well it appears to be that time... blog time *strained cheers*.

The trip to California was so very surreal.... as i waited in the Costco line to purchase the Harry Potter Book, cherries, and other necessities, i contemplated whether i was *really* there. after three years of imagining what it would be like to come back, if anyone changed, if i changed... was this the real thing? Yes, it was!
the first day i got there i couldn't believe it. the airplane dipped thru the smog layer as i excitedly peered thru the window. big smile on my face as we drove on the freeway. then i saw the "D" and knew i was so close to actually meeting my friends. i arrived at elizabeth's party, went to the door. doorbell didn't work. knocked. no one. then my uncle said someone came out of the gate. i've never been so happy to see two wet people! it was katrina and rosa!! aww i felt so happy. i changed and got into the pool which was really cold. actually first i went to eat some chips and dip cuz i was majorly hungry, but it seems like as soon as i got there i wasn't that famished. maybe i was "hungry" to see my friends...lol. uh ya so then i saw carlos, he was surprised to see me, and then i saw sonya.... haha that was kinda funny. she was staring at me for a few seconds and i was staring back for a few seconds.... confirming we were who we were.... she was surprised. i recognized the shirt she made in 3rd or 4th grade (?) that had her name on it if i was to have any doubts. we played water volleyball, subbing a chair for the net, blamed everything on rosa. poor rosa, ingrid was just a tad competitive, i would continue to say hi to sonya every few minutes who kept looking at me.... that was strange.... at one point she swims over right next to me.... and just kind smiles at me... haha okay so anyway yes i got sunburned cuz i didn't have any type of protective lotion. i showed them my yrbook "wow it's an encyclopedia!" "all in color??". rj made fun of everyone who had a senior page's names.... i admit we do not appear as ethnically diverse as DHS. finally he saw yara zamora and he was like "finally!" lol.

after the party we ( rosa, kat, and i) went to rosa's house. the same as i remembered it except her room was different. we talked about the "job offerings" we got in the mail. LOL. if u got a letter from Vector talking about summer work opportunities DONT TAKE IT!! Door to door hunting knife selling hahaha. it's so funny how only us 2 got it. that was our running joke. we were imagining what the "interview" to "explain" the details would have been like: and this (jab!) is what you're selling! haha. and the sales pitch lol imagine us doing that: "no look it could even cut thru doors! would u like me to demonstrate!" *customer slams door*. "oh great! okay here i go!!" police come..." oh maybe they're interested... do YOU want to buy a knife??" LOL. katrina left after awhile. i watched Ever After for the first time with rosa... yes i know i'm strange... i started doing the thing where i realize i'm falling asleep and open my eyes....@ one point bob calls. rosa told me to start talking to her. "hello rosa?....crystal! i didnt know u were here already!!" "well.... surprise!" i took a shower thanks rosa for telling me how it works! (ahemsonyaahem). then we watched shiloh in spanish in her room. haha. there's this sad part where the kid is like screaming something and i laughed cuz the spanish voiceover sounded funny....haha sorry rosa.... then we watched Friends then went to sleep. actually first this huge spider crawls up my arm and i just flick it off. i told rosa i just flicked off a spider...lol flicked off.... she was a little freaked that there was a huge spider in her room and sat up. and i'm just like "okay goodnight". i guess living in florida made me used to bugs.i was joking around about how i'd wake up at 3am... i woke up at 3:45 lol. well she said she needed to wake up at 7am, so i was ready! eastern time... made myself stay in bed....5am...6am... finally it's 7am. i thought her THREE alarms would go off at 7:35 but then at 7:31 her radio BLARES out. i was scared lol. breakfast was good, i never really had eggs with ketchup before. then we walked to DHS, it's really changed! rosa said she was able to go to the student store the day before after 9 but when we got there rosalie (sp) said it was "only open from 8-9 and 11-1 for seniors". and it was 9:10! how mean. so we sat in the office to wait until it was 11 haha. then Dr. Martinez the asst. principal comes and helps us out. rosalie comes and he's like "that girl's mad at you! *points at rosa*" "i dont care!" she's so mean lol. rosa was embarrassed haha. but he comes thru and we were able to buy the grad nite tickets. i was actually able to go! we walk back home where we watched what some might call "quality television". that is, Jenny Jones (who's the real father?), Cops ("my cousin threw cake at me!" and that....victim), and Jerry Springer (2 cousins who had a really big age difference....looked more like granddaughter and grandma). When we first tuned into Cops there were setting up a prostitution bust.... in Palm Beach, FL. haha i was like uuhh..... Let me explain the shows a little. the "victim" was some sort of crossdresser...we think... rosa and i thought he was the criminal but apparently someone had stolen his/her/its purse. lol. the grossest part was that the cameraman musta been bored and he ZOOMS into the guys ugly foot. gad dam that was horrible!! and the jerry springer haha this was them fighting " oh yeah?" "yeah!" "YEAH!" "YEAH!!!" not too well with words in that family. we had pizza for lunch which was good. Rosa was so eager to get it lol. all at the door with money in hand when she saw the man pull up the driveway. then after we went out to eat ice cream @ Coldstones with Edwin. it was cool to see him, it was good that he remembered me lol. i thought it would just be a quick get some ice cream and go back home but we ended up sitting at one of the outdoor tables for an hour. it was good being able to sit around and just listen to an everyday conversation, watch the locals pass by.... the locals, i used to be one of those.... then i put on my sunglasses cuz people were feeling uncomfortable that i was just observing them... edwin has a nice car, will be awesome when it's all fixed up....

so then... as i continue to go on and on... i have some church action, finally sonya makes contact after having diskappeared for a day, i go to Taco's house w/Ben too. nice guy, i guess he was a lil shy at first but laughing shows he was alive :-p . was introduced to 2 or 3 of her EIGHT cats, all very individual. sonya apparently had all these letters she never mailed me and a present she didn't send but when she started looking for it all, it was all amongst the clutter. all she could retrieve was a notecard size postcard thing and an envelope. haha. i slept on a mattress on the floor which was actually very comfy. sonya didn't seem as comfy with her many layers of blankets but she assured me that she was comfortable.