Angels Whisper to a Man When He Goes for a Walk

I believe this. When I'm walking or hiking, I think of things that I should write down. I don't know how I think of some of those things. A lot of the time they're spiritual epiphanies and such.

Tomorrow I will be going on the fourth year walk... oh, I mean "hike". It's only 5 miles! What? Easy. Last year was 23 miles. Plus it was freezing. We get to be in the heat, no rain, and we get to go swimming in warm springs and rivers. Then we're going canoeing 11 miles down to a beach. How fun does that sound?! I'm very excited.

I'm glad that I prayed so hard about whether I should have gone on last year's hike or not. I listened to the answer I got. Now I'm blessed with this hike that will be so great for me. It's easy on my disease but I'm sure I'll still be pushed through hard things just as the girls last year did.

I can already see the struggles I might have and I am anxious to see how I do.

I will take tons of pictures and post them when I am back from Salt Lake!

Oh yaa. After we get home from the hike on Saturday, Brooke and I are going to shower at my house. Then we're going to hit the road and drive to Salt Lake. Brooke's family is moving there while she is at the fourth year hike so we get to take a vacation, too! I'm going to be working on one of my personal progress projects with Nana. Blog about that later. Back to packing for me!

The Phaaaantom of the Op-er-a....

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Yep, you guessed it. I went to Phantom of the Opera on the strip Thursday night for Kelly's graduation! It was so amazing. The seats were great. The singers were PHANT-astic. The costumes were PHAN-omenal. Overall, it was PHA-bulous. Okay... that one was stretching it.


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This was the chandelier I got in trouble for taking a picture of. Heh heh. So did Kelly.

There were so many cool costumes! I want to wear one. They look like they make you feel magical and opera-y.

The guys in the play were very "non-unfortunate looking." In the words of me and friends.

The illusions were so awesome, too. Raoul had this part where he was going to jump in the water. He jumped off the bridge & he disappeared into the stage! So cool! There was also a part where The Phantom sang to Christine to look into the mirror because he is there. She looks & BANG! POW! there's The Phantom! His reflection over Christine's. Then.. BANG! POW! she goes into the mirror when he tells her to come to The Angel of Music. Flipping amazingness!

Okay & then another cool thing. The Phantom comes down from the chandelier. He's just hanging there! So cool. Except, I could see the wire. I just pretended like I couldn't, though, so it looked way more cool to think he was that strong.

I'm sure, like everyone else, you've heard that the chandelier falls.. I guess it's in the advertisement? Anyways, it did. It was so cool. "Release the chandelier," The Phantom yells! Then BANG! POW! you see the chandelier shake & start to fall & then it comes crashing down and the lights go out!

We listened to the soundtrack on the way there to get in the spirit of Phantom. Not like we weren't already. We were so excited!

Clarissa, Kelly, her sister-in-law, & I also had a little incident with the windshield wipers on the way to the Venetian. Apparently, Kelly's sister-in-law, whose name I do not remember or I would type that instead of "sister-in-law" which is really long to type, bumped the windshield wiper automatic thing. We could not get it turned off! It took 8 minutes & a phone call to Bishop Morris (his car) to get it turned off. We were all cracking up. They even shot out water when we tried to turn them off! It was so funny. Kelly's sister-in-law started crying she was laughing so hard. It was great.

"Phantom is a 'PHANT-tasic' show!" -Alyssa's Blog

Name Change

The blog name changed again. I'm thinking this one will be a little more permanent. Unless something were to happen where I changed my name. I'm thinking Bonqueesha would be a nice alternative if I had to change my name. I like the spelling, too.

I have new MUST LISTEN to songs. Kiss the Rain by Yiruma & Trees by Keiko Matsui. They're beautiful. Also, Love Story Meets Viva La Vida by Jon Schmidt.

I have a MUST SEE video, too. My goodness. Joe Jonas is awesome. (Don't worry Archie, I still love you the most.) I have to keep reassuring David.. he just gets so nervous sometimes about me liking other guys. He doesn't understand. Silly boy.



Now did that make your day or what? Yes. Mine, too. [:

Then I went & pulled up the Beyonce version because I had only seen it once before and was quite disgusted with it. But next to Joe's, it was funny to watch both. He really did most of the moves... or at least attempted them.

Also, I'm looking for a nickname for this kid I met at a church dance so I can write stories about him in here. Any suggestions?