Dear Readers, (This is a post I wrote a month ago, but never got around to finishing until now)

As I sit here in fourth north, I can’t help but overhear someone’s melodious voice emanating from the shower, and I can only think of one thing: I hope he washes behind his ears.

So, this past weekend, I took a little journey, a journey of love, of ridiculousness, and overall, a journey comparable to Bill and Ted, when they traveled through time in a phone booth. That is the only scenario that can compare to breakdowns at the continental breakfast, foreign men randomly keying into our hotel room, and Blundo doing the splits.

The weekend started off with a BANG!!!!! WE FRICKIN WON MOCK ROCK! Thats right, Kappa Delta is that sweet…..and a little gangster. Seriously, I was in such shock that I kept grabbing my head and screaming: This moment is HAPPENING! So, after being on an adrenaline high from that for about …..ummmm, I don’t know, a GAZILLION HOURS, I decided to meet the peeps in Ann Arbor. (Okay, I didn’t decide…I wanted to)

So, Nathan and I drive and drive. We finally get there, and meet Drake, Blundo, Simm Dawg, Andy Boy, Megs, Lisa, Erin, Ramish, and B Jo. A night of fun and games ensued afterward, climaxing with a game of 10 fingers. Oooooooh Boy, I found out a lot about people that night.

So, Saturday morning comes…FINALLY. I didn’t sleep all night because I was not feeling well….and people snore. So, Evyn and I decide to travel around the days inn, searching for a much needed continental breakfast, which ended up being down the hall from our room all along.  So, we get there, and I am so excited for Bagels. BAGELS! My favorite breakfast pastry. Of course, they were out of bagels, but alas, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. So, I took an english muffin instead. I tried toasting it, but  found out that the power was out…only in the continental breakfast area. Excuse me, what? How can the power be out only there? So, I eat cereal, (with milk…ick) which did not settle very well in my stomach. So, I waited for the power to come back on, so I could make some WAFFLES!!!!!!! Yes, how tasty a breakfast treat waffles are. So, the power FINALLY comes back on, and there is a giant line for the waffles. I patiently wait and wait and wait, until, it is finally almost my turn! The mother and daughter in front of me didn’t know how to use it, and kept the waffle in until it was crispy, singing latino songs in espanol, but I kept my patience. The moment I did lose my patience, however, was when the lady came and took the waffle batter away in front of me. I started laughing and crying at the same time, making a horrible scene at the continental breakfast. I needed some waffles to make me feel better, and it was quite ironic how it had progressed from the lack of bagels to the power outage. Eventually, the lady brought it back, she was just refilling the batter, but you think she would have told me after I threw a plastic piece of cutlery across a room. Oh well.

So, after breakfast, we all decided to go back to bed again. However, hours after I had finally fallen asleep for the first time all night, someone keys into our room. Crazily, I was sleeping on the pull out couch, which was RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR. A man comes in and says: “chej da tuda?” I look at him all blurry eyed, and I reply, “WHAT?” He answers, “Chec da tudey?” I cannot understand what he is saying, so, in frustration and absolute exhaustion, pull the covers over my head and say: “Go away.” He leaves the door wide open when he leaves, so I jump out of bed, close the door, lock and bolt it shut. I then start laughing hysterically. Andy and Nathan are like: what is going on? I looked at them, and said, “Do you think he meant, check out today?” After that, I just laughed at the ridiculous-ness of the service of this hotel.

So, Smile Today and Everyday, especially at how ridiculous life can be!

Beth