Hello again, world! I don't know what has happened with time lately, it's like I blinked and two weeks just flew by!
This weekend was one that started off terrible. Friday was one of those days that whatever could go wrong, did. If the car we were driving in suddenly caught fire of its own accord I would not have been surprised at all. In fact, I was almost expecting it by the end of the night. Some useful lessons I gathered from the experience, that I will now pass on to you:
1.) Don't ever leave for Los Angeles from San Diego at 4pm on a Friday afternoon and expect to be there before 8:30.
2.) Hollywood is disgusting, dirty, vile, ugly, unkempt, expensive, and overcrowded. If a city is able to be described by sentient attributes, then I would say it is unfeeling, rude, and two-faced. I have no idea why people move there to try to "make it big." At the risk of sounding like a giant, sheltered snob (which I guess I am, in some respects), I kissed the ground in San Diego the second we got back.
3.) Don't ever go anywhere without cash. Apparently, in this world where we can now push a button on our smart phones and pay for our Starbucks, we still need to pay CASH ONLY for show tickets and parking lots. What good is technology if it fails you when you need it most?
4.) If a show opens up with a loudmouthed woman scaring half of the audience away with her ill-timed and ill-delivered fat, ugly, lesbian, and gay jokes, then you know the show is off to a bad start. It's off to an even worse start when you realize it is "her" show, and she will be coming onstage between each act to deliver more low-brow insults that were supposed to pass for jokes. It is around this time when you have sat through two hours of mostly not-at-all funny comedians, that your friend is up next onstage (who you know to be funny, or you wouldn't have driven all the way to LA to see him!) and gets cut off 4 minutes into his act.
5.) If you decide to drive through Beverly Hills on your way back to normal civilization, and you see a sign for road construction blocking the southbound freeway entrance up ahead, TURN AROUND. It isn't worth it. "Well can't I just get on the northbound freeway, and take the next exit that has an entrance to the southbound?" You think to yourself. Oh ho ho noooo! They have effectively blocked off the next ten miles of exits and onramps, and you will begin to smell a conspiracy! At least, I did by the time we had driven another 15 miles north without finding somewhere to turn around.
6.) Even though by this point in time you have effectively wasted about $140 on gas, parking, overpriced drinks and tickets, it is a good idea to do whatever possible to make the rest of the weekend better. Solution? Disneyland!
I love spontaneous trips, especially to the happiest place on earth! So that's what we decided to do with our Saturday. Even though I had some misgivings about how crowded it was likely to be, my boyfriend became the master of FastPass Planning, and we were able to go on almost every ride we wanted to, several more than once. Splash Mountain was the exception to this because the wait times are always outrageous when its 80 degrees outside. We ended up buying season passes, so I am excited to go back again soon (excluding weekends and holidays, because I am too cheap to pay a thousand dollars just so I can go on those days.)
So to sum it up, what started out as the worst weekend ever, actually turned itself around. Sometimes it pays to just say "screw it," cancel plans and spend some extra cash, and just enjoy yourself.
Until next time!
<3 SVL
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