EDIT: Wow, like... nearly three months later I finally get the pictures edited. O_o
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 - We headed out at 4AM, right on schedule. By "we," I mean, me, my mom, and her boyfriend-thing. He will be known as Mr. Thing here. The very first picture I took was of some geese. A HUGE flock of geese.
We arrived at our hotel in Malbury, Missouri without too much incident. Unless you count the fact that we were nearly sideswiped five times on the way there - in Missouri.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15 - We left our hotel around 7AM. There were a lot of female basketball players staying at the hotel. Breakfast was free and fairly good. In Missouri, I took pictures of the land and the Jesus billboards. O_o
We drove through a town called Herculaneum.
Mom dropped the camera at a rest area and PO'd Mr. Thing. We drove over the Missouri River and the Mississippi.
We got into Tennessee and found Jackson with no incident. We checked into our hotel around two in the afternoon (a Holiday Inn).
We were all hungry, so we walked across the street (called Carriage House Drive) to a spagetti place. It was the best Italian I've ever had. I ordered the cheese manicotti and had cheesecake for dessert. I am a cheese fiend. Mr. Thing then informed the realtor of our whereabouts and she picked us all up and drove us in her SUV with GPS navigating system to look at various houses. The second one we looked at they fell in love with. It was perfect.
Before we left, I took a picture of my reflection in the realtor's shiny SUV.
Later on, I went swimming in the small pool. Had it all to myself for two hours. X3
SUNDAY, MARCH 16 - The realtor came up to our hotel room and did the paperwork business with Mr. Thing and my mom. I sat on the bed and played Pokemon Ranger on my DS. After she left, we went outside to have lunch at the spagetti place again. We went to Best Buy and I bought a Hamsterz DS game. Then, my mom and Mr. Thing thought it'd be a great idea to try and find their future house.
I took a video of my mom spazzing out over the roads. I think it might be too mature to upload to YouTube. v.v
MONDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 17-18 - I lazed about in the hotel room, and mom and Mr. Thing went restaurant testing. In the room, I played the Hamsterz game and read the book Marley & Me by John Grogan. I recommend it. Then I went shopping again. We went to Wal-Mart (where I picked up souvenirs), Best Buy (again), and Old Navy. They have an extremely odd mall. Ours in Fargo is far superior. O_o Had supper in the hotel for $40.00. stare BTW, there was a bar in the lobby.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 - Tempers rode high because the bid for the house still hadn't been accepted. Right before we left at 10AM, the realtor showed up and announced that the bank had accepted their bid. They signed the paperwork, and we didn't leave till 11:30. I took a picture of the odd-colored fire hydrant on the way out of town.
We arrived in Kansas City (gawd-awful Kansas City in Misery) around 10PM. We were nearly sideswiped another four times on the scenic route for no reason at all. Mr. Thing was doing the speed-limit and everything! I took pictures of the abnormally huge city as we entered it. I also took a picture of the Marriot, which was right next to our fancy hotel.
Holy buckets, this was the fanciest hotel I'd ever stayed at. It was called Aladdin, but it was really a Holiday Inn. There was an elephant made out of towels, extremely comfy beds, awesome bathroom, 16 floors... jeez.
I took a picture of myself in the bathroom mirror's reflection.
We didn't find this hotel until 10:30PM. X.x
THURSDAY, MARCH 20 - Had a spendy breakfast downstairs. There was an oddly shaped lamp in the lobby.
I was reading USA Today and saw that Volume 28 of Naruto was on their best-seller list. I erupted into a giggle fit exactly as our waiter arrived with beverages. He inquired as to what was so funny, and my mom informed him that I was "into anime." He replied, "Oh, those Japanese cartoons? Yeah, we had a convention for that a month ago." I almost said that I wished I could've been there, but he added, "They were their own cartoon!" It kinda pissed me off. It took us and hour and a half to find our way out of Kansas City. I took a nap for most of this time frame. We arrived in Iowa, and then Sodak (South Dakota). We visited one of my mom's friends. She adored me, but I didn't really like her. O_o After we left, we passed through a blizzard, slowing us down. We finally crossed the border into ND. We made it into Fargo and I just wanted to go home. Mr. Thing was dying of hunger and NEEDED something to eat. He was too lazy to make something and really wanted fast food. Against his better judgment, he went to Taco Bell. I picked a booth with empty surroundings. We were the first people to sit in this area. Shortly after we sat down there, some Bosnians decided to sit behind me and my mom. A girl and her male friend were on the same booth thing we were, and she proceeded to bounce her legs up and down, which in turn shook the booth. I was tired as heck and, angrily, stood up and sat down with force behind myself. I then bounced five times as hard as her, shaking the whole booth considerably more than she had. After I stopped, there was no bouncing. For a while. When Mr. Thing was nearly done eating, she started the stupid bouncing again. I then did the same thing with my legs that she was doing.
I later learned from Mr. Thing that they had looked over at me when I did the first bouncing routine. Piss on them. That's one nice thing about Tennessee - no Bosnians. NOT THAT I HATE BOSNIANS!! ^^' The first Bosnians I met were extremely nice and were the 'good' ones. I've never met nicer people. But these 'other' Bosnians are racist, moronic, selfish, and just... way out there.
Right after we walked out, my mom told me, regarding the girl who was bouncing, and I quote, "I almost asked her what she had up her a** - 'If you've got something up there, you'd better go to the bathroom and dig it out.'"
...there will be pictures later. ^^
