, they played such a good show, I was happy to finally see them live.
2nd was Virgin Music Festival and that was just so much fun. Mute math and OLP were unreal. They played a goood show.
3rd was the fray!!!!!! omg they did an amazing job. I couldn't believe it.

Um once i got home, Jesse and Lisa made an amazing event for me. We played SuperBishiBashi and went bowling it was great. They've really made my summer just by having great laughs and doing wonderful random things.
Can't forget games night every monday! Every monday brings something new and totally fun. Everyone should experience the joy board games bring you.

Adam is back which is awesome!! That definitely feels good to have one of your closest friends back. All these people have made it just awesome to be home.

Well I've pretty much caught up with every single person that i've wanted since i've been home. To think it's almost 2 months since i left Flo-rida!

Well leading up to today, Tom, Josh and I decided to hit up the states. We went to Whitdby Island and also Fort Casey, SAW THE FORTRESS <3 as well as check out some beaches and saw some gross crabs. haha. It was a really great day, with great friends. Couldn't ask for me.

Well that's a start...I'll be better at keeping up. Promise.

" I don't want to deny my heart its chance to feel, I don't want to deny my soul something real..."

So I thought I'd take the time to mention some highlights of my year in Florida...

To start off...
Canadian Thanksgiving: it was a great way to make it feel like home away from home, being with our Canadian family.

2nd: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party: How cool is that to be trick or treating in magic kingdom dressed up as princesses. I know cool right?? Seeing these amazing characters that you rarely ever see. Just unreal. Amazing fireworks and parade (men with shovels and painted faces)

3rd: Christmastime; now I pretty much soaked up anything I could that was Christmas themed.
1. Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party: Now unlimited cookies and hot chocolate. Enough said. An amazing parade and fireworks as well. Sigh SOOO good. Yes i attended many times. What's not to love.
2. Osborne's spectacle of lights; what's Christmas without seeing billions of lights light up a street and dancing to music. OH and can't forget fake snow.
3. Our very own Christmas; Tyler and I had made it the best one that it could be. We had presents, lots of good food, good friends and amazing movies!

4th: Well.. All of February because....
1. I went into service!!! and I had the best trainers ever <3
2. Went to St. Augustine = FORTRESSS
3. Daytona with the Leapster

Hmmmmm April?
NEW YORK CITAYYYYYYYYYYYYY
- ummmmm CENTRAL PARK, TIMES SQUARE, FOOD TOUR in GREENWICH, WICKED, 9 to 5, BROOKLYN and it goes on and on and on (Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Mcdonalds and their 2 cheeseburgers combos, Hershey's Candy!)

May wow...
Disney Cruise
-Captain Jack Sparrow, all inclusive food, A certain good looking man on the cruise, Pirate Party, Cadillac Lounge, Castaway Cay, Paddleboats

Disneyland
- MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
- Having my brother there
- Ice cream
- everything about Disneyland <3
-Disneyland Hotel

Royal Caribbean Cruise
- Jet Skiing
- Gregory and Kyle
- Douglas and Ryan muahahahahaahahaha
- Bahama mamas!!! haha

Well that's all i got right now!!!

"Everything worth having, comes with trials worth withstanding..."

So I am now home.
AND IT ROCKS.
THe royal caribbean cruise was nice, but it didn't do justice to the Disney one.
The last couple weeks have been really hard just saying goodbye to friends and of course unnecessary drama.

However, I am home now and it's beautiful to see mountains, all the changes and all that fun stuff.
So feel free to get a hold of me and say hi.

Life is great right now, looking forward to a good summer!!


Just thought i'd throw in a few shout outs to people that i miss lots.

CRAIG, Kristen, Tyler, Ashley, David, Chantal, Rebecca, Greg, Spence, Mercedes and many many more. Miss you guys soooooooo much, can't wait till the day i get to be and see with you all again!!

xoxo

So...Disneyland was great, it was too bad my friend slept the whole time. He missed a great time.
Ashley, Ty and I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel. It was SOOO nice. the beds were so high though. Ashley had to do a running jump.
It was SO great to hang out with my brother and Ashley. I think we did a pretty good job at covering the parks. On my birthday we ate at this steakhouse at the hotel ad it was DELICIOUS. mmmm steak. I also got a cute pink treasure box with cake in it from Ashley Brown it was cute. And on my bed there was a cake made out of a towel with purple ribbon on it. It was cute.

