The band and choir trip to Disney! (this is going to be really bad English because of my extreme tiredness)

I am convinced that Disney World is the happiest place on earth. They must drug the place somehow. I really think they pump extra oxygen in the air to make everybody walk around for at least ten hours a day, still smiling like they slept a hanger in their mouth. How else could it be possible? I mean, Disney movies and characters are magical but not THAT magical.

Even the 20 hours long bus ride couldn't ruin it. I slept most of the ride anyway. When coming home I was so tired that the floor of the bus felt like the most comfortable place to sleep on ever.

We left Uniontown on Tuesday after school. At that point I didn't realize we were going at all. I was still getting over the fact that I won't see my mom again in awhile. The bus ride was bad, but not as horrible as I had imagined. We drove all day and all night only stopping few times. In Orlando we didn't even check in the hotel, we stopped to eat breakfast and then went straight to the park. You can just imagine how stinky and ugly we were.

The first day we spent at the Islands of Adventure. That park is not a part of Disney and I hadn't been there yet so I was extremely pumped. The Harry Potter world was there! I could not wait to see the castle and everything else. The ride inside the castle was the best. It made me so happy and convinced that I am an actual witch, they just forgot to send me the invitation letter to Hogwarts (Tylypahka). Besides Hogwarts, they also had Hogsmeade (Tylyaho) there, with the actual stores that are there. They actually had Honeydukes (Hunajaherttua) and Zonko's Joke Shop (Sekon Pilapuoti). They sold butterbeer (kermakalja) and chocolate frogs and things like that.

That night it felt amazing to get back to the hotel, take a shower and sleep on a bed. After building a fort between the beds and lying there laughing like bunch of morons. Too bad we couldn't do that while the cake was baking in the oven...

The next day was the Magic Kingdom day. I already visited the other parks that we went to, so it wasn't as overwhelming. It was really different to be with my friends though, instead of my host family. We all wanted to do the same stuff and it was really easy, fun and convenient. We did a lot of unnecessary walking that day.

HUMONGOUS MICKEY MOUSE COOKIES! omnomn.

On Friday we had our performance in Epcot. After that we went to the Blizzard Beach and to Hollywood studios after that. Of course the water park day would be the coldest day. Still not that cold though. It was way too hot for me. The first breath of Florida air after stepping out of the bus was horrible. It is so humid there. I could not take it at all, I'm really happy they didn't place me in any of the Southern States. I added sun sc/g-reen on like every ten minutes and didn't get too burned. Just a bit. Oh and I think Lazy River is the best thing anybody ever came up with.

Saturday, our last day we spent in Epcot. I probably had most fun that day just because we were so tired and laughed at the stupidest stuff. We walked around the world twice. We ate actual good food. Me and Shelby got our faces painted. Clairesa acted super crazy and it was too funny. And then Mickey tried to kill us being creepy and sneaking out of my bag.

I had lots of fun and laughed SO MUCH during that trip, it was absolutely amazing. I will miss these moments so much when I go back to Finland. Even coming back to Uniontown felt so lame.

Minulla tuntuu niin usein näinä päivinä olevan niin kamalan haikea olo. Ihan yhtäkkiä iskee suuri haikeus ja huoli. Siitä, että minä lähden reilun kuukauden päästä kotiin ja joudun jättämään tämän kaiken taakseni. Uniontown, likainen, ruma ja kaikinpuolin tylsä pieni kyläpahanen, kaupunki joka on ollut kotini kohta yhdeksän kuukautta. Ei tule ikävä. Kouluni, minun mittakaavassa suuri, sekin likainen ja erittäin haiseva ja tunkkainen epämieluisa rakennus, jossa vessan ovet eivät sulkeudu jos niitä ei muuraa kiinni repulla ja kirjoilla ja joka tarjoaa pelkästään ranskalaisia tai pizzaa ruoaksi. Ei tule ikävä.

Ystävät. Olen saanut aivan mielettömiä ystäviä. He ovat sen haikeuden ja huolen aihe. Heitä minulle tulee ikävä. On minulla ystäviä Suomessakin, aivan mielettömän upeita ja hauskoja ihmisiä, ihan yhtä upeita kun nämäkin täällä, ei se siitä ole kiinni. Mutta nämä ihmiset täällä ovat jakaneet minun kanssani minun elämäni parhaan vuoden. Eikä minulla ole mitään takeita siitä että ikinä näkisin heitä uudestaan. Kyllä me yhdessä lupasimme yrittää. Mutta heillä alkaa yliopisto kesän jälkeen ja he tulevat olemaan köyhiä opiskelijoita. Ja minä luultavasti tulen olemaan se "starving artist" loppuelämäni ajan... Lupaus siitä, että yritetään todella kovasti järjestää uudelleen näkeminen pitäisi olla minulle tarpeeksi. Haluaisin vain niin kovasti että joku lupaisi minulle, että näemme vielä, etten minä tule koskaan unohtamaan heitä, eivätkä he minua. Best friends forever.

I had to do this dance again since people (Miss Groves) liked it. I think it's a Disney World thing now. If I ever have the opportunity to go back I'm just going to walk around the park dancing like that. And if not, I'll just do it every time I watch a Disney movie.

Anniina kiittää.