Today was our first full day on the boat. We slept on the cruise ship overnight even though we had not set sail yet. Once Rich woke up, I watched a bit of The Incredible Hulk until the ship was off. The breakfasts here were not too impressive this morning.

After breakfast we got off the boat just east of Yichang to tour the three gorges dam. This dam was started in the early 1990's and will be completed in 2009; after which the landscape East of it will be forever changed. The main purpose of it is to prevent flooding of the Yangtze West of the dam and another benefit of it is the power source. It will be the largest dam in the world. The rising of the river caused 1.1 million people to have to relocate; many of the older generations not liking this idea.

Docking the boat there was a huge frenzy of people trying to sell very crappy products and poorly made junk souvenirs. They horded all of the people on the cruise and were super aggressive. I just smiled and made . . . Read More..

This would be all Christina Poponea's fault of course. We were in 8th grade so we were a little rebellious. We decided to get drunk off of coffee and sneak out of her house. To do this we had to turn the alarm off and make sure YaYa didn't wake up. We were walking around the neighborhood when a car was driving up the road. I freaked out and jumped underneath a pinetree. Christina on the otherhand thought she knew the person so she . . . Read More..

It was me against Diamond Dave in a heads up Poker match....

Just a small sweet memory of mine. In 5th grade we went to Boblo Island which was unbelievably exciting. My boyfriend that week was Justin Davis and I couldn't wait to go there so we could hold hands. Yes, I was a dork. After an incredible day of flying around on rollercoasters Justin and I decided to get matching stick on tattoos. He paid for them too which made it even better! We decided on matching roses and stuck them on our biceps. Sweet sweet times. To be young and innocent again!!

Second grade was a BLAST! I was in Ms. Spears 1st and 2nd split class. I was constantly getting into trouble in the classroom for my nonstop chattering. However, the rewards for doing good work were pretty cool. If you recieved a certain amount of stars you were taken out to McDonalds as a reward. I was only taken one time, but it was the greatest reward ever! I also learned how to talk like a trucker in 2nd grade thanks to Elizabeth Pierce! I used my new language on an older boy out on the playground and in return for calling him a bastard he spit in my face! Then I was sent to the "wall" for a timeout. Ahhh the good old days with Cockroach!!! She was evil!! Burt was by far the best time ever!