Who Needs School When You Have NYC

Last Wednesday I skipped school, took a bus and headed to the city(I'm a real badass like that). I went to see a broadway play! I went with my stepmom and stepgrandma to see, "On the 20th Century". It was a short play but it was hilarious, I didn't expext it to be so funny! Kristen Chenoweth was the main actress in the musical but I didn't know she acted in movies as well as plays, I didn't even know she could sing! Anyway, after the play we walked to Time Square and just did some site seeing, it was a much needed day off. We even hit the Shake Shack for lunch which is always delicious!

Who Said AP Exams Can't Be Fun!?

Sooo...AP's have been pretty stressful lately, along with it being the end of the year. With that said a big group of us decided to take a little spontaneous trip! Wyatt, Emily, Brian, Garret and I all went to Taft Heights park and just messed around like the little kids we are. Of course, Brian and Garret took their shirts off cause clothes tend to just fall off of them, we made fun of Wyatt because of how he runs and I picked Garret's hair pretty much the whole time! We all tossed around a frisbee after me and Em decided Moes and swings aren't a good mix and of course someone got hit with the frisbee, promise I wasn't the one who hit anyone! But Brian tried to get me to wrestle him and i just wasn't ready for it and that'll we'd have to settle it over the weekend. Anyway, this little trip was by far one of my favorites just because of the good vibes from the park and people I was with, we are without a doubt the epitome of fun:) 

                        #friendgoals 

Afton One Day and Adventures at the Creek the Other!

On Saturday I was in Afton all day working for my grandparents. Altough I was doing work all day it was nice to get away for a while. My grandparents house is the one place for me where I can just relax. Everyone has their own little sanctuary where they feel at peace, mine is my grandparents house. It's all open land with woods in the very back of their property and it's hard not to appreciate how beautiful it always looks! Then on Sunday Brian, Wyatt and I went to the creek at a park near Brian's house. The creek is like the bro hangout and i'm surprised they took me there. As usually

Harris went onto some guys property to look at the barn and "explore" it, really he was just being dumb but that's besides the point. So me and Wyatt left him there so he could get in trouble on his own. After we were done at the creek we hit the dollar store because we wanted cake but they didn't have what we wanted so we went back to my house and hungout outside with my little brother, which adding another bou to the mix caused more trouble, but no surprise there! I really have learned that you don't have to travel half way across the globe to have fun and let lose, i love just hanging out with friends and family and creating our own little adventures! 

 

Third Day Concert in Albany!

Around 4 on Saturday my mom picked me up from Binghamton so we could be on our way to Albany for a concert! We saw Thrid Day, which my moms favorite Christian rockband, at the Palace Theater. The theater was gorgeous but the concert was even better! Christain rock is not my favorite but the concert was so full of life that you had no choice but to enjoy yourself. I had seen the same band 5 years ago at Creation 2010 and i enjoyed seeing them again because this time I'll remember it better. It was nice to see my family happy that night and seeing them happy made me happy. Even though we didn't get home till about 2 in the morning it was still a good time and i'll always remember it:) 

            We Have the same smile!

    Dantè and I have the same smile too!

The Urda Farm!

Yesterday was the first nice day we've had around here since this project began so i decided to venture outside! My dad, my stepmom and I headed up to Windsor to visit my Uncle Alex on his little farm. When we got there to my surprise there was a baby goat, who was about 2 weeks old! It was adorable, and after visitng the goats we messed around in a little pond with my uncles 2 kids, Eli and Seneca. We were trying to catch salamanders. My uncles dad, Jerry, was there too tending to all the syrup he still had to boil. After visiting the farm we headed to down town Windsor to see the new bulding my uncle had just purchased. This building is massive!! It had been an old church/day care and had a basement, 1st floor, second floor and an attic. They're going to renevate the buliding so my uncle can work in it and also rent some of the rooms out to tenants. We also visited my aunts seamstress shop nextdoor, its honestly adorable. All in all it was nice to see the family and get outside for once to enjoy all the sunshine:) 

Corning Glass Museum

Spent all day Sunday at the Corning Glass Museum with my stepmom and my dad playing like little kids. Didn't realize all the neat sciencey gadgets the museum teaches you about and that you can even make your own glass piece,which I did and it looks fabulous! However, i've come to a realization...traveling is only a temporary stress reliever. It's hard to keep that happy go lucky, positive attitude after you've come home from your adventures. But, i've also realized that it's hard to not be stressed when you have a life that needs living. So I'm ok with the temporary relief, it makes me feel good! Makes me feel free and makes me restore my faith in humanity in someway. That's why these little meaningless trips are so much more than what they seem:) 

NYC Bishhh ;)

This weekend was amazing! I ended up taking a trip to New York City with Emily Mackay because she had Nationals at the Armory on Saturday. We left on Friday since we didn't have school  and stayed at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton on the corner of Lexington and 51st Street. We spent most that night in Time Square till about midnight then went back to the hotel. Saturday we pretty much spent the whole day at the Armory which is on the West side of Manhattan. The Armory is AMAZING, it is absolutely gorgeous. Inside there are 4 floors; the 1st floor had all the check in areas including a free barber shop, the 2nd floor had a new balance attire store and a warm up hallway for the athletes, the 3rd floor was how you got onto the actual track (which is banked by the way) with a huge all way where everyone was bumping to kick ass music the whole time trying to get pumped for whatever event they are accustomed too, and finally the 4th floor is where you got to watch! Seeing Emily run so me so hype, we were all yelling and screaming for her and she ended up doing very well. Then on Sunday we spent the day in Time Square, did a ton of shopping and had fun with each other, it was a blast!