When December rolls around, there's an underlying thrill that creeps beneath m
y skin. Not only is it the month that me and two of my best friends were born, therefore making ups triplets, but it is also the month the Jesus was born. So that makes us quadruplets. Now that I think about it I should have added Jesus to that first total. But I digress - I haven't said that in ages. Anyways, it is the month that I go to Arizona with my parents.
Now I'm not sure what it is, but I love Arizona in the winter time. I love the drive out there, I love singing as loud as possible to keep my dad awake while he drives on little to no sleep cause we were all up packing the night before. We take my mom's Lexus - which has five seats and a decent size trunk area. More than enough room for me and my parents + our luggage.
But this year, someone had the bright idea to invite my aunt and uncle + their luggage. Do you know how much that is the stuff into a Lexus? If far too fucking much was your answer, then you were wrong. It's not that much, but it's a lot. So here I am with my aunt and my mom (they're sisters) crammed into the back seat while my dad and uncle shoot the shit in the comfortable and roomy setting of the front two seats.
Yeah. But I love my aunt and uncle to death, so it really wasn't that bad - except that my knee cramped up. So what did we do you ask? Well so that this isn't the world's longest blog post, I'll paraphrase. Is that what it's called? Maybe, I dunno.
We went to Safeway to buy groceries - good times.
We went to the deer petting zoo cause I love going there and feeding the deer. They also have a bunch of other animals like reindeer, llamas, alpacas, goats, a wallaby, a camel (that looked like it wanted to spit at me), a few pigeons, a couple annoying peacocks, and I'm not sure what else - but there are a lot. Once you enter, the deer swarm you and start nuzzling at your hands, hoping that you are there to feed them. If not, they immediately ignore you and move on to the next person.
I bought some stuff to feed them, so they followed me around like a little furry parade. A couple of them were very bold. One tried to jump me when I wasn't looking. And when my back was turned on another, it took the liberty of going through my back pockets. Another tried eating my phone out of my jacket pocket. When you actually have food in your hand, and hunch down to feed one, there are suddenly ten to twenty deer bearing down on you from all sides with their minds set solely on getting that food out of your hands.
I feel bad for the little kids who mistakenly wander in with the food cups grasped in their mini hands. Little faces shining with happiness as their parents open the gates to petting zoo
paradise. I was standing off to the side when this happened - far from the danger of hungry deer.
The little girl was shouting excitedly about deer and OMG THEIR SO CUTE. Then her parents pushed open the gate and ushered her in. As soon as he little boot clad foot crossed the threshold into deer territory, she was swarmed. For a girl of 22 (yeah that's right, I'm 22) who stands at 5'5'' it was no problem, I was able to hold my ground, but for that poor little girl - the only thing I heard after the herd of deer surrounded her were her terrified screams just before her dad took pity on her and lifted her up.
After the mad deer, we went to the Grand Canyon and ate at some lodge thing where I bought an epic fuzzy hat. We then drove over to the watch tower and climbed to the observation deck
and looked over at the Grand Canyon. It was gorgeous. The clouds were still low, and the ground was covered in snow. I really cant describe it very well, so I'll just post some pictures from my phone [bigsmile]
