2019withhelo

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November 21:

Smorsgadusborgadus!!!

In the morning sona and I were in a weird mood. POV: you’re my microphone and I’m a singer. This day was good but it had its ups and downs. Smorgasbord was a success with good food and ASB games going well. The rest of the day went by and then after school abel, Caleb, and I talked for what seemed like hours. Things were settled, and we all moved on. Had some chicky nuggets with no ketchup and it hurt. Went home and journaled for a while. It was a tough day .

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November 17:

From what I remember, this Sunday I lived through actual hell. Work was busy, stressful, and so hectic. Whoever makes Sunday schedules needs to get it together and not schedule 11 people in the morning and only 4 in the evening. Poor Ashley has seen hell working those shifts. I remember going home and just bawling my eyes out and then taking a shower and putting on makeup and then feeling better. When I got to the school mostly everything was set up. I was pretty impressed. Our table straight from the 20s. We change and then start filming. It was a little difficult trying to work with Ryan’s shaky hands, but we got it done. We clean up and then I head home. Work can suck so much sometimes. I don’t know how I do it.

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November 13-15:

sharks swim to state!

Wednesday morning was irrelevant. By afternoon we were all so excited. We write our names out on the van and thats when everything started to feel real. Inside the van it was all decorated and we each got a goodie bag with so much stuff in it, and mine had a few more ;). The team meets in the gym for a “hype circle” and then we run outside where everyone’s lined up to send us off. It was so sweet. My favorite moment was looking at videos and seeing abel running behind us with the speaker. He almost hit a few people. The van ride to state was very interesting. Sona and I were in a MOOD. “These two pictures look like one of those who’s the real and who’s the fake”. Halfway through tho we fall asleep and wake up in Yakima and the familiar rest stop. We arrive 30 mins early to the dinner. Walking into the dome felt unreal. Being there as a player was different than being there as a fan. The dinner was... okay. After we head to our hotel and it was SKETCHY. “It smells like a sweatshop” “we need to help the kids that are working in that building!” “This looks like a forever 21 warehouse” we leave not much later for pizza and a target run. At target we buy the familiar things and mess around. Sona orders Pizza Hut and then we stop by and pick it up. “Last one there doesn’t play at state!” Becca didn’t even try.. Back at the hotel we have worship and go around giving people shoutouts and why they stood out to us this season. Then Lynda visits us in our hotel room and we talk until late about season, frustrations, boy problems, relationships, and everything in between. The three drowned rats make a tik tok out of boredom. And then eventually we fall asleep. I think it wasn’t the best idea, and we go into our next game half asleep. It was a big struggle and our team was not together. After we lose I head over and hug julia and emi and cry. We all head to the hotel, and celeste sons and I decide to shower as fast as we could. We all hop in together, wearing our

Thursday morning’s breakfast was gross. In the dome we find a room and get changed and ready and talk. I was nervous nervous for our game. First game to five sets but we won. Favorite moment was the last set and maddie and I looking at each other and going “we’re taking us home” and then winning. We head back to the hotel and all nap. We play our next game and half asleep and lose. Crying I head over and hug julia and emi. I realize how much I had missed those two. Back at the hotel sona, celeste, and I hop in the shower and then we head to the Mexican restaurant. Julia and emi leave after a bit :(. Halfway to the hotel we’re all vibing and then coach nye jumps out of the back of the van and scares us. Classy move. Bruce turns all the way back around to drop him off at the restaurant, and then when we got there he said he was going with us... the rest of the night the three rats laughed and talked about our day. “Why was the door open?..” caleb comes by and we talk by the stairs and I scared this poor lady. She runs back in her room and we hear the door lock. “If you don’t come back by 11:30 I’m throwing a FIT”.

Friday morning we were all dragging. Our game was early in the morning, and usually we did good with morning games, but this time it was different. The dome was way too warm and none of us were awake. The game starts and we’re all doing rough. By the last set I was trying everything to help us so we would come back, but as we say: first to 8 wins the game. 8-1 and bruce hadn’t called a time out. We lose. Crying we all head our seperate ways. Sona and I walk outside and sit by the door and cry and rant. We walk to the room where the team was and it was a tense silence. We watch the WWVA game for a little bit and then head to lunch at MOD. Pizza never hit so different. The ride home was quiet. I got home and took a nap. State couldve been so much more. I’m proud of my team and all the things we accomplished. This season will definetly be my favorite.

