Phoenix is SO hot!!

People find it funny that I say I could never live in Phoenix because it is too hot, yet I lived in Yuma for a year. But I guess I lived in Yuma during a "mild" summer because it never got above 113. I spent the weekend in Phoenix and it felt like 130, believe me.

But other than the heat, I had a really good time. Raquel and I have decided that since we live so close now, we will visit each other at least once every few months, thus my visit to Phoenix. My sister and I got to Phoenix Saturday afternoon and hung out at Raquel's house for a while, before going to a minor league baseball game. Raquel has a friend that plays, so she is trying to learn about baseball, that's why she came to me, the expert :) So my sister and I spent the first part of the game explaining what was going on, then we all got bored and just sat there and talked. It's harder to watch a game when you don't know anyone who plays, so yes, even I got bored after a while. Later that night, we went out to a club in Scottsdale. I was kind of aprehensive at first because I pictured a bunch of rich people sitting around listening to music and drinking martinis, but it was actually really fun. Raquel, her cousin, and I all got really faded, so my sister had to drive our drunk butts around. As Bert would say, "Good times". On Sunday, Raquel's mom took us to the Olive Garden, then we went to watch "Red Eye". It was really good. It's not scary at all, it's suspenseful if anything. At the end of the movie, everyone in the theater stood up and cheered, so I guess they all thought it was pretty good. Then we went to another baseball game that night, but my sister and I only stayed for a few innings because we had to drive back to Tucson. So in keeping with our plan to hang out every few months, Raquel is going to Douglas with me at the end of September. Not like it's anything great or anything, because it is Douglas, but she wants to go visit my mom and my nana and tata.

As far as how things are going here in Tucson, they're going really good. I really like my job...eight to five, weekends and holidays off, no breaking news, waaaaay less stress. I can't see myself going back to news anytime soon, although my sister refuses to watch the news with me because I critique every newscast. I talk to Elia just about every other day, I talked to Vicki a few weeks ago and Javi called me for my birthday and sang to me (Aw, thanks Javi!). As for the rest of you...yay Manny! I'm so glad you finally posted. I miss you (Yeah Vicki, I said it, so there), Bert let us all know what you are up to more often, since you are the farthest away, and Stacey, congrats on the TD thing! You always call Elia but you never call me. Call me! That's all for now, talk to you all soon!

My Recap of the Vacation

So I know Elia already wrote a long summary of our vacation, so I will just touch on a few things and give you guys my point of view.

Raquel got to my apartment on Thursday night and we were going to leave for San Diego the next morning. We sat and caught up a little bit while we ate chips and drank Boone's Farm (HAHA, I felt like I was in high school). The next morning, we left for San Diego around 8. We called Elia from Yuma and I told her that we had gotten so drunk the night before that we were bearly leaving Tucson and she started freaking out in typical Elia fashion before I told her we were just joking :) So Raquel and I stopped at Penny's Diner and ate giant cheeseburgers and drank milkshakes. Aw, do you guys remember going to dinner at Penny's? I started to get all nostalgic and started missing Yuma while we were there, so Raquel said we needed to leave.

So when we got to San Diego, yes, we did call Elia a skinny bitch but I do not feel bad about it because she is. So there. She got all health concious all of a sudden, so me and Raquel had to rag on her about it all weekend. So we went to the mall that afternoon to buy shoes before coming back home to change and go to Applebee's. Yes, Raquel and I were upset because we were surrounded by blonde guys in preppy sweaters and we felt that we should not have wasted our time getting ready. LOL. So we went back to Elia's and after her crack whore neighbor kicked us out of the pool, Raquel and I decided to try to get drunk and took all kinds of shots of tequila. It didn't work. Disappointment number 2 of the evening.

The beach on Saturday was fun. Elia actually managed to get red. Not tanned, but it was an improvement from deathly pale white. She got mad when Raquel and I were calling her powder and saying that she was the color of crack. HAHA. You know I love you, girl! I, on the other hand, threw a towel over myself because I try to avoid the sun at all costs because my friends used to call me Pocahontas in high school and I don't like to get dark. Not that I have anything against indians, Bert :) Saturday night was interesting, though. First of all, trying to get a cab from Old Town is difficult when no one knows where they want to go. Elia got mad at me and Raquel because we told her to go catch us a cab. But as we explained to her, it's her city, so she has to make all the arrangements. So the bar downtown did kind of suck because first of all, it was humid as all hell in San Diego and our hair was all frizzy and we were sticky and gross by the time we got there and once again the bar was full of blondes in preppy sweaters. I wish Yolanda and Chris would have stopped and talked to us, though. Maybe they knew a good place to go hang out.

Sea World on Sunday rocked. I am such a big kid when it comes to amusement parks, so I had a blast. Raquel and I rode Journey to Atlantis twice but Elia decided to wait for us the second time because she is a big chicken and only would ride it once. You guys have to see the picture, though. Elia looks like she's about to give birth. LOL. Before we left, as Elia has already said, she bought a stuffed dolphin named Diego. We were watching a movie when we got back and I was petting the dolphin's fin when Elia accused me of trying to molest him. So she pissed me off and I flung her dolphin across the room, where it landed in a bowl of popcorn that Raquel was eating. Raquel and I, of course, thought this was the most hilarious thing in the entire world so we laughed for an hour. Elia, on the other hand, was not as amused. LOL.

So the next day we went out to have lunch, then Raquel and I left. So that's pretty much it. We had the best time in San Diego, but it would have been so much more fun if all of you guys had been there too. I miss you guys!