On the first Saturday of spring break, me and my friends Samantha and Aubrey went to St. George. We had fun exploring (well, Samantha was exploring, Aubrey and I were just along for the ride!) St. George and playing games and just talking at Sam's aunt and uncle's house. It was very fun to meet Emily and her adorable little boy! On Sunday we played a violin duet at Sam's great grandpa's ward. It went very well and everyone told us how much they appreciated it. It is so nice to play outside a scholastic setting for people who enjoy the music with no expectations and biases and all those other words that escape me right now.
After playing, we went to Sam's grandpa's birthday party at her great grandparents' house. It was very fun! Sam apologized for her crazy family a few times (though they are much less crazy than mine), but I actually love meeting people's crazy families! It's very fun to me for some reason. On Monday, me and Samantha watched an old orchestra/choir video from HS and played dress up in some old, and at times rather frightening, clothes in her basement.
Later in the week, whatever day it was, I went to St. George with JJ to get some aquarium supplies. It was fun since I enjoy the pet store so much. But on the way home my car broke down (after I went on for several minutes about how much I loved my car, Sadie). After trying to get it to work, failing, having someone stop and help push us off the freeway exit, trying more and failing, JJ called for a tow truck. And I called Sam and she so kindly came to rescue us! When she got there, we still waited 20-30 more minutes for the truck before it got there and we could leave. I felt bad, but I am glad she was willing to pick me up!
That night we had a barbecue, played some games that I was really terrible at, and watched The Goonies. Good times.
On Saturday, I went with my family minus my dad to Red Cliffs hiking. It was quite fun.
John is king of the rock!
John is king of the rock!
You can see John and Michelle and Carl and Jesse on the other side of the little stream.On Sunday, John and I were looking up some things online about his turtles in my room and he went to look at them and came back in my room and sat on my bed. Then he proceeded to tell me how he thought Carl the turtle was dead and starting bawling. It was very sad. So I went to check on the turtle and sure enough, he was dead. I cried because he was so sad. So my mom and I took care of the turtle and changed the water. Then this last Friday John and I and JJ went to St. George and bought a new turtle and 18 feeder fish (which were gone in 24 hours) and a pleco for my aquarium. Here is my nerdy little video of my fish for your enjoyment. It features the snail the needs to find a new new home, Pablo the celestial eyed goldfish, Sir Ulrich the plecostamus, Gus and Gilbert the guppies, Merri and Pippin the black moors, Sargent Pepper and Arcangelo the calico fantails (which have gotten quite big now), and at the end I tried to show Ziggy, who is probably the cutest of the bunch, but it didn't turn out very well.
Well, that's it for today! Have a grand week.