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November 11:

started the day off with having to ride the bus to Bellevue because my parents’ whereabouts were unknown. Met caleb at woods who was not happy that I was 30 mins late. I missed him though. We meet sona in the parking garage, and we call abel and tell him where to meet us. “Why are we eating lunch at a parking garage?” After some confusion as to where he was we finally found him and he was even more confused. We head to chic fil a for lunch. While we were in traffic caleb gets out of the car and heads in by himself. We did not know what to do, he just got up and left. The poor worker trying to get by the door and sona goes “si”. In the line some things were whispered between abel and Caleb and next thing we heard is caleb going way too loud “you scum of the earth, you dirty dog”. We order and sit down. “My pleasure”. After chicky we head to Seattle. We sang throwbacks the whole time, and eventually arrived at gas works. It was a pretty, sunny day but too windy. The lighter I brought had literally nothing left in it. Out of desperation, Caleb plugs abel’s ears and yells “does anyone have a lighter!?”. A lady had us one with a marijuana leaf on it. Us three Christian kiddos trying to use a lighter was the funniest thing. After a lot of frustration we light one candle and sing happy birthday to abel. I forget forks so they make makeshift ones out of whatever we had. Chic fil a fries box, napkin, hand, etc. then we head to the top of the hill and let the balloons go. I’m pretty sure we all sang and counted down in our own language. It was the most chaotic thing. There were too many geese walking around. Abel and Caleb decide it was a good idea to throw a rock at them. We all get ready to run, and Caleb throws a rock up in the air towards them. Abel’s halfway down the hill, sona’s right behind, I’m standing there laughing at how the rock wasn’t even close to the geese, and then I look and Caleb ate shit. It was the funniest thing. Poor boy. Sona, abel, and I start laughing so hard it hurt. Sonas car smelled like actual geese shit, and abel thought it’d be a good idea to spray his cologne everywhere. It was so strong we almost died from poisoning. The ride to pikes place was a mix of geese shit and cologne, and sona ran a red light. So chaotic. It was a struggle to find parking too. Halfway we realize that we needed the ticket so without even thinking sona sends abel and Caleb to fetch the ticket, and half an hour later they come back. Later we find out that caleb drove sonas car, and abel had to repark it. I’m still surprised at how she never got mad. We walk through pike’s and see anna and monika?? And then we visit the gum wall. After living here for 8 years I finally saw it, and I wasn’t impressed. We walk down to the wheel and wait in line. I couldn’t find the ticket I had just bought for a solid minute. Then we went on and we were already pressed for time. “Every time you play music you play hamlet” had me personally dying. “He’s always watching, so don’t try anything”. After going around one too many times we all RUN back to the car and drive back. We drop caleb off and then the three of us blast music on the way to molly moon’s. We get some ice cream and then we notice a huge accident right where we had just parked ? We didn’t hear it or anything, but there were at least two fire trucks and three ambulances. It was whack. We sit on a bench facing the city and talk. How we all adore mr Felix, the bad influences, people who’ve changed, etc. abel heads home with me, and there we died of laughing. “I feel balsy Rn, say I won’t”. After he left I felt tired tired. I was happy though. There’s nothing better than spending time with the right people. I laughed so much this day it’s crazy. Shoutout to my friends, you guys make my life so much better. God is so good with the people He put in my life. Happy Birthday Abel! Here’s to 16 more!

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November 7:

Tri district highlights:

-natalie getting the game point by digging that tip. Truly a one hit wonder.

-everyone getting mad at me because I want to eat at a Mexican restaurant.

-jokingly saying I was gonna eat Woods coffee for lunch and bruce thinking I was serious.

-Karen bringing me fajitas from the Mexican restaurant.

-taking such a good nap

-barely winning that last game

-becoming tri district champions !!!

