The shocking confessionThis is one of the only pictures I took through the duration of my stay in Anaheim. My parents were bewildered to say the least, and I'm not sure I have an explanation.
In general
It was an incredible trip. I feel so lucky and grateful for every single experience.
Breaking it down
FBLA: Future Business Leaders of America
My event: Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures
In attendance at the national conference: 7, 864 business oriented high school students
Chance of placing: 0.8%
First Reaction
This is massive! This is incredible! We made it! I love California!
Roomies
Julie, Sierra, and Zoe. Fun, crazy, loud, giggly, supportive. Absolutely the best.
The adventures of J, S, Z, and P
Pool conversations that lasted till our fingers and toes turned to prunes
Early morning run to Target. Run back with gatorade and pop tarts in hand.
Sierra's suitcase! (And makeup bag...and stylish mentoring...)
Laughing until two in the morning
Late night lap-top event cramming sessions
The infamous quote list
Instyler should seriously hire Z.
More adventures
A billion yogurt/subway/ chinese stops.
Sunglass modeling with Blake, Brad, and J
Dance bouncing
Pool flips
Light saber fights
Chocolate mints
Disney Land
Caramel apples
Takami's hair after every single ride
Pirates of the Caribbean!
J pointing out every single hidden Mickey know to man, and spewing off random Disney facts at every corner.
Revamped Space Mountain- sunglasses style
The first ride on Indiana Jones with J, and failing horribly at Astro Blasters.
Cell phone hunting
The beach
Huntington, to be exact
Awesome taxi drivers
Salty waves crashing over me and spraying in my mouth and up my nose
Sunburns to last for weeks
TK burgers
Sand burials
Vintage shopping, J and S lucked out!
Parli Pro
I nailed Order of Business, FBLA Bylaws, and Order of Motions. Unfortunately, ten other people nailed them as well.
Computerized tests! That's what you get at Nationals, baby!
The National placers
J. Linton: Bright, intelligent, gave all those male math nerds a run for their money. I feel like a proud parent. A very well earned 10th place!
Blake Ellison, Nate Leung: Brilliant, smooth, clear, relevant. 5th place!
Homecoming
Blue JetBlue chips
Michael Jackson documentaries
Missing it already
It was a great trip, wasn't it?
4 comments:
The first comment was mine : ) Sorry, I spelled something wrong and couldn't handle it. SO, for the second try-
: ) Thanks for the re-cap. It made me smile all over again.
Ha! I love it!
I feel like I'm reading something out of gossip girl with the whole letter thing.
This is great Paige :)
It really was fun!!
Breaking it down:
Awesome Trip.
Good Post.
Lightsaber Fights.
TK Burgers.
'nuff said.
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