I can't believe I'm actually able to keep my eyes open today. Last night was the longest night EVER!
So Anne, Aurora and I decided it would be cute to surprise our friend Yeli for her birthday. We (more like they, because I spent the whole day working and wasn't there to hear the full plan. grr!) decided to make her a "19 Year-Old Necessity Kit", where we filled it up with things that reminded us of her. Super Cute! We added a black and white disposable camera (since she's a phptographer), Sour Patch Kids, Sour Skittles, a bottle of Margarita Mix with some lemons (she is our Margarita making extraordinaire!), Zebra Cakes (in which i was tempted to open the pack but held back tremendously) and a cute little photo album. Then we (once again, I had no part in this, i just agreed) decided that we would write all over her car with those car-window markers. It would be the perfect plan, really nice- until i decided to ask at what time this was all going down.
"Uh, yea. I'll pick you up after you get out of school!"
"Um..Auro? I get out at 11 pm."
"Oh. Well then I'll be there by 11:30!"
"Um...Auro? I get out at 11pm."
"Well, I get out of Salsa class at 11, so that's when we can do it"
Why, salsa class, why.
This might not seem like much of a big deal to some people, but I'm a bit of an old soul. I hate staying out late on weekdays, no matter what extremely fun,let's-be-teenagers-and-paint-the-town-on-a-Wednesday-night kind of activity comes up. I hate it. I need sleep. Lots of it, too. My mom thinks it's some kind of disorder I have where I'm obsessed with sleeping or whatever, but that's beside the point.
So I get home after class and I wait for Anne and our friend Juanqui to come get me. I took it upon myself to balance my sleep schedule and ask Auro when exactly we were gonna get back.
"Will we be back before 12?"
"Yeeeea, of course! Don't worry, it'll be FUN!"
I get picked up, we're on our way. Then Anne drops the bomb on me.
"So what Wal-Mart did Aurora say she was meeting us at?"
Wait. What? Wal-Mart?
So this was me, at Wal-Mart on a Wednesday night at 11:40. After walking the store what felt like 15 times, we finally got everything and we on our way to her house. I check the time: 12:45. So much for making it back by midnight.
We get to Yeli's house and we start decorating her car. That part was fun because we PACKED it. We drew music notes and wrote inside jokes, and Anne and Aurora even left a cute note for her parents on their cars.
All in all, it was a pretty cool night. And I did NOT get home at 12. Try 2. So 5 hours of sleep and an episode of 'A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila' later (I couldn't resist. I HAD to see who got elimindated!), I'm here, typing this at work.
The moral of this...er, blog: Sleep is NOT for the weak- it's for those who can't take going to Wal-Mart on a weeknight at 12 and playfully vandalizing someone else's vehicle in the dead of night.
But I love Yeli, so I can just make that sleep up some other time. :)
And btw, for those attending the NYC party tonight, HAVE FUN! I can't make it, so I hope everyone has the best time. Party up!