Holy Hair

Do you know what today is?

MONDAY!!!

and...

CINCO DE MAYO!!!

and do you know what that means??

TACOS FOR DINNER!!!!

(↑one of my all time favorite meals ↑)

and do you know what yesterday was??

MAY THE FORTH!!! (...be with you)

and do you know what tomorrow is?

NATIONAL TOURIST APPRECIATION DAY!!

(So when you see an obnoxious tourist just give them a big hug, thank them, walk away and give them no explanation as to why.) 

Now moving onto the point of this post. (No it wasn't just to inform you about holidays, sorry.)

You may not remember this, but when I went on a cruise in February, I came back with corn rows. Fifty-two of them. (At least I think, I can't remember exactly how many.)

So I had the corn rows in for about a week. And they were driving me crazyyyyyyyyy. I may have complained to you about how much they hurt & itched. (Boys you wouldn't understand.) But you know that feeling when your hair has been in a pony tail for WAYYYYYY to long? Well it felt like that. But hundreds of them all over my head.

So the process of taking them out was about two hours....

I had taken off all the beads and rubber-bands first, but the braids didn't just unravel themselves, they stayed in place. Great. So I had to take them apart one by one. I was only halfway through the process of taking them out when I had gone over to Lane's, so she had to help me take them out.

Let me tell you, my hair was the definition of disgusting. It felt like old fringed yarn and my hair was just falling out!! (Because you loose between 50 - 100 strands of hair a day and for a week none of that fell out so... that's why.) So here are some beautiful pictures of this hair due...

BEFORE

Gettin' the hair braided

I felt like an alien/avatar with the braids.

AFTER

Look at those tiny tiny tiny waves

The wise words of Lane

Our band name is Pink Fluffy Unicorns

The picture doesn't even show how much
poof there was

OHMYGOD MORGAN YOU'RE SO TAN

Before I even begin, let me just say... 

I GOT A UKUELE!!!! I CAN NOT CONTAIN MY EXCITMENT! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR TOO LONG!!!! IT'S SO MAJESTIC AND BEAUTIFUL AND JUST SO HAPPY SOUNDING!!! (I just called my ukulele an it!! Scratch that! My ukulele is anything but an it! A he or a she? I haven't decided yet... and I can't decide on a name. I want it to be something Hawaiian cause it is a ukulele after all! But nothing has me like, "OHMYGOD YES! THAT'S THE PERFECT NAME!!) And yes I actually can play it!                       To some extent...

And let's just take a moment and rejoice, ONLY 31 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!! 

So as you know, or may not know, last week was spring break. And I don't want to bore you to death with what I did step by step, minute for minute, millisecond for millisecond but I really have no other option here. Like do you really want to know what I pack? (We all know it's clothes and that's about it. No entertainment need. I got this thing in my head called a brain. Ever heard of it? Probably not because most people don't have one, I'm one of the lucky ones. But my brain can entertain me for a longgggg time. No knowing what will pop in and out of this head of mine.) 

Isn't this the truth!
Image credit & here too

Spring Break (Urban Dictionary definition): So there were lots of interesting definitions... But here's the one that speaks the most truth with not as much detail as some of them... "A time of year usually during late March or early April where high school and college kids have an excuse to party and get drunk. it also gives an excuse to hook up with anyone and everyone, no matter who you have back home." Words related to Spring Break: vacation, party, drunk, beach, girls gone wild, college, and lots of word I'm not going to type on a school computer. 

^ I have not experienced a Spring Break any where near that person's expectations.

So I know all of you really want to know what Morgan did over break. And I know this because if you are reading this you are either a. stalking my blog b. want to know more about me c. my mom d. some creepy old man on the Internet e. some reason I can't think of at this particular moment in time

It is indeed your lucky day. Here is what I did over break. *Applause* But don't work I included my wonderful sarcasm and thoughts of mine. So no need to worry, it will keep you from falling asleep.

So the first few days weren't that exciting, I slept, ate, slept some more, watched some TV, ate some food, did some community service, hit my head REALLY hard so then I read for the next few days in darkness possibly ruining my vision (but not really), and that basically sums it up.

But then...

On Wednesday we left to go camping at Quail Creek State Park after I went to the Orthodontist. (This time he said it’ll be a few more months because last time he screwed up and allowed this gap to occur between my two front teeth and I’m just sitting there all happy and understanding but on the inside I’m like, WELL WHY DID YOU SCREW IT UP!?!?! YOU SAID I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THEM OFF NOW! THANKS A LOT!) Then while my teeth were in pain from this stupid power chain I had to sit in the car for six hours and the worst part, I wasn’t able to eat anything. Thanks orthodontist. 

Swimmin' in the river

Guess what I had to do the first day there? Biking. Oh what joy. And the best part, it was down-hill single track. Yay! (That whole last section just imagine so much sarcasm you want to punch me in the face.) But Morgan, at least it’s downhill! Wrong! Remember the last time I did intense down hill? No well you obviously have a horrible memory or you never read that post.... This just got awkward for all of us. 

Biking ended up being worth it but only because I swam in a river afterwards and it was totally awesome but of course I was the tester to see how cold & deep the water was. So I jumped in from this rock expecting it to be super deep so I went all the way under but then I stood up and it wasn’t even to my waste. I was like “ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!” Oh and I also got ice cream! Which was the only reason I agreed to bike in the first place. 

The next day we hiked Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park and my first thought was, Wow! this would be a perfect spot for an episode of Pretty Little Liars because A could try and push one of them off and it would be super intense but they get away (like always) sprinting down Walter’s Wiggles and one of them trips and falls and yeah...

And my second thought while climbing the death wish, Ew! How many people have touched these chains! GERMSSSS! That little boy up there probably just picked his nose and wiped it all over this and that dad didn't wash his hands after using the port-a-potty. 

Look at that view...! Not the rocks you dumbo! Those two
sexy people front & center!

Anywaysssss... this wasn’t my first time doing this hike. I’ve done it before when I was younger once just to Boy Scout Landing and then in sixth grade, I did the whole hike even the part with the sheer cliffs. And if you ever have the opportunity, definitely do this hike, even if you are afraid of heights. Perfect chance to over come that fear!

But when we were hiking up I over heard a conversation between a little boy and who I believe was his dad. The little one said, “When you were standing on the edge of the rock taking a picture I had an urge to push you off.” The dad appeared kinda sad but in a cherry voice he asked, “Why is that?” “I don’t know.” The little boy answered. The dad responded, “Sometimes I have that urge to. But the good thing is that we both controlled it and didn’t push anyone off the cliff.” The little boy seemed content and said, “I’m glad you didn’t push me off.” “Me too.” said el padre. What a nice father    son bonding moment. 

‘Twas the next morning and Morgan was up because the sun was awake which means she’s awake. And everyone else was asleep so instead of building a snowman (1. there was no snow 2. she doesn’t have a sister with magical powers) so she read. All morning. She read the book from 1/4 of the way done to every single page at the end. Even those boring awknoledgements. Then she went paddle boarding and thought some very deep thoughts. Thoughts that were so deep she can’t even accept the fact they were thought in her own brain. Deep like questioning the meaning of life deep, and questioning every human reaction like fear, happiness and sadness. Some revoloving around the reactions of other people at Angels Landing. So if you want to here all the super deep stuff, just vote on the poll to the right and maybe you’ll get to hear it. 

After paddle boarding we went to the Red Cliffs (Red Reef Trail) and it was red cliffs with some water in the area but still totally awesome! And once again, guess who was the tester? Yours truly. 

     I was the first to go into the pools (to make sure the water wasn't too cold because it won't matter 
     if Morgan freezes over and can't swim out) along with the job to see how deep they were. 

     So there was this really steep slide and I went first. To make sure there was no rock in the water 
     where Tyler could potentially hurt himself, don't worry about Morgan. 

     There was like a seven foot cliff to jump into one of the pools, and I was first. 

Tyler jumping off the cliff, selfie with the fam, and T-Fish sliding down the slide

But we all know the real reason Morgan was the first to do all of this, she's anything but chicken, she's a dare devil. *Dramatic slow motion wink*

So I’m currently writing this on the car ride home. What? Morgan, how are you doing that without Internet? Well, let me tell you. I’m smarter than the Internet, I’m writing on a Pages document. *Mind blown!!* But the whole reason I mentioned that is because I can NOT sit any longer!!! My butt is about to fall off!!! And now my pathetic dog Zac is up on the seats taking up all the space and is big fat head is on my leg so now that leg has fallen asleep and he’s asleep and isn’t waking up so now my butt and leg are in pain. This is just fantastic. And I have to sit here for another three hours. Yay!

Apparently I make a fantastic pillow 

So hopefully I’ll get home soon enough to study for that AP vocab test I have tomorrow (first period) that I completely forgot about. And of course I left my text book at home so I’m kinda screwed... Wish me luck!

Thanks for reading and I hope to see you next week on Let's See What Boring Stuff Morgan Did This Week!

Adios!

P.S. You should check out my last blog post because it now as a new and improved totally rad video Molly and I made about being bored. Enjoy! :)

Oh and totally 100% forgot. That title... Yeah I really couldn't think of a clever title so I came up with that because it's my response from literally everyone.

Now it's your turn to solve the mystery. Was I burnt and it turned into a tan? Just tan? Or a sunburn disguised as a tan?

Here are more pictures: Just because I can ;)

So that cliff that I'm trying to hold, yeah that's what I hiked.
And I went up all those switch backs and touched all those
germy chains. 

Small people fit in small places

There's a giant shark swimming under neath me, just so you know

I Don't Do Science

This past week I got to miss school to go to another school. I know, awesome!

But this school was wayyyyyy cooler!!!

It's in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and it's a school that's all about science, (called the Teton Science School.)

Instead of sitting in a class room all day just waiting for the weekend to come, I was outside learning science hands on.

Before I went on this trip, science was definitely my least favorite subject but after learning outside in the actual world rather than a classroom, it caused me to enjoy science so much more!

I heard from past students told this trip was fun.

But that my friend, was an understatement.

This trip was the most amusing, entertaining, exciting and all around awesome school trip ever.

Each day we were on the tips of our toes just dyeing to know what adventure we would encounter next. Wether it was snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, doing the dishes, singing every where ever we went or building snow sculptures. I definitely made many memories and funny stories I'll tell over and over again. (Most that include Ally & Caroline.)

Here are the highlights of my trip:

• Marty the Moose sculpture along with our flash mob at dinner.
• Watching Ally ride the struggle bus while trying to climb up the hill on cross-country skies
• Cutting down willow trees as a stewardship project
• MAFIA!!!

  

  We took selfies during the night hike even though we
  may have sacrificed our vision for the next few hours

• Caroline's animal call video
• Building the snowman that was as tall as me
• Our water baby experiment 
• Seeing Le Tetons (Muy bonita) 
• Going down steep hills that were hardly even a hill and epically falling
• The night hike and everything that happened along the way
• Cleaning Hoo-Rahs while singing and dancing
• The cursed YOLO
• Lane's story about chasing a coyote

And along the way we actually learned tons of stuff. (I know shocking, it's not like we're on a school trip while at a science school or anything like that...)


So I was told I had to make sure to use science words in this post so here's my list of science words:

• Adaptation

  

  Our bus rides were better than yours

• Snow Layers
• Scat & Tracks
• Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
• Facets & Rounds

Okay just kidding. I can actually put those vocabulary woods into context.

WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS NEXT PARAGRAPH UNLESS YOU ARE MENTALLY PREPARED TO SEE THE NERDY SIDE OF ME, AKA THE SCIENCE SIDE.

The first night here we learned about the GYE (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem) and all the species that live inside it using the acronym ASCAR. (A for alpine S for sagebrush C for conifer A for aspen R for Riparian.) Later on we had learned about behavioral and physical adaptations species have to help themselves survive the winter. FUN FACT: Did you know aspens have a layer of sunscreen on them to protect their photosynthetic bark underneath. We also dug three snow pits six feet deep and learned about the snow layers along with the difference between facets & rounds. Sara also learned that she likes to dig holes along with her hibernation cave. It was really cool trying to identify tracks out in the wilderness and kinda strange observing animals poop inside a container. The final thing I learned was the French fur trappers must have not seen some ladies in a very very VERY long time. (Hence the name Le Tetons.)

This trip was so much fun and if anyone who reads this has the opportunity to go, I 100% hands down, recommend it.

P.S. If you want to check out the blog for this trip, you can find other students who went and their fun experiences here.

Crusin' Like A Norwegian

I used to think February Break was the most pointless break in the whole entire universe.  
(And it still is.)

This was the ship and see each of those red line looking
things? Well, each of those hold over 300 people and each
dot is a room balcony. If that gives you any idea of how
big it is. 

But this break wasn't so boring.

Because I was CRUISN' LIKE A NORWEGIAN!!!

I had the awesome opportunity to go on a cruise with one of my best friends Alexa and the rest of her family. We went on a new ship called the Norwegian Getaway apart of the Norwegian Cruise Line.