Hmmm what else. Oh we experienced an earthquake. That was interesting. Ashley and Ty were on mainstreet and then Tim, Ashley and I were at the Fossil store (which is fantastic in itself, the guys that work there are amazing). Anyway it was interesting, purses fell off the walls, but we all didn't really think of it. They said that's how they knew we were west coasters haha.

I came back and Lindsay came to visit!! We ate at the animal kingdom lodge and went to jellyrolls. It was super fun. I had to do a silly dance on stage for my birthday. It was great.

Well the time is coming before I go home. It's a bittersweet occasion. It's so hard to say goodbye to people you've been with like everyday for a year. I'm super excited to see my mom, my aunt and Kyle. oh my goodness i cannot wait to see Kyle. I'm like 8 days away. gosh. It was weird seeing on the back schedule "end of program, end of program" just bizarre. I'm super excited to get going though.

I cannot wait to see Lisa and Jesse when I get home and all my other friends. It's going to be just great.
Kyla and I are going to stay at the Contemporary overnight PARK VIEW. i'm super excited. It's our last tuesday lunch tomorrow, which is not fun, but really sad....
Anyway a rough week of work ahead of me. But knowing there's an end makes it better!

"
You're gone from here
Soon you will disappear
Fading into beautiful light
'cause everybody's changing
And I don't feel right..."

So the Bahamas was amazing. We had a great time on the cruise.
I didn't get seasick or anything!!!
it was sooooo nice, I got a super tan. We saw 2 musicals on the ship they were great and we also ate lots and lots of foood.
it's quite an experience. Check out photos. I'm trying to get most of them up. it's a challenge.
anyway I don't know what else to say but Nassau, Bahamas is so cool. It's definitely a different type of culture.
Castaway Cay was probably my favourite. It was just beautiful and quiet and wow. I could be there forever.

Onto this weekend, Disneyland and my birthday!!! WOOOOOOO.

I get to see TIM :) yay i'm so excited.



"I ain’t got no sob story to write
But just like everyone else I’m living this life an
Don’t need to win me over
And there ain’t no other side
To shelter me from all the wrong where I decide..."

Sooo Chels and I are going on a cruise in like 13 hours haha.
ummmmmmmmmmmmm I am going home in less than a month. Thank goodness,
I need to get out of this place.
As nice as orlando has been and there are a lot of great people i will miss. There's a lot going on here that just tells me I'm ready for June.
I get to see my brother in a week. I cannot wait, i miss him so much.
Then i get to see Kyle.
And since he complains how he's never brought up. Well. you were kyle. that's all you get :)
just kidding. I get to see you in like 26ish days.
Ohhhh man can't wait. Then we are going cruisin!!!
oh baby.
Well i better finish packing. See you all soon!

xo.

"Walking by myself I know
This lonely road's becoming my new home
But I don't stop
I just keep moving on, and on
Ain't no need to dry my eyes
I haven't cried in quite some time
Everyday I fight it,
You know it's possible...

So New York, is the coolest place on earth. My goodness. I LOVE LOVED it.
First day was SOOO gross but chels and i toughed it out and walked around and stuff. We were freezing but whatever.
OHHH our hotel was unbelieveable, it was like half a block from times square and we had super cute bellhop men. It was decorated so Ikea like hahaha. I had this breakfast table on over my bed which Chels and I fell in love with.
The 2nd day we saw Wicked which was incredible! Omg it's what everyone says. Fantastic. The 3rd day we went to Ground Zero, which was pretty inspiring. We did a tribute tour that was lead by survivors of the attack. Our guide Mel, had survived both the 1993 and 2001 attacks. He's an inspiration to all. The heartbreaking story was the other lady, Tracy who lost her son. Enough said.
We then saw the new musical out called 9 to 5, the songs written by Dolly Parton and guess what?
She actually came out into the audience! That was cool.
We went to Ellis Island and saw the Statue of Liberty, that was just a crazy experience I mean you see all this stuff in the movies and such but it's just so cool.
We went on a hop on hop off tour, which was the best way to do it. You could see everything that way.
Central Park is like my new fave place other than Times square, it is beautiful. Check out pics, im slowly working my way adding them.
MoMA is an amazing are museum, we also went to the belvedere castle which was cute. We went to Madame Tussaud's wax museum that was so cool. the figures look so real it's scary hahaha.
All around it was a great trip.
And next off to the bahamas on the disney cruise!!

