Last Friday Night

What a fun weekend!!!!! It was an awesome way to kick start a new, crazy, but exciting 6 week semester. Friday started bright and early at the midnight premiere of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, with Savanna Jane, Kayla, Levi and Michael. I think if I'm ever to go to a midnight movie, these are the kids to do it with. We're not tired at all. It also helped that the movie was SOOOO good!!! I still think it's good and totally worth going to bed at 3:30 and when I roll out of bed at 7 for my class. The three hours of sleep keep me going through the 4 hours of classes and through my homework! It's a miracle. All of a sudden I think I'm about to hit "the wall". And then I do...hard. haha I crash for a couple hours and force myself to get up to go eat dinner with Savanna Jane and Kayla. My phone rings and Carly invites me to go to Papa Ole's with her and whomever else. Well...it was already a good day and to be honest, I'm getting really sick of caf food...and I have another 5 months before I get to go home to real food. (On a side note and a plus side IT'S ONLY FIVE MONTHS!!! EEP!!! :D) Anywho, I can't resist the sound of real food and a good time with some friends. So Kayla, Morgan, Carly, Levi, and I hop the bus and 7 minutes later we're in Hauula ordering delicious Hawaiian food. We sit down by the CUTEST little girls ever outside. They just want to chat about anything and everything. The youngest still in preschool, and the oldest about to start 4th grade. It makes me feel a tad old thinking in about 2 years I could get a job teaching these kids. My faith is restored when the oldest asks me what I was in college for. (She was astounded we were all STILL going to school. Yep....sorry kid, it never ends. Baha) I tell her I want to teach kids just like her. She looks at me and says "You're really cool. I'd want you to be my teacher." YES! Thank you little 9 year old girl. It's the biggest compliment a future teacher can get! haha. I stuff myself with some delicious garlic chicken, shrimp, rice, salad, and lava cake. YUM! We all talk for a couple hours as we eat and at the bus stop while also playing Catch Phrase. My brain is still a bit tired so I'm nowhere near as good as I normally am. I couldn't even get M&M right. Baha. Back at campus we aren't quite ready to split up. Savanna Jane joins us and we finish the night out with Beauty and the Beast. One of my all time favorite Disney movies. Saturday comes bright and early thanks to my body clock and the blasted construction outside of my window. I get a run in and then decide to play the piano for a bit. It's a seriously nice day and I can't pass it up so I get Kayla and Savanna Jane to come to the beach with me. We head for breakfast in the caf and then to Hukilau. It's one of those not-a-cloud-in-the-sky types of days. We swim, read books, eat goldfish, write in the sand, and just have such a good time. I seriously love these girls. We get back to campus and it's finally nap time! (My personal favorite part of the day). Around 4 I think I hear my name from somewhere but I'm in kind of in a half awake/half asleep mode. I listen closer and...no....I'm definitely hearing my name coming from somewhere. I look out the window to find Kayla and Savanna Jame creepin from downstairs. It made me a laugh so hard. They were hungry and so was I now that I got the chance to think about it. We eat dinner and then split up again. I get some reading done and other things. Yesterday Morgan had invited us to go play some games with some people in her ward. I was in. I love game nights! Savanna Jane, Kayla, and Morgan come and creep outside my window again. This time they aren't calling my name, but are making bird noises at me. Oh my friends are special indeed. Game night seems like it's going to be fun but is greatly increased when food is introduced to the mix. We eat and all just get a chance to chat and get to know each other. After pizza we decide to play Balderdash. I know I'm going to be terrible at this game. I definitely tried my hardest but tied for last place...with 4 other people. We chat for a bit more and then decide to play Catch Phrase. I am amazing at this game. Almost too good to be true. It takes me a few minutes to get warmed up but when I am, I basically take control and own this game. We play on teams for a while and break up to play individual for "funsies". Around midnight we know the building is about to close and we all should probably go to bed. Walking back to campus we talk about how much fun we had. This is the time of our lives. Laughing together, playing games together, and just spending time together. The night turned out a lot better than I had planned...considering my plan for Saturday night was to sit in my room watching LOST reruns. I'm exhausted and need to go to sleep but I can't wait for what's going to happen on Sunday. Hopefully every weekend will be as amazing as this one. I wouldn't mind doing it all again. :)