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October 29-31:

Footage from three of the best lived days of this month. That one day after the volleyball jamboree that 2+2 went to coastline for food. We really cannot walk for more than a minute before abel and Caleb get distracted. Coastline HIT different and then we headed to that little Russian ice cream place but it was closed to we walked over to the waterfront and watched one of the prettiest sunsets !! We sat on the dock for so long it felt like and just listened to the water and it was so nice !! I love my friends so much. Then when sona dropped us off at school it was us laughing at how everyone that saw us was gonna expose us.

Then the two days where ASB spent preparing for fall festival was WHACK. The first few hours of Thursday we were doing good and got some stuff done. Moved stuff in the room and everything else out. But then came the real fun. Once we had to figure out the riddles we lost all of our brain cells. We sang the national anthem with auto tune, sang to 1D with the lights off and the spotlights ON. Had pizza with the seniors. Made the sign and had a deep talk about ASB team and leaders in our school. Then played with the lighters and the candles. “DONT BREATHE THAT!”. We were at school so late. The day that the Vibe Checkers were born. Our big brains aligned. Sona drives me home and I don’t remember the rest. Friday was another day of us trying to get stuff done for this escape room. We head out to the dollar store and talk managers on the way. “We need an alpha female” “name one alpha female other than me that could manage” “...” “that’s what I thought” I buy an m&m bar and we all ate it and it was so good. I think we’re addicted. Dollar store trips are adventures in itself. Back at the school we run things through and abel and Caleb are there and they run through the room. A lot of screaming involved. We finally wrapped up at 6:30. It was honestly so fun making the escape room with ASB. It was worth it and we made so many memories and laughed so much. Love my team.

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October 24-26:

Our burial of Gertrude and yolanda. The picture that sona, Celeste, and I took that we thought was gonna turn out SO bad but was actually really cute?? That one sabbath we had feijoada and it was SOO GOOD. I think I had thirds.

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October 23-24?

Sons and I had a trip this day. Went home and cleaned the bathroom at 300 speed. Then sona and I left for ulta where we both spent way too much money. Then we decided to NOT eat chic fil a and be big girls and so we ate at a Mexican restaurant. 5/10. We talked about school and friendships, and how everything’s changed since the beginning of the year. Then we almost get run over while trying to get back in her car. The ride to her house we were in our FEELS. We jammed to all the sad songs. The night at her house consisted of sona saying a man lived in her house and me almost calling 911. Us watching this guy outside her house thinking he was here to break and so when I thought he was walking up the drive way I RAN up stairs, and where was sona?? By the door sending almonds a text. She would’ve died first. Celeste almost being kidnapped. Drinking coke and eating chocolate. Doing face masks. And everything else we did. The next morning we woke up and got ready and then headed out to Starbucks where I decide I need coffee. I try a mocha and hey?? Not too bad. Also eat a CHONGAAA BAGELLLL. Then we went on with they day. 10/10. Love these girls like sisters ❣️.

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October 13-23:

I’m just trying to catch up at this point.

Things I remember from these weeks:

-Gertrude and Yolanda finally meeting each other for the first time. And then us burying them a day later behind the school. Caleb and I really let them down as parents. Shared custody wasn’t easy. We also drank from that weird pipe thing that was letting out crystal clear water and it tasted really good. We were trying to join our daughters by doing that.

-NHS thing and being in the same building as queen latifa. Dying in my boots that hurt my feet. Being in the presence of so many rich people as a commoner. Eating the yummiest lasagna and garlic bread of my life.

-going to Shake Shack with 2+2 and running into Ashley and alex. Then taking the two boys thrifting and us just not vibing with anything there so we left.

-all the volleyball games in between.

-that one day in chemistry that the crazy guy from walla walla came and handed out glow sticks.

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October 10-13:

Leadership retreat highlights:

-the haystack dinner that was straight up chips and beans but slapped us out of this earth.

-doing dishes w cliff and Caleb and vibing out

-the kill count sticky note and 1 kill= 1 free dinner

-in the 20 years of marriage with my wife, I had 3 affairs...

-sona, cliff, and I binging on strawberry mints like it was a snack

-that one night we talked outside the cabins until 12 and Ms jordan came out and said “you guys should wrap it up soon” and then left

-“y’all heading back out?”

-spilling relationship tea w sona, gabie, and hailey

-“DoeS YoUR SChOOl alloW pUbLic PDA?”

