Can you hear me now? Cedar Point part One.

Yesterday was our Senior Trip and we picked to go to Cedar Point - Americas Roller Coast! Where else? ;)

We loaded the bus at about 7:45 and got there uhhhm round 9 or 10.

Me and Melinda sat together
Rochelle, Katie, Jamie, and Brittany were behind us.

We got there and boy was I in heaven- All my best friends and roller coasters - can't get better than that.

The lines were not to bad so we immediately hopped in one and got our first thrill of the day. We moved on from coaster to coaster and even though I have rode them all before let me tell ya they never get old. We were even able to convince Jodi to ride three of them (shes not a roller coaster person, more on that in the next post.)

Then we finally made it to my favorite ride- The Millennium force. I love this coaster. I was so excited. Now throughout the whole day I was worried about my phone falling out on one of the rides. I did not wear pants with good pockets and had the feeling all day that I was not going to end up bringing this phone back with me. But I am a worrier and that I know so I just took the extra precautions on all the rides so that this feeling would not go any further.

But it was different this time.

I decided that on this coaster it goes so fast and I was so excited I did not think my pockets would be able to hold my phone well at all, so I asked Brittany if she could put it in her much better, jeans pockets. We get on the ride and have one heck of a fun ride and then get off. As I am going down the exit I see that Brittany has stopped and is looking around...oh no... I turned to the person next to me and I say "I betcha my phone did not make it" now I had no idea and I just thought on that feeling... and it turned into truth.

My phone did not survive the Millennium Force. I wish I could tell you thats all of this story but there is more...

I called my mom from a friends phone soon after to tell her what happened. Like any mother would be, she was not happy. But she told me to call her again in an hour if we could not find it and she will report it lost. I called her back in an hour and the conversation went something like this...

Me: "Hi mom" Mom: "So you found your phone" Me: "No, I am calling from Brittany's phone" Mom: "Well you must of found it cause you have been texting me" Me: "Nooo mom I have not found it" Mom: "Well someones been texting me"

.....and so it goes. Someone found it. My mom texted me asking if I had found it. They answered No. Mom, thinking it was me, asked where I found it. They answered in the bushes. My mom tried to call, they turned it off and it went straight to voicemail.

So my phone was found, but I still do not have it. They never turned it in. I went to the lost and found and filed a report and as of this morning they still do not have my phone. But someone does.

Its crazy because I do not even know where they would have found it. The only bushes around that ride that are not fenced off are back off the main way and blocked by vendors. Are these people like random bush checkers? I think that they would have had to see it fall, otherwise I cannot think of how they would have found it. And then the fact that my phone is not even worth keeping, really. The front screen is broken and its scratched and cracked and its not even a good model phone. Its not like the iphone or even close for that matter. So why would you not turn it in? And then if you were going to be a smart thief, why text my mom? And as a person taking a phone ya gotta know that the owner is going to shut off the service. So why not turn it in? Its beyond me really. I have priceless pictures on there and even worse I have a friend who I am now never going to be able to get in contact with because I now do not have her number. The circumstances with her make it hard to begin with now I do not have any idea how I am going to find her.

My mom thinks a kid may have found it. A kid that knows how to text and that would hide it from their parents so they would not have to give it back. Otherwise, I have no logic that would make sense. What do you think?

But all-in-all this trip was amazing. I had so much fun with my friends riding roller coasters.

And the answer to the title? No, I can't hear you now, but I am hoping that soon this situation will turn good and that I will be able to hear you now.

And as for the trip- its certainly one I'll never forget.

Tune in for part two- the one part of the story I haven't told yet!

Love,

FFF and my questionably 18 story!

Now I know that you probably want to see the pictures and that's the biggest reason you decided to take a look at this post but first I want to share with you something I find exciting!

I finally got my "questionably 18" moment. Whats that you ask? Well let me explain.

Of course you know that when you turn 18 you are now considered a legal adult and you are granted adult privileges-buying cigarettes, playing the lottery, getting a tattoo and sitting at bars to name some. Well last month I turned 18 and was very excited to get these privileges like most people are when they first acquire them then I realized- I don't want to buy cigarettes or get a tattoo and there isn't really a reason for me to sit at a bar either. pshhh! What can I do!? Now I suppose I could just forget about it until the time comes for me to have my moment but I did not want to wait.

