Thanksgiving and such
Hello darlingss! Yeahh it's definitely been way too long since I've updated, my bad.
So how has everyone been? I hope you've all been well, I know I have. I just got back from New York City/New Jersey. The above picture is of a guy I saw dancing in Central Park. I was trying to post it later in my blog, but it wouldn't let me. But he was so funny/cute that I had to take a picture. Anywayy, so we went to visit my grandparents and spent Thanksgiving with them, and that was very fun. Other than the few times a year I see my grandparents, I never see my dad's side of the family. Actually, the last time they saw me was when I was twelve. So I got the typical freak-out when they realized that my sisters and I had actually grown up quite a bit. You know what I'm talking about, the whole typical "OH MY LORD YOU'RE SO TALL, WHEN DID YOU GROW UP?". Personally, I found it weird that I've changed so much and I don't even notice it. But it was kinda funny to see them all flip out, haha. But overall my thanksgiving was good. My aunt happens to be an amazing cook, so the food was wonderful =]
So the day after Thanksgiving we went to New York City. I've probly never seen so many people in my entire life, no joke. It was absolutely insane, but I had a great time =]
We took this train into the city that landed in the train station right below Ground Zero (where the World Trade Centers used to be). Pretty much, you get off the train and go up some stairs and bam, there's this gaping hole in the ground where the World Trade Centers were. Right now it's this massive construction site, because they're constructing this huge building that's going to be called the Freedom Tower. I saw a picture of it, and it's going to be a really pretty building. It'll also serve as a memorial to 9/11. But the whole experience was kind of sad. I hadn't been to New York since after the towers fell. In fact, I was there almost exactly a month before the whole thing happened (there's actually this mildly-creepy picture of me and my sisters on top of the Empire State building with the World Trade Center towers in the background). But my visit really allowed me to get a perspective on what happened. I mean, those towers were absolutely massive, (if they were like any of the other building in NYC then they were crazy tall) and it's not like they were the only things damaged. The whole train station directly below it was completely crushed, and this huge wall under the towers that kept out the Hudson River was also cracked and there was apparently a lot of flooding. Not to mention that the buildings all around it must have been greatly damaged too. It was just sort of a wake up call to how insane that day (and the day's after) must have been. Because for me, 9/11 didn't really affect me. Our principal told us about a plane crash, and he used big words that my little 4th grade brain couldn't really comprehend. Then I went home and I was totally confused/surprised because my mom knew about the plane crash too! I definitely didn't grasp the magnitude of the whole situation for a long time. I didn't know anyone who died or was even affiliated with the situation except this old man who I had met a couple of times that lost his son. I mean yeah, my grandma watched the whole thing from the airport across the river, but that was as close to 9/11 as I ever got. It wasn't till this past weekend that I realized how horrific that whole thing must have been.
But don't get me wrong, my trip was extremely fun. Naturally, I went shopping, haha. New York City is crazy every day, but on Black Friday it happens to be downright insane...so that was eventful, but fun. We also went to see Mary Poppins on Broadway, which was absolutely AMAZING. We were right up front and ahhhhhh it was sooo fabulous. Mary actually flew into the audience, and in this one part, Bert walked on the ceiling, it was sweeet.=]
The next day, my little sister insisted on going ice-skating, and you can imagine how thrilled I was. If you saw me at Broomball, you know how incredibly skilled I am on skates (riiiight). So that was really funny, and I imagined I look oh-so-graceful, as usual.
Well I hope you all are doing well and school/life is greattt.
I love you!
- -Annie <3