"Love, save the empty, save me..."

So just an update on my soon to be travels.

Going to New York on Monday April 20th.
Bahamas cruise May 7th
Disneyland May 15th.

Awesome right??? I thought so.

New found glory concert rocked the hizzy. Still good like when i saw them years ago.

Billy leaves which sucks. LOVE YOU BILLY BEAN.

Other than that, things are looking up, I'm not gonna lie i can't wait to go away. I'm looking forward to coming home and seeing you all very soon!!!! less than 2 months!!!

2010 Winter olympics training course June 21st! LOOK OUT FOLKS.



"I'm not supposed to miss you 'cause you're not coming back
And I wish I never kissed you so what do you think of that?
What did I get myself into?
In the back of my mind there will always be the catch and the throw away
But this moment's got me thinking I could reach you
And I'm waking up alone and echo the song sung yesterday and begging you to come back home..."

So i'm super excited about New York. It's only 15 days away.
New Found Glory concert in 5 days! Heck yes.
So work has been just fantastic this week.
Great people, great tables just all around good times.
So my program ends in officially 2 months today.
It's such a bittersweet feeling. I realize who my friends are here and will
find out more when I get home. I have so much to look forward in the next bit.
I'm SO excited to go to NYC with Chelsea.
I can't wait to go to Disneyland and see my brother for my 21st birthday.
That's definitely a birthday wish to come true.

I'm feeling rather jaded today....and lately....
I don't know why. BUt i'm hoping this feeling will go away.

There's a bundle of emotions going on. I can feel it.
But oh well. Whateva.

"so much to set my heart right..."

I went to Universal for my first time with the leapster and it was great!!
I have yet to go to Islands of Adventure but that'll be part 2 in Allie and chelsea's days off. haha
And we saw blue man group. Incredible. I was in love. There was so much about that show that was just SOOOO COOL. Especially the music. Wow. If you ever get a chance to see them.
DO IT.
Ashley B and I just stayed at the boardwalk resort on Sun-Tues. It's amazing, best sleep i think.
I'm going to NYC in like...22ish days? give or take. EXCITING I know right?
chelsea and I are going to have a great time.
A few of us are going to Disneyland May 15-18th i believe. WOOOOOO
Things are pretty awesome. Work is good right now too.
I go home in like 2ish months, crazy right?
Kyle is officially coming out here. I CANNOT wait.
*Sigh.

Anyway, enough of this, check out Universal pictures and such :)

"I know you're leaving now
Cause I held on to my way tightly
Stay still until you know
Tomorrow finds the best way out is through..."

"Back to the Five"
by Ruth

Im telling you that I did my best
But it doesn't feel quite good enough,
Now I'm stuck here in the Midwest.
Try and remember all the things I love
And I'm thinking bout a boy back home
But I know I'm not out here alone
Yeah, I gave it all up for you
Just to do the things that you want me to do. I'm headed home.

Im just trying to find, my way back to the five, got a lot on my mind gonna figure it out.

Close my eyes and I see evergreens
God I really miss my family
But I left it all behind you see
Just to come out here and chase a dream
But out here they ain't no promises that's the only promise I confess,
Sometimes I catch my self listening for the sweet pacific melodies.

I'm just trying to find, my way back to the five, got a lot on my mind gonna figure it out.

I do it all for You I do it all for You I do it all for you.


3 Months till I'm home folks.
Start Counting down.
I was in a Bowlathon yesterday, we were Canada Rocks and dressed in band tees and wigs.
It was gooood times, check out the pics.
This friday, Goofy's Mystery Tour.
It's game on.

Well...My dad has been out since last Tuesday. It has been great.
We've had a great time relaxing and such.
We ate ate the restaurant last week and had a good time. Then we went to
the Kennedy Space Center which was so cool. Greg joined us and we had an awesome time.
Overall a good day.
We went to this seafood restaurant which was delicious. Greg and I had lobster and i definitely almost blinded him when he trying to show me how to eat it properly.
The next day we went to Tampa, did some shopping, well okay I did and then went to the
Tampa Bay Lightning versus Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina smoked them 9-3, it was ridiculous.
BUt watching hockey was amazing. pretty sure I miss it. Pee ess, Lacavalier is a fox.
Hmmm we went to MK yesterday which was so fun, went on a bunch of rides, got sunburnt and ate at Ohanas, which was so delicious we ate so much food.
Today we had lunch with Kyla and Lindsay at the Dolphin and then had dinner with the ashleys haha.
it was great.
Check out pictures. There are some goodies. ("Dad's 2nd Visit")
Hmmmm it's actually felt like a vacation which has been nice.
New York is like a month away!
WOOOOO.

Anyway time to go to bed.

xoxox

" Oh I should have never laid eyes on you
Now I'm tangled up what can I do
What can I do, what can I
What can I do..."

Sooo pretty sure my daddy comes in 3 days.
I cannot wait. I wanna see my daddy so bad.
Even better we might be going to a hockey game.
WHAT NOW.
Pretty sure I write useless information in here, just to keep you all updated on how
uneventful my life is.
Well I got to talk to Adam last night, we listened to some wretched forest, which is a awful song. Slash, It's just as good as Dichotomy which works wonders in the world of music. baahahaha.
I miss you guys! Ah.
Anyway, I'm going on day 4 of 9 for work. Go me. Been able to try out some other sections so it's been good.
Um what else.. OH chelsea and I went to Daytona on Monday. We went to the beach not realizing it is 23 miles long. That could've ended up being quite a long walk.
We saw these amazing houses, the biggest lighthouse in florida. Cool stuff like that. i love daytrippin.
Pictures will be posted soon!



"This is distance, this is my gameface"

xoxox

So this week has been pretty busy.
Working lots, but making some money so it's been nice.
Chelsea and I are going on a day roadtrip so I'm pretty excited.
Hmm what else? Adam, Kyla and Emily are back from the cruise.
Missed them lots so it's nice they are back....
Hm...

I'm pretty sure there's other exciting things to write about.
OH a fellow Sears co-worker visited me the other day. Sue!!! So great to see her.
What a pleasant surprise.
AND to make it even better!
My next door neighbours. A whole lot of BC in one day.
Just awesome.

Anyway i'm tired...but i get my new guitar soon!!
WOOOO.

xoxo



"Hold your breath til its over
There's something left underwater..."

So as we all know...these last few days have been awful.
I miss Adam, Jesse and Tara lots.
I got super sick yesterday, i felt like I was hit by a truck.
Just super exhausted.
hopefully my health will pick up again.
Service has been going good though.
I'm very thankful.

Ashley, Kristen and I went to St. Augustine today.
and we went to the FORTRESSSSSSS. which was so cool.
look at the pictures it's pretty awesome. The sites are breathtaking.
anyway we had a good time...at the fortress.
and eating gelato.

"There's so many words that we can say
Spoken upon long-distance melody
This is my hello
This is my goodness..."

Jesse left today, I had to say goodbye to Adam.

The End.

I passed my assessment today! I'm now officially a server.
I had the greatest trainers for service. Adam the first day, Billy, Emily and Jesse. Could I ask for anything more? No definitely not. Today was hard because it was Adam and Jesse's last day and it is just awful.
Their throw out was last night and that was even worse. I'm so so thankful to know them though. They mean everything to me. Words cannot express how much i love them and my big sister Tara. I love her and I am so sad to see her go.
That's what sucks about this place. But I'm at least glad Adam and jesse live close to me.
Games night was fun this week, definitely won pictionary. Heck yes.

Anyway so exhausted, so tired.
My first AM by myself tomorrow. Wish me luck.

xoxox


"Let's walk the tight rope together without a safety net
And when we fall
And we will fall let's fall forever entwined..."