-“if you could be any kind of bird what would you be?” “Dragon”

-Caleb killing a fly w a spoon and then making a shrine

-“the bee is gonna come back” *bee comes back*

-the eagle and that one night we were all high on the dock. The boat starting to leak and we all left cliff in it by himself and ran.

-Saturday afternoon while we sat on the dock under the sun and cliff played the guitar.

-canoeing w Caleb and that one life guard who would NOT leave us alone.

-winning the amazing grace and chugging that sparkling drink like my life depended on it. My group won fair and square, we just happened to have a bottle opener.

-the FOOD every single meal hit different

-two truths and a lie: “I was robbed at gun point when I was seven years old”

-“so we could take the short and faster route, or we could go the longer way and get donuts” and without us saying anything mr j takes the longer route.

-talking about brazil and reminiscing about all the memories and places I used to visit. The van ride down the mountain to the camp with the sunset. Mr J going in an actual circle and then getting back on the road. And the three individual naps I took.

-singing w sona, natalie, and serafina. Playing granny w them and having to put on my big girl pants to play the game. Singing the national anthem using the auto tune app.

-the night at the pool

-this whole trip man. The most unexpected turnout. Had the best time with the best people, and made such good memories. I’ll never forget this trip. Wish we could go back and do it all again.

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October 2-6:

Fall Classic 2019-

the highest of highs and lowest of lows. We finally beat wvaa and taped it and had people witness it. The best we played that whole weekend. We also lost to wvaa and I cried a lot after that. Lots of California burritos eaten with sona, abel, and Caleb. Never forget Freddie. Or our mints we binged on. The best memories made were the spontaneous ones. If we had never chosen to go to the DX that night... the beginnings of 2+2. Lots of laughs with this group. Never forget Saturday night and star gazing in the middle of the field. I think we almost got run over a couple of times. It was also where everything started. “The orphanage”. Sunday morning was a hazy day where I was too tired to even realize what had happened the last few days. Had the most digusting DX breakfast burrito and walked back with Caleb. It was a sad goodbye. The ride home was a blur. I remember just replaying everything in my head over and over. Those days were ones for the books.

shoutout to the people who made it great. You know who you are.

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September 29:

How sona and I made it through this day is still a mystery. I wake up at the ass crack of dawn and meet her and emily at 6:00 in the mall. We open the store, but we were barely awake. Caleb surprises us with rushes !! I don’t know how because it was like 7 am. The sweetest. The day went by like any other Sunday at the Bellevue square Starbucks: busy, hectic, and so tiring. I did bar the whole time, like the WHOLE time. I never touched the register, but are we complaining ?? No. Me barring consists of every 40 mins asking for a dry rag. I hate how wet it can get. I beg emily to let me leave early, and I could only leave until Alex arrived. He had the audacity to go buy probably his 7th rush of the day and then come back. Sons and I tried shopping but we both agreed we were not in the mood, and so we headed home. At home we start making ramen, and I start uploading the 400 pictures we took. We rush out the house with me holding a disposable cup full of ramen. A quick ATM run and we were on our way. A good drive with some good music and good talks. We spend the evening at the corn maze. The ride back we watched one of the prettiest sunsets. Of course we had to have the soundtrack. Back at the Wiedemann’s house I eat way too much bread and mashed potatoes. We look at pictures by Tim sing and then eat some bomb brownies with ice cream. Sona drives me home and that was the end to that busy busy day.

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September 28:

Photos from a surprisingly successful photoshoot.

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September 21-28:

The week I had about 6 rushes and ate at chic fil a 3 times. I remeber a day where sona, celeste, and I all had the same Tupperware. Costco please sponsor your fave immigrants. The school days after connect were a blur. Friday consisted of driving a total of five hours to see emi play for 5 mins. Deep talks with lynda pak are a need every now and then. We eat some bomb Mexican food. The ride back was a nap and listening to sonas and lynda’s conversation. This one week was insanely busy. I was doing something every day. And after school too. The auburn game was a L for psaa soccer. Lots of crying boys and sore throats. I screamed so much this night, and I’m still not recognized as PSAA’s biggest fan. Shoutout to my friends, you guys keep me going.

