Crowne Plaza

Well.. WE MADE IT!! After a long day of packing, dissappointment, and unpacking! We are finally settled in a comfortable room in our new home at the Crowne Plaza. Oh yeah, and I'm officially 20 now! Yay!!

So all day Sunday, we were doing things. I woke up pleasantly to my cute Blake getting me breakfast and bed. What a great way to start off my birthday!! For those of you that know me well, you know I stress..very easily..and worry..about small things. Well, there was no time to celebrate, snuggle, or get ready in my head. Blake had to repeatedly tell me to calm down and relax and to be happy! I tried. It didn't work too well. We had to be out of there by noon! It helped that I had packed the day before, but it still seemed like there was a never ending load of things out to our car! And on top of that it was RAINING. Beautiful. So here I was, going in and out of the Hotel, back and forth, in sweats and a t shirt. Hair getting matted down and curling. GROSS! I know. It looked very fitting that I was a joyous girl turning 20. Jokes.

The car was finally packed..completely..packed. We had no vision out of our back window, and I had no leg room. Luckily, our destination was only 2 hours away. I actually enjoyed the drive. I got some quality time with Blake, we talked the WHOLE time. It was nice. The scenery was also BEAUTIFUL. The vegetation here is sooo green!! And there are so many body's of water out here! We made it that much closer to the ocean!

We finally got to Crowne Plaza. SOOO excited. The Lobby looked AMAZING. The service was GREAT. We got to our room. HORRIBLE! Okay, well they are actually very nice..but sooo small!! I was so disappointed. I was expecting a suite. Somewhere I could cook...nope. I knew if we were to bring all our stuff in, it would not be comfortable. I was already upset that I had brought a bunch of extra stuff we DIDN'T need, but not having places to put things really gets me in the wrong way. I mean its better to be prepared, then unprepared..but I wasn't prepared for a room that small. Well, eventually, after venturing the whole hotel, we found a room. With two queen beds, that extra bed makes all the difference in how big a room is. We are now living comfortably in Crowne Plaza.

Making meals is still difficult, but we're managing. We had to get a fridge brought up to our room, and were supposed to get a microwave as well, but we had to be put on a list and LUCKILY we got that microwave today! Wahoo!! I've been making top ramen, oatmeal, and easy mac in the Coffee Pot. It's been interesting, but it's worked none-the-less.

My birthday turned out to be just great. I got many wonderful texts and phonec calls and later that night we went to boston pizza with the group, had a GREAT meal (Thanks Chance and Amy!!), and came home and opened a present from Blakes family. It was wonderful. Blake also bought me cupcakes the next day, because the ice cream cake I wanted was a bit pricey. The cupcakes were SO good. (You better believe I made him sing me Happy Birthday when I ate my cupcakes).


Anyways, that's all for now!! Oh yeah, the weather has started to be absolutely wonderful. This sunday Blake and I are hoping to get to the coast.