Come Together

Right now!... This morning I was woken up between 3 and 4 AM... My mom poked her head in my doorway and said "Hey if you want to go with me you'd better get up!" So I got up and threw on some clothes and shoes. When my mom checked me a few minutes later I was searching my dark room for my wallet... Lex was still asleep in our room so I was in the dark, my dog sprawled out on my bed still asleep and me on the ground crawling around looking for my wallet. "What are you doing?" "I'm looking for my wallet." She laughed, "You lost your wallet? Halie that is so you! Only you, only you..." I didn't find it so we charged out into the 4 AM cold and into the car. Our first stop was a Walmart to look for a Band Hero. They had JUST sold the last one right before we got there. So we went to another Walmart and couldn't find them. When we asked a sales clerk in the electronics she said she hadn't seen one all day. She looked and looked at all these maps and things and finally found out that someone had set up a Rock Band display in the Bakery!!! So we went to the Bakery and there was this big stack of them - apparently not many people had noticed them there. We found two Wii ones and hurriedly got one and carried it immediately over to the registers - I felt almost thieflike carrying the big thing with my mom in such a hurry. We then went to Toys R Us. Most of the kids' Christmas lists had been made up of toys from this store. I would turn to piles of toys and recognize them (I being the Christmas list writer) and shout "Kate wanted that!" or "Sam asked for that TWICE and cried when I refused to write it on his list twice!" we left with a basket full of toys when I wouldn't quit saying "This place is filling up... We should go...." We saw the electronic section on the way out. They actually had a section walled off with two exits and security at each one! We didn't go in the line was big. Next was Kohl's. People at this store were actually way more mild mannered than at the other stores! As in hordes of people weren't rushing around - the hordes were a little more laid back and dignified... If that's possible.. Upon entering we met up with two of my mom's friends Esther and Sonya. We didn't buy anything when we saw the HUGE line for the registers that we thought stretched around the store (We didn't stay to find out...). We went to Big Lots because I wanted to see if they still had a slicK so I could check it out but when we got there they had no MP3 players at all! The lady there said that the first wave of customers had wiped them out as soon as they opened the doors! We then realized that was really the only reason we'd gone to that store so we left. My mom said "Why don't we go into Big 5?" trying to cheer me up a little so we did. This poor guy's job was to stand in the door and greet people. He was wearing a short sleeved shirt for work and it was freezing cold but he still greeted everyone really nicely! We went and looked at the airsoft things (See what my teacher did to me way back when?!?! I automatically [That's A-U-T-O-M-A-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y Brenten ;))] shy away from saying "Stuff" and instead say "things"). But we were really hungry so we left before too long. Then my mom and I, after admiring the RISING OF THE SUN (seeing as it had been down before this) went to eat. I voted for Denny's - it reminded me of my great granfather Franz (Yes Franz, he was born in Switzerland). My great grandpa (grossfadi LOL) Franz loves Denny's. Once when we went on a trip to San Diego (Awesome hilarious trip I'll have to write about it later) the only places we stopped at were Denny's'. So anyways my mom got a Grand Slam and I built my own slam because I didn't want to eat the pork bacon. I got pancakes, eggs, hash browns and turkey bacon and I was barely able to finish it! I actually didn't finish my eggs... Then I convinced my mom to take me to Radio Shack since it could be seen from the Denny's window - it was that close. SO we went and she ended up buying a Wii rechargeable battery station and a new phone for Lex and I and some other 'things'. The phone was really cool! The girl who was helping us had an accent and she kept saying "thas a rreally goodeal" rolling her r's. Then we went home and played lotsa Band Hero. My mom let us open it early as an early Christmas present. We still need a third Wii controller for the drums which I think mom and dad are getting today. The drum set is really cool because it has all five colors because it has three drums to hit and two cymbals above to hit. I can do the singing and guitar pretty well. Kate likes "Paralyzer" and my mom likes it when I sing "Bring Me To Life" which I also love singing. I like singing period.. My mom was kidding with me earlier that day because some guy on the radio said "I think in song now!" and I repeated it and my mom laughed and said "Halie! You're all 'That's not normal? I've done it since I was born!'". I really particularly like singing a song on there by Cheap Trick that I keep forgetting the name of... It has three Taylor Swift songs and Dirty Little Secret too. We've been playing a lot of Band Hero since Friday. I got to talk to Maddi via text and Andrew via Facebook. In fact Andrew said "I gtg Taylor and Brenten want me." and I said "You guys are lucky to live so close!" Andrew: "Who?" Me: "You guys and the Fillmores." Andrew: "Oh. Yeah. Brenten and Brenna are over. It's nice." then he left. I texted Maddi immediately "Brenten and Brenna are at the Laws'. I'm jealous. Wish we lived closer." I felt bad after that. Jealousy sucks. And I had no right to be jealous at all! Soooo if any of you read this that I just mentioned I'm sorry I tainted your thoughts with my jealousy. Annnnyways I remembered right after that that we live pretty close to the O'Neills so that's a definite he UGE plus ;)). But I'm getting tired and boring and would rather chat and write my story so I'll go. Laterz!!