You see, I don't look 18 and I wanted to test my new abilities for fun to see what people would do. Basically I wanted to get carded looking like an eleven year old just to be like HA! Yes you see I am 18. So I decided to try and buy a lottery ticket. So I mosey on up to the machine looking around to see if anyone even cares that this "girl" is doing something that you have to be a certain age to do. ID in hand I take my time deciding on a ticket still looking around to see if anybody cares. Then I select the cheapest one, still waiting. Then I get the ticket, and slowing walk out the door, still waiting (yeah, I am pretty dumb!). And let me tell you what, nobody cared!!!! I was rather bummed and decided to give up on my questionably 18 moment.

But, I finally got it yesterday! ah ha! victory! So here it is....

For a mini-vacation thing my family and I went to Fort Rapids, an indoor water park (which was very awesome by the way!) Well they have a hot tub that's only for guests 18 and older. (Don't jump the gun although I bet you do know what happens next...) My dad decided he wanted to go sit in it and thinking this was my chance I followed along. I walked by the "guard" but he didn't say a think. ok, I thought to myself. Maybe he won't even care. So I put my feet in and not a minute later I get a tap on my shoulder and I hear something. I turn around and It's the guard (score!) Since I didn't hear what he said I said what and he asked how old I was (score!) and I of course replied "18." Hes like "oh, sorry. You look so young" (yes yes yes score!) And there it was. I got my "questionably 18" moment I had been waiting for. At last.

So now that I got to tell you my story here's the pictures!!! So I think that maybe FFF might be some kind of group thing not something I just pull outta my butt. And although I am getting that idea I am not sure what to do now. Any suggestions??? I still want to do FFF so I guess I will go on my own way and see where it goes from there.

So FFF theme for today will be my Favorites from a spring photo shoot I did with my sister about three years ago (when I didn't think to take off the date stamp, lol.) I really do love these photos and am excited to put them up here so here ya go!

^This one happens to be one of my all time favorites. I love it!^

^I just love this one. I cropped it and added the words^

So there you go. Hope you enjoyed and I will try and post the q-shot tomorrow! Comment?? =]

Much Love,

Being locked in a candy closet...

..was never really on my list of things to do before I die. But now, I can say that its happened to me. Yes, today I locked in a candy closet by my classmates. And yes, I did agree to this. Little did I think that I may be slightly claustrophobic. Oops.

Heres the scoop: Our history teacher sells candy to every class to help raise money for the yearbook. Well she had left the classroom when another teacher came in to get food. As I am a member of the yearbook staff I opened up the closet for her. She got her food and left. As I was closing up one of my fellow students had the idea to stick me in the closet and scare her when she opens it for that class. And I, agreed.

So then she comes back, taking her sweet time at that. (Maybe it just seemed longer being in a small space and all) After doing the usual prep stuff she asks the class if anyone wants food. Now hearing that excites me because its getting stuffy in there and I am shaking like crazy and getting pretty nervous about all this. I really am unsure why I reacted like this, I mean its not like I have not done this kinda stuff before. So thats how I have come to the conclusion that I may be slightly claustrophobic. Which checks out for me, because I have noticed tight spaces do make me nervous. But anyways after she asks i hear many of the kids say

"No we don't want any food today" I was like WHAT! This concerned me a bit but then I heard the girl whose idea this was say she wanted something. And then the class started dropping hints like crazy.

The sad thing is, she never picked up on those hints or realized I was not in the room. So it was a surprise when she opened the door and saw me there. She was like wow, now that's a good one! And so it was- even if it did take me the rest of the day to quit shaking. lol.

So thats the story I got for ya.

The other thing I need to say is after long deliberation I have decided on a official name for this blog. Now I understand that if your reading this, you know what it is but I would like to officially announce it, so here it is.

My official blogspot name is: rockinlifemyway

Its got a neat ring to it doesn't it! I sure do think so. And after as long as it took me to pick it I am definatly relieved to have done so.Now I can finally give it out and finally get some people reading this thing!

But of course, how could I forget. What would a sucess on my part be without the usual disapointment that follows? And this time my sucess is gettin this finally goin with a name and all and of course the bad comes along---> Picnik isn't working for me.

Which means I cannot post a picture. Grr. But I will try to post some extras next time

But that's all I have to say for now so until next time,

-Much Love, Dea.

PS- My posting time seems to be an hour off. I don't know how to fix this becasue I do indeed have it set in the correct time zone. I guess blogger never picked up on the time change. So its all an hour behind. Hopefully this will fix itself eventually.