my weekend.

This weekend was a bit of a roller coaster. On Friday night, my friends were taking me to the movie theater to meet the rest of the group... and I got a text from my mom saying that someone who has been like an uncle to me (I called him Uncle Norm) had passed away. He was one of my mom's closest friends and he was always a part of my life when I lived in NZ. This news shocked me... he did have cancer but I had not heard anything about it for a long time. It definitely took me by surprise. I have been thinking about Uncle Norm a lot since friday... and it is hard to realize that someone who was such a huge part of my life and my memories is no longer walking on earth. He was the person who taught me how to slurp spaghetti, he cooked amazing meals for my family, he made little popsicle things that he always gave me when I went to his house, we went on "road trips" with him, and we did a lot of stuff together. It sucks that I never realized how huge of a role he played in my growing up until now. I wish I had realized before now so that I could have shown my appreciation. But I didn't... and I will probably regret that for the rest of my life, but there is nothing I can do about it. So the start of my weekend was a huge downer.

Onto more enjoyable things.... we saw Alice in Wonderland 3D on Friday night. I LOVED IT! :D After the movie we went to Sharis for dessert/breakfast. Then I went to the Panda/Trojan retreat. There was not a lot of people there... and they were mostly girls. It was still fun though! We played sardines in this creepy, huge, and maze-like church until 4am. Then we watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights, well I didn't... I slept through it :D haha. Then we woke up at 9am and ate a delicious breakfast of eggs, chocolate chip pancakes and orange juice. After that we headed for THE BEACH!!!! It was SO amazing! The weather was magnificent! I didn't need a sweater on! :D So we hung out at the beach for a few hours. Then we went shopping at an outlet mall. I didn't buy anything but it was fun to look :D After that we headed back to school. It was an amazing day! I got to hang out with people I did not know. None of my close friends were there so it was a good break from our group :D It was a wonderful break from life! So my weekend was pretty roller coaster-ish but it was a good one.