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September 21:

The greatest Auburn VS PSAA game to exist.

I love this team 💙💛

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September 20:

Highlights of this day:

-going to McDonald’s and eating a disgusting Frappuccino. Then Nye decides to take us to get ice cream.

-driving to the middle of nowhere

-pulling up to the warehouse and the guy giving us free ice cream

-laughing and making jokes about how we were “not feeling too good” and we were about to be snatched up and taken into human trafficking.

-playing cup pong in the parking lot ??

-the nap in the van that started it all

-waking up from this absolute of a fever dream

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September 19:

Started the morning off with breakfast where I had so many breakfast patties. We went back to the cabin, changed, and then ASB had a quick meeting before we started. I already knew this was gonna be a mess before it had even begun. We tried to explain as fast as we could to coach nye exactly what he was doing. We started with the word game and it went by pretty well, and then teacher impersonations and where I got one too many compliments for my P.T impersonation. And then, it began. The amazing race. To sum it up: chaotic. We tried. After we went to musical chairs, the drink game, and then egg roulette. Caleb cracked an egg on my head, and then I went back rinsed it out and then abel and caleb cracked TWO eggs on my head. Actually disgusting. Abel almost gets run over by the cart that was speeding by. I died laughing. The hose wasn’t being much help especially because abel kept spraying me with it. I ran to the cabin and washed it out as best as I could. For lunch we had burritos and they were not good. I kept eating abel’s plate of apples. Then we headed out on our excursion. First to the muffin store where we made one too many jokes about crossing the street without looking, and hoping to get hit. Inside I get a chocolate cheesecake muffin and it was so good. Abel walks out with a rush in his hand ?? Being the addicts we are, we all buy one. We head back out and drive up to the lookout point. Celeste and I have flashbacks from that one music trip we went on. Not a good time. So many pictures, this lady was walking around with her parrot? And abel wanted to drive the van. He got pretty upset that coach Nye wouldn’t let him. Maybe next time abel! After the lookout we stopped by a playground in the middle of Anacortes. Abel, Caleb, and I decide it’s a good idea to find in the tire hole. We stay there for a solid like fifteen minutes just laughing. We’re dumb dumb. Then the bridge where celeste went too far, and abel almost died. We walk along the top too, and all I remeber is Caleb spitting in the air and trying to catch it back in his mouth. Back in the van we tune the radio to some Bollywood music, and then some country bops. This whole afternoon trip was the best part of the day, but the day did not end there. We get back and lounge around until dinner. The crackheads watch more kombucha girl videos. “Coming for your NECKH” “Point Blank PERIODT” “Im getting...public restroom”. I did not eat dinner, and I’m glad I didn’t. The chili did not look or smell good. Abel and I sit and cry because we were so hungry, and we just wanted a good meal. We thought about all the options. Postmates, driving to McDonalds with coach, and just straight up walking to the nearest place. But the teachers shut that idea down so quick. And then I got the best idea, why not ask the one person who would get us food, lynda freaking pak. We sit outside with her and complain about the bad food. She agrees that the food is gross and we start talking about what to order. We decide pizza, whatever place, whatever kind. She just gets up and says okay.

I sat in one of the chairs with my blanket and almost knocked out. The worship music was so soothing to listen to. Abel tells me big tea about aubreyanna and baby j and I had never seen him that mad. Worship starts and we sing so many good worship songs. We had a quick breaking of the bread and drinking juice. Caleb really slurped out loud for everyone to hear. And I’m pretty sure I had like four cups of juice and a whole baguette. I was so hungry. We walk back to my cabin and chilled out on the patio for a while. Then we went back and joined the worship circle. I swear every few minutes I was being pulled closer and closer but hey, I’m not complaining. I see a car drive by and knew it was no other than Lynda so I slide out of the circle and sure enough there she was with enough pizzas for the whole school. I run back inside where Caleb ends the worship with a prayer and he felt powerful. Whatever. Then we head back to my cabin and eat pizza on the patio and watch people run by playing stalk and concealment. We laughed so hard over some bomb little Caesar’s pizza. It was only good because we were hungry. Then we ended the night by the beach and a quick 10 minute nap that actually lasted until 2 am where I woke up and walked back upstairs to sleep.