I can't even begin to explain how HUGE the ship is!!! Just imagine an eighteen story hotel that's 1,068.3 feet long floating in the ocean. And there ya go, there's my house for a week. But the weird thing is, by the second day we already knew our way around the whole ship.

I have so many great stories from this trip, I don't even know were to begin.

And to many pictures... I think this is almost an all time record so I had to condense them but if you really really REALLY want to seem them, just let me know.

So I've decided to give you My Top Ten Memories from this trip so if you care to know, no one's stoping you but yourself.




10. The Shows

One night we went to Legally Blonde The Musical which I thought was really good, the songs made it even better. One night we went to a magic show on one of the lower decks with lots of flashing lights which caused me to feel really sea sick. And let me tell you, sea sickness is ten times worse than car sickness! But the magic show was way cool! Some illusions I was like I 100% know how to do that and others it was a mind blowing moment.



10. H2Glow

We didn't figure this out until later in the week but each night they have a totally rad dance party on the top deck of the ship. The one night we actually went everyone was either wearing neon or white clothes so everyone was glowing. It was so awesome! It was just a giant dance party in the middle of the calm ocean.


9. Corn Rows

I felt bald, like a person from avatar, and a zombie.

Two hours of my life was spent sitting on the beach while some lady braided my hair. And it actually hurt, not a lot but just enough to make my head bleed. I know what you're thinking OHMYGOD THE LADY MADE YOUR HEAD BLEAD?!?! THAT MUST HAVE HURT A TOOOON!?! She said I had a sensitive scalp and that's why it bled but really it didn't hurt, that much. I still have it in, today makes it a week and I was originally planning on taking it out but I actually really like it.

8. Tree Linin'

One day when we were at the port of St. Thomas, Alexa, her dad and I did a zip lining excursion. It was one of my favorite experiences of the whole trip. It just gives you that sensation like you're flying through the trees and how cool would it be if you had wings and could fly? And the views from the platforms left me speechless, the water was bluer than blue along with islands as far as I could see. The part that made it even better was the guides helping you at each platform. They were hilarious with a great sense of humor that would just keep making jokes. Definitely my type of person.

7. My Bed

IT CAME FROM THE CELING!!! Enough said.

6. Ice Bar (And I wasn't drinking alcohol I promise, it's called a virgin drink.)

This was us in the ice bar with our eskimo coats.

There's this bar that's entirely made out of ice along with a bunch of cool ice sculptures. We called it The Freeze Your Butt Of Bar. You had to put these special coats on to keep you warm considering everyone's in shorts and a t-shirt, plus it was -6 degrees Celsius inside the bar. Even the cups were made out of ice! Well at least the part you drank from, the handle was plastic.

4. Walk The Plank

You know how in pirate movies they tell the bad people to "WALK THE PLANK"? Yeah well I had to, eighteen stories above the ocean. But once I jumped I swam fast enough to catch up to the boat so that's why I am still here today. Just kidding I was strapped on and never had to jump.

3. The Tube Of Death

First you step into a capsule that seems like one you would time travel in. You have a mat strapped to your back, standing on a solid surface, with water running behind you and then out the floor you're standing on. Then a robotic lady counts down: three, two, one and on one the floor drops out from under you you go flying down the water slide, up again and back down. I almost peed my pants the first time I went on it but then I went on it like every chance I could.

2. THE FOOD!!!

Each time I'd go between places on the ship either the pool, the room, the ropes course or any other place I'd stop at the Garden Cafe. What's at The Garden Cafe? FOOD! It has self-serve, soft-serve vanilla ice cream, the greatest bread I've ever tasted, delicious french fries and of course more food. Along with a 24 hour pizza bar, I think yes!

*Drum roll please*

1. I Am Forever Still In Love With Dolphins

This is my secret lover Gaya.

Dolphins. Are like my most favoritst thing ever! They have been ever since elementary school and I have no idea why. It's always been a life goal of mine to swim with dolphins because in fourth grade I got to pet a dolphin and other people got to swim them and I was forever envious of them. And this trip my wish came true.
It was one of the greatest sensations of my life. The dolphins seem to always be so happy, energetic and love to show off their tricks. I'm still in such shock I don't know how to put it into words. Words just can't describe the sensation, you have to go experience it yourself.

I hope one day all of you reading this can go on a trip that's as wonderful or just make as many great memories as I did.

Adios mis amigos! (And yes I speak Spanish.)

P.S. I bet you didn't notice I skipped the number five?