I have officially been to 19 states. As some of you may know, my goal is to go to all 50 states before I turn 50. Thursday afternoon I flew from Portland to Arizona to spend time with Arielle and her family. I had a fabulous time and I wish was still there. Arielle has the week off for Easter, so she's staying until Saturday.
We got to her grandma's Thursday night, and stayed there every night except Friday. On Friday we stayed with Jordan, one of Ari's camp friends. She and her parents are super nice, and they have a cute Yorkshire terrier named Chester (who cuddled with me when I woke up Saturday morning). Jordan drove us around, and we made a pit stop at Dairy Queen. We don't have Dairy Queen in the Bay, so it's a treat for me when I'm on vacation. We rented Repo, a musical that despite being bloody, was lightened by the catchy songs. Jordan works at a cafe at a fancy health club, so we went with her and swam, worked out, and read. Luckily, Jordan got off work an a hour and a half early, so we went to Applebee's and met up with some of her friends.
After Jordan's parents dropped us of at Ari's grandma's place, we went to lunch at the Nieman Marcus cafe where that had delicious popovers. Popovers are these huge, light and airy rolls that come with delicious strawberry butter (I don't like butter, but this was yummy). Afterwards, we went shopping at Macy's and Nordstroms. At Macy's, Ari bought two prom/graduation dresses, while I bought a few tops for summer. I got a Nordstrom's gift card for graduation in June that I put to good use on two dresses and earrings. That night, Ari's cousin Maddy came over for dinner and hung out with us for a few hours.
Yesterday was Easter, so we spent the day with Ari's aunt and family. In the morning, we woke up to Easter baskets with chocolate bunnies, Peeps, chocolate eggs, and jelly beans.We had an Easter egg hunt, and I found eleven eggs with yummy chocolate. For lunch, Ari, Maddy, Mila (personal assistant), and I went to the Phoenician (fancy hotel) where we ate lunch outside. After an hour of swimming, we went back to her aunt's house where she made a delicious dinner, including a lemon cake with lemon curd for dessert.
On our way to the airport, we stopped at a pet store where we held the cutest puppies. Pet Landing is Ari's favorite pet store, and since you have to be 18 to hold the puppies, she got the pleasure of holding them for the first time. They were so cute, and I fell in love with the cutest golden retriever that I wanted to take home.
Anyways, I've been here for about two hours. Amy and I arrived at the same time, so we rode the Pilot Express (school shuttle) together, and got dinner. I had a fabulous time hanging out with Ari, Jordan, and her family that I wish I could still be there (not to mention the sun). However, I have two weeks of classes and one week of finals, so I'm confident that these last few weeks will go by quickly.
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