Warm Weather, Expensive Pineapