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November 15, 2009

Sunday

Friday – went shopping with Delia after school for Andrea’s present. We got her slipper socks and cute Christmas shorts. It was fun to hang out with her. We talked about dirty songs and how we should write a song with all our inside jokes and title it “I’m a crack whore, want to have sex with me?” 😊 after that we both had stuff to do. I picked up Eddie from basketball practice at 6 with Meryl and we went up to a restaurant near the cabin to meet mom and dad. I might be having a Christmas party on the 19^th! The cute waiter was there and I’m pretty sure he saw me. I almost hit him with a fry when I flicked it at Meryl but it went too far. We rented movies but only watched one: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. It was really good.

I got up Saturday, went to work til 5 then went over to Andrea’s birthday party. I hung out with Rhonda mostly. I took her there and home. It was good to re-connect with her. Delia came late, so it was us three and Gwen. We just sat behind the couch and talked. We left at 11 and I stayed at Delia’s house. We rented Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Funniest movie ever!! We stayed up til 3. When we rented it we think the guy let us and didn’t ask for ID because we were really hyper and seemed kind of drunk.

I woke up this morning at 7:30 and came home to an empty house. Did my homework and chilled out. I almost hung out with Derek last night but he cancelled last minute because of “family obligations” whatever. I think I’m done hanging with him for a while. Him and I can take a break. I should go back to my old self, start scrapbooking again, hang with my friends and just be me instead of trying to hang with him every weekend. Because I did hang out with him the last two and this last time was so amazing I think we can just take a break. And it will probably be awkward at work, oh well. I’ll see if he really is sorry or if he lied. So I guess that’s it for now. Ttyl!

❤ Ava Estelle

10:11pm

So went to work, saw Derek. And after work I texted him saying we should take a break, don’t really have a reason. But I’ll just see him at work and not hang wit him for a while. He wasn’t lying, he was drinking and then his mom hurt herself somehow, so yeah. And besides he’ll talk to me more at work if he doesn’t see me outside of work. And that’d be nice. Watch I’ll probably change my mind next weekend.

TTFN!

Present day me: I remember watching the Zack and Miri movie but not much else from this entry. It’s still interesting to revisit these times and see how I’ve changed over the years.

July 7, 2009

Tuesday

Today I went out to a Mexican restaurant with Delia, it was good to see her again. After that we decided to get a bunch of people together to play ultimate frisbee. We got Brad, Harry, Brandon, Devin, Garrett, Maddy and Grace. We hung out til about 4. Then some of us went over to Garrett’s and while we were there Hunter called me! We figured out a plan for what we were going to do. Delia and I went to Sonic and then Shopko to meet Hunter. He followed me to her house, I parked like a block away and got into his car and we went to a place by the river. We just sat and talked. It was really good. We talked about a lot of stuff, school, family, friends, childhood, life. We even talked about us two in a relationship and he’s never had a girlfriend so he’s never been in this kind of situation, I think we’re just going to see what happens. Maybe I’ll bring it up again later. He took me back to Delia’s around 10. And he opened the door for me when we got back to his car. Well that’s how he unlocks his car, but still. So yeah, I went back to Delia’s. We watched the show 10 Things I Hate About You and talked for a bit and I came home.

AWESOME DAY!

❤ Ava Estelle 😊

Present day me: I had to be incognito when I hung out with people from work because my parents automatically didn’t approve. They required me to find a job but didn’t allow me to make friends there really. Drama will ensue in the coming months and years with my job and my parents…

March 16, 2009

Day 3 in Hawaii!

Saturday night we arrived in Hawaii around 5:30pm. It’s 5 hours earlier here than Wisconsin, so we had a 23 hour day on Saturday. We got to the hotel (crappy compared to Mexico) and unpacked, before we could get into our room, which is #869! We had to go down to the lobby twice! Because our keys weren’t working. But we made it in, unpacked and went out for dinner. We were all starving and just wanted something light and easy, so we ate at subway! Haha. Right before we entered subway we saw the guys, (Brandon, Craig, Devin and Brad) and we ate with them. The guys left for the hotel earlier than us, so we had some creepy Hawaiian guys make creepy remarks to us. We made it back to the hotel and finished unpacking. Talked a whole bunch about Beth and Nate (she’s ignoring him) Hannah and Kyle (he was kind of ignoring her) AND I told them that I like Brandon. And I think he likes me too. While we were in the San Franscisco airport Brandon was sitting next to me with a notebook and he drew me as wonder woman! Haha. He didn’t draw anyone else and then when we met the guys at subway it seemed like Brandon just saw me and he decided that he wants to hang out with us to eat. All three of them were happy when I told them that I like him. My feelings for him aren’t strong, yet. But that could change.

So yesterday we woke up and got ready to go on the Best of Oahu Half-Day Tour. We were on our original 3 buses taking a tour and seeing/stopping to take pictures at Diamond Head Crater from the outside – Kahala – Hawaii Kai – Hanauma Bay – Halona Blow Hole – Famous Beach called Sandy’s – Makapuu Point – Waimanalo – Pali Lookout. I got some good pictures with everyone and some good scenery shots. We got finished up with that around 11:30. And we had the rest of the day of free time! So, we went to the beach! We all changed into our suits and walked down there with our big group of friends. We went swimming and tanned. It was amazing to be in the ocean with my friends instead of my family. Brandon, Tabitha, Rhonda and I swam way out to a sandbar over a ton of rough rocks which I hit my leg on coming back. I kind of tried to swim by Brandon most of the time. 😊 and on the way back I complained to him how my leg hurt, and he picked me up and carried me through the water. Rhonda and Tabitha saw, and Rhonda made a face. But he ended up dropping me and I got water up my nose. After we went swimming and tanning for a while we were starving because we had no food that whole day. So, us four, and six other girls all walked down to a restaurant called Cheeseburger in Paradise. It was really good. After that Hannah, me, Beth and Abby walked on the beach and took some pictures and then we had the Waikiki scavenger hunt. I was in a group with Brandon (cool!), Erin, Abby and a girl from gym class. The whole thing was pretty lame I talked mostly with Abby and Brandon. And by the time that was over, I was totally out of it. I desperately needed sleep. So, Tabitha ended up finishing first out of the four of us so I had to let her into our room when I got back and we ended up talking about a bunch of stuff. I was glad that I got to hang out with Brandon but It wasn’t like a total flirting session. We were just buddy-buddy because I was so exhausted. So yeah.

Present day me: this is fun reading about a band trip to Hawaii that I have lots of good memories of.

March 22, 2007

Yesterday us five got up, drove up hwy 1 to Muir Woods! It had more giant Redwoods! It was actually a pretty cool place. We got there and had lunch, then walked on the many trails for about three hours. Then dad wanted to drive through Berkeley College. We got lost finding Berkeley. But when we did find it, we had to pay to drive through campus. So, we didn’t see anything at Berkeley! Dad and mom were kind of disappointed but oh well. Then we were all hungry and mom and Eddie had to pee. So, we set off to find a restaurant with a bathroom! We found a bathroom, but the restaurant couldn’t accept credit cards. So…. we went to the grocery story to get dinner. It was a fun day!

So, what we did today! We got up and I asked dad what we were going to do today, he said we’re going to the Big Foot Museum in Felton – just outside of the city. That place didn’t open until 1 o’clock, so we went downtown to check out the stores. We went to Palace, the scrapbooking store. Where I went last time with Aunt Penny and got all the cool stationary stuff. And we looked at other stores. Oh yeah! I watched The Family Stone on tv. And Meryl, mom and me went on a walk down the beach before we went downtown. We drove to the museum, and it ended up being closed, so we just drove back to the house.

Ava Estelle

Present day me: The redwoods were amazing!!! I remember taking many pictures while there.

A few years prior to this time I had the opportunity to visit my Aunt Penny in California all by myself. I wasn’t too scared of flying alone because I had done it a few times with my family already at that age. When I was with only Aunt Penny, she and I did a ton of shopping and sightseeing. I only had a couple days with her for that trip, and I had a great time! I got so many cool scrapbooking, notebooks and writing things from that store – Palace. I dreamt about going back between the two visits I had to California as a kid. I hope I can visit again someday. I also remember how the beach was around the house we were staying at. There were sections that the ocean carved out underneath the land where the houses stood. I wanted to explore one, there were a few, while I was with Aunt Penny. But, by the time we walked back to the house for me to change into my swimming suit I changed my mind, and we did something else.

I am so grateful I wrote about this trip as it happened. Me today, would not have remembered all of this without my entries to remind me.

February 17, 2007

On Wednesday the 15^th Eddie, Mom, Opa, Uncle Pat, Uncle Leroy and Aunt Margot went deep sea fishing. But that day was cold out. The wind was blowing all over and they were in a very small fishing boat. But they caught lots of fish, red snapper, perch, and trigger fish. Those fish were fileted, and we had them for dinner that night. Fed thirteen of us and still had leftovers. They got back around 10:30am (they left at 5:30am) because mom and Uncle Pat both threw up and the others were getting nauseous. The rest of the day we just hung around at the beach, and to me it was kind of an all together boring day.

On Thursday the 16^th Nana took all the grandchildren and my mom to the aquarium. Nana ran out of cash, so she had to get money from Eddie. Being Eddie, he gave her all his money. (Don’t worry he gets it all paid back) and the cost for the aquarium came up to $40 USD!!! For 8 people. We walked through the outside with all different kinds of birds flying around us. It was pretty cool. Then we walked inside the building to see all the fish and sea animals.

So, after the aquarium we walked up to Senor Frogs Restaurant. That place was AWESOME! Me, Phoebe, and Meryl got mango drinks then Meredith and Susie got strawberry drinks. Good drinks! When we walked into the restaurant everything was autographed with people’s name and other weird sayings. So that was cool reading all that. Then after we were done eating a guy came around and made each of us a different kind of balloon hat. Me and Phoebe got the same design just different colors. That was a fun place. We did sign one of the pillars that was right by our table, me, Meryl, Eddie, and Phoebe signed it.

After Senor Frogs we walked back to the aquarium because we wanted to see the bird show. It was kind of weird, but okay. After the bird show Nana wanted to see the Sea Lion Show. But there wasn’t another one until 4pm. So, we had 2 hours to spare. We decided to go to the shops down main street. Meryl, Eddie, Phoebe, and I walked down there while the rest took the car. It was fun. We were all in really good moods. So, we shopped and walked around for like the rest of the day. That was the only day of our vacation that we didn’t go in the pool or ocean.

On Friday we all went down to the beach for the last day. The tide was really high and the waves were big. Phoebe and I went swimming in the waves. I got sucked under a couple times, but it was fun. We all just sat on the beach most of the day. Played 3 or 4 games of volleyball with a bunch of people from Canada! Then at 3 o’clock we had to go on a tour of the city (Kind of ridiculous to go on the last day) But it was cancelled. So, we just went out to eat at a place called Lapalapa Del Mar. They had good food. After we ate at 4pm we walked down the main street and looked around. Last night was fun. We fit 9 of us into a 5-person car. Everyone had someone on their lap except the driver, Opa. There were a LOT of Canadians staying at our hotel. We were the only one’s from the Midwest.

❤ Ava Estelle

Present day me: This trip to Mexico was our third time in Mexico, but our first in Mazatlán. I remember it being the most fun trip because everyone was in good moods. The Senor Frogs experience really has stuck with me throughout these years. I felt so happy to be with my family and to have a good time with them. It felt complete and like a perfect family vacation.