Today is Dana's birthday! Yay! Hehe. We went to Kohl's to do some shopping..she hasn't really been able to lately since she doesn't have much money so she was very excited. We got some clothes and scented candles (the birthday cake one smells SO good). Then we went to the mall (I saw the San Diego River! Yay! Hehe) and had lunch (and got rather wet since it's raining and windy outside :P). The mall it kinda an outdoor mall..you walk on a walkway thing and the shops are along it (those are inside though). I wanted to go to a bookstore but we didn't have time so we just went back to the apartment. I renewed Dana's paid account and then she went to work. When she gets off we're gonna go to dinner with Phil, Dylan and Curran (one of Dana's good friends) at a Mexican restaurant. Sweetness. Hopefully her birthday has been good and special :D

So..Thursday I got to the airport and waited for the flight. They kept delaying it and then it like..EXPLODED. It suddenly got oversold with a billion standbys and there was no way I would have gone on it. Later I learned they kept delaying it cause there was crazy wind in Newark..like 50 MPH winds! I kept getting moved from terminal to terminal. I finally got out on one leaving at 8 something (I got there at 11 or 12 something..9 hours or something waiting?? Haha wowww). I finally got to New Jersey at 12 something..near 1 AM maybe. Dana was waiting and she drove me to her parents' house. Her parents have two cats..one's really fat but friendly haha. I actually stayed in Dana's old room

Friday we went to breakfast (the waiter thought we were sisters!), got gas (heeee they have attendants to pump the gas for them. SWEET haha) and then went up to New York City. It was COLD and windy (though the buildings in NYC blocked out a bunch of the wind..and the sky :P). It was a nice clear day! We took the subway into the city..NYC actually looks like cities in Europe. First we went to the Empire State Building and went up to the 86th floor. It was AWESOME! It was basically a totally clear day so we had a GREAT view!! There were pigeons up there and one decided to land on my head! NICE haha. One side wasn't THAT cold and windy but when we went to the other..ohhh soooo cold and windy. One of my relatives actually worked on the Empire State Building. Then we went back down and decided to walk to Times Square. We walked past their public library and decided to go inside. There were a bunch of scholarly people on their Macs. :P When we came out this random guy walked past me and said he loved me! Oooook then. We found Times Square and then walked to Central Park. The park dims the city noise quite a bit! I wanted to go cause I read in a book you could see glacial striations (movement of past glaciers on rocks) on the rocks in the park. It was totally by chance I read that too. We found the rocks and I was like EEEE haha. We sat a bit on the rocks and then went to eat at the Hard Rock Cafe. I wanted to meet Christine (harmony83)..it was her friend's birthday so she was going there as well. She said she went near the same time we did but we didn't see her. Aw. The food was sooo good! After getting shirts and stuff we took the subway back and then drove to Dana's friend Lisa's apartment. She has cats too hehe. We watched Prince Caspian and drove back to her parents' house

Saturday we went to breakfast (though it was like 12 PM haha). The table they sat us at just HAPPENED to have an "Alaska moose crossing" sign! I was like OMGGGG haha. Their menu was HUGE..and they had over 150 choices to choose from..jeez haha. Then we went to Dana's apartment. She also has two cats but they're MEAN haha. We walked around the lake-pond thing by her apartment and went to the beach (the "Jersey shore" haha) for a few minutes. When we got back we watched 300 (THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAAAAA.) and I met her fiance Phil. He's nice! After that we went back to her parents' and watched Kingdom of Heaven and went to bed

Today Dana's dad was gonna take us flying (he's a pilot and looooves to fly) but it was too windy (ARGH WIND ISSUES AGAIN JEEZ). So we just went to breakfast at a restaurant at the border of NJ and Pennsylvania. Dana's parents are so nice! After we ate we walked across the bridge to Pennsylvania. It was soooo cold and windy! Now I've been to TWO states I hadn't been to before! Then we went back to the house and I brought up the Fairbanks webcam and we watched videos by Margerie guy haha. They were SO amused..it was great. :P Dana and I also watched Fairbanks videos..I pointed out stuff to her. Then it was time to leave. *SNIFF* I was sad! I actually got on the flight I was supposed to get on. I got a middle seat but I could still see out the window. We took off and I saw the NYC skyline..I soooo wanted to take a picture but I would have had to lean over the guy next to me and I was right by the flight attendants (jeez they've gotten mean/strict lately). Then I got the idea the guy next to me could take the picture but when I got my camera out we had already turned *sobs* Aaand here I am. Pictures tomorrow!

YAY DANA! :D We may not get together in person again for awhile though *sniff* It would be quite a trip getting there from Alaska haha

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