Dear Diary...
I'M ON THE PLANE TO NEW YORK!!! :D I'm so flippin' excited! I've never been out of California! This is so exciting! I can't believe I'm on my first plane right now! This feels so fake, like a dream come true. Except, it still feels like a dream... There's beautiful skies out right now. There's a few clouds but it's sunny out. It's beautiful up here.
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| This is what I could see when we got high enough into the air on the airplane. :) |
I was so nervous to be going on my first plane ride... ALONE!!! But I'm also very excited about it! Woah, our flight just got super bumpy. :O What is this?! Are there rocks in the sky? :P Anyways, let's start from the beginning. This Tay Tay swift is giving me a good vibe and I already want to write a book about this experience so far. Haha, so let's go back to this morning. I woke up at 1:45 in the morning. I didn't take a shower because I had taken one yesterday and straightened my hair. So, I didn't feel like taking a shower. But I woke up, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and put my makeup and nice pajamas on. Haha nice pajamas, what are thooose? I just mean that I'm not dressed like a hobo... Maybe a cute hobo. I'm wearing grey leggings with grey jogger sweats over, a black t-shirt with a purple sweatshirt over and then a letterman's jacket over that. Then, I'm wearing black and white striped fuzzy socks with moccasins. So I guess you decide, do you think I look like a hobo now that I've described what I'm wearing? I got dressed and then went into my parent's bedroom to wake up my Mom and talk to her for a little and say goodbye. My Mom and I talked for about fifteen minutes. We hugged, gave kisses, and prayed for a safe and amazing time.
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| My Mommy giving me a kiss. <3 |
As we were praying, my heart started pounding and I felt like I was going to cry because I was so nervous to leave my Mom. Neither one of us cried, even though I'm sure we both wanted to shed a little tear or two. That's why I think that she didn't come to the airport with my Dad and me, because she didn't want to cry. She didn't really have an excuse... Pish posh Mom. -.- Haha I still love you though. <3 I'm going to miss you like crazy while I'm gone in New York for two and a half weeks. Not only is it just two and a half weeks... But I'll be missing Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Years with my family. It's going to feel so weird, but also so amazing at the same time... Because I'll be spending it in New York! Manhattan, New York to be specific. Three blocks down from Time Square to be even more specific. AHH I'm just so excited! Okay, back to saying goodbye to my Mommy. <3 We said goodbye and then my Dad and I left. I grabbed my backpack and my Dad grabbed my giant and over-sized suitcase. I swear, it's bigger than me!!! I could even fit inside of it.
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| This is me... Literally sitting inside of my suitcase before I started packing... :O |
My Mom walked my Dad and me out and locked the front door behind us. We left, went to two different gas stations(don't ask, I got food so I was okay! ;)), then we finally got to LAX!
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| A very delicious honey bun that I got from the gas station. Nom nom nom. :P |
Those giant, colorful pillars as you're driving up were amazing! I wanted to take a picture so bad(because it was almost 5:00 in the morning so it was still dark and they were lit up so pretty) but my Dad was having trouble seeing the signs so I had to concentrate on where to go next. He had already made a wrong turn right before we got to LAX, and I didn't want it to happen again. We finally parked and got inside. Then, the usual happened; check in, strip down for security(after they've chosen you out of all of the other one-million people in there to wipe your hand because I guess you look suspicious or something-THEN, you strip for security just for them to let you be the only one to go right through and not need to go through the beeper thing, so I technically stripped for no reason)-Maybe I do look like a hobo after all... :O Then, we sat in the freezing, cold boarding room for about an hour and a half for my plane to board. My Dad and I just talked and sat. I was getting so anxious and just wanted to leave California. I have always wanted to travel and I just wanted it to happen already. <3; My seat number finally got called so I gave my Dad a huge hug and said goodbye(after taking a picture together, of course).
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| My Father and me before I got on my plane. :) |
Then, I walked up, gave the lady my ticket, and she wished me a safe flight as I walked into the airplane. I definitely almost made myself hyperventilate because of how excited and nervous I was to step on the plane and be flying in the sky for five hours. I took a deep breath(literally) and stepped onto the plane. There was a long line of people trying to find their seat and shove their luggage above their heads. But, I finally got to my seat with two other girls who seem about my age. I'm in the middle seat of three. ALMOST to the window. But nope... Girl chose window seat just so that she could sleep on it. -.- Like c'mon, I know that you can feel me staring over that way wanting to be closer to the window so that I could see more. But no, she's sleeping... Oh well! Coming home from New York I'll have a window seat and it'll be so much prettier as I'm leaving the JFK airport! <3 I'm still listening to Tay Tay Swift and my belly is growling, "I WANT FOOD, FEED ME!" but I guess all we get right now is either soda(eww), apple juice(double eww), coffee(probably burnt so eww), and then some delicious water(which is what I now have). I guess I'll eat my chocolate muffin that I got from the second gas station we went to this morning.
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| My scumptious chocolate muffin and my journal and pen that most of this blog was written in. :) |
I've had a headache like all morning, even since before I got on the plane. So, I know I'm not plane sick. I'm probably just feeling a bunch of different emotions right now and my brain can't handle it. Haha, and I'm sure it's also because aunt Flo came to visit(my period). So I'm going to eat my muffin and take some more ibuprofen. I'll come back when there's more exciting things to talk about! ;) Okay, I didn't even get to put my journal and pen away before I noticed something... The girl sitting next to me... Not the window hogger... She checked the time on her phone and it said 9:30am... Then I checked my phone... Whelp, mine says 10:30am. This different time change is confusing me!!! How much longer is this flight then?! :O Not that I'm complaining, just confused. I'm going to eat my chocolate muffin in confusion now... :O Okay well I finished my muffin and took some ibuprofen. But, I'm confused again... I'm watching TV now and it says that it's 1:45pm. What freaking time is it?! :O My hand's tired, talk later! I just had to write down some more confusion...
OKAY, well that's all that I wrote in my journal. It is now 10:30pm on Monday night, which means that it's about 7:30pm in Cali where most of you are reading this. The rest of my plane flight was amazing, it ended in all of that confusion and another headache. But overall, it was really good! I had to get up once to go potty on the plane. I thought that it would feel as if I was floating when I got up and walked through the walkway towards the back of the plane to the bathroom, but it felt pretty normal. The train is worse. I fly down those stairs when I have to pee on the train when I'm going to and from school to LA. But anyways, I finished the plane flight with sleeping for about an hour and a half and then listening to music and watching Disney Channel... While looking so fresh in my headphones.
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| My hot pink, peace sign head phones. ;) |
I was landing and was hoping to get a good picture... But there was nothing cool, just a bunch of water. I thought that it was super pretty with the sun beaming down on it and seeing the ripple effect on the water, but my iPhone camera definitely would have not captured it. I actually tried, they looked like poop.
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| This was the best that I could get. :( |
I got off of the train and followed the signs to get my luggage. I was standing at the wrong spinny thing wondering where my luggage was for like fifteen minutes. Then, I finally saw a bunch of people surrounding another spinny thing and found out that that's where I should have been the whole time. I finally found my luggage and surprisingly picked it up pretty easily. I used my left hand and was on the phone, too. I was afraid that I would be chasing my luggage around the belt until I could finally get it. Thankfully, I become a super strong, ninety pound, little girl who could suddenly pick up a one-hundred pound suitcase... Not literally, but you know what I mean. I then met with my Uber driver, he was super nice.
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| This is me right when I got into my Uber. :) |
We talked the entire drive. JFK is in Queens and my cousins live in Manhattan, so the drive was about an hour drive because of traffic. But I was perfectly okay with that because I got to see some amazing things. I found out there's traffic no matter where you go and no matter what time of day it is. There's just too many darn people here in New York. The car drive to my cousin's apartment was sooo beautiful. We got to see the sunset.
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| This picture is kind of blurry because the car was moving, BUT... This was the beautiful sunset. <3 |
I loved the yellow and orange skies with the black silhouette of the city in the background. It was gorgeous.
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| This is obviously edited, because I tried making it un-blurry and brighter. We were in a moving car so the picture didn't turn out so great. I was also sitting in the back seat and didn't want the whole front of the car in the picture. It was definitely way more beautiful in person... Seeing it with perfect eye vision... ;) <3 |
I got so excited when I saw the city for the first time. It looked so ginormous. My Uber driver said that he loves welcoming people to New York for the first time. He was telling me all about it. He told me that there's always construction going on. They're always trying to upgrade places, which is nice to know. I mentioned how I thought that the little houses were so adorable and I loved how they looked like gingerbread houses.
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| These are the adorable houses that I thought looked like little gingerbread houses. <3 |
He explained to me that even though each of the houses look very similar on the outside, that EVERY SINGLE HOUSE is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT on the inside. That just amazed me. We talked and talked about different things in New York. Then, he drove me through Time Square(even though it took longer than if we would have gone a different way, but he knew it was my first time and he wanted me to have the experience to go the night I got there-he was very sweet). It took me longer to get to my cousin's, but it was well worth it. As we were driving through Time Square, I was totally in love with all of the things going on around me. I loved the bright lights everywhere. It looked like day time because of how many ginormous bill boards there were flashing with pictures and videos with such bright lighting. Those boards are literally like the size of a house. They're so huge.
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| This is the amazing Time Square from the back seat of an Uber. :D |
It's crazy. Being stuck in like thirty minutes worth of traffic just to go three blocks away from Time Square was nice, not because it was packed with people walking and cars honking every five seconds, but because I got to see more and really be able to see what there was around me. I took so many pictures and videos. Everything there just amazed me. We finally got to my cousin's apartment. My Uber driver(well my cousin's Uber driver) stopped the car. Immediately, the car behind us was laying on his/her horn. Literally, until they saw me pull up that middle finger and shove it at them... Just kidding. That part didn't happen. But it would have if I wasn't a good person. Hahaha, anyways... I just ignored the dumb driver behind us. Norman, our Uber driver, grabbed my bag and my cousin walked over to me and gave me a hug and welcomed me. We said thank you to the Uber driver and went on our way. We walked into the lobby. There was this giant, beautiful Christmas tree all decorated. I think it's like twenty feet tall. It's huge. Then, we headed to the elevators. We went up to the ninth floor and walked in the doors. I see my cousins and run to give each of them a hug.
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| This is my baby and me right as I walked into my cousin's apartment. <3 |
I was so happy to see all of them! I missed them so much. I nannied for them before I started college. Then, I started college and they moved to New York... Obviously, I couldn't move with them, even though they wish that I could have... I kind of wish that I could have to. But now, I'm finally with them again, AND IN NEW YORK!!! <3 I am so happy to be here. I am having an amazing time so far! I will be posting a bunch of pictures and videos on my social media, so stay tuned! ... Yes, I just turned into a radio station speaker. Haha well it is now 2:00am in the morning and I am super tired and have to head to bed. I'm still not used to this time change, I'm tired but I'm staying up until 2:00 in the morning to watch Jane the Virgin and blog. What is wrong with me? Well I hope you enjoyed my blog. I know that it was a lot of reading but I am just so excited to be experiencing this right now. I needed a break from stressful college for a bit. Haha lots of love, xoxo. Kenna... <3 Goodnight lovelies. :)
P.S. It is now Thursday at 11:40pm. I just added my pictures to my blog and now it's ready to be posted! I hope you lovelies enjoyed! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!! <3 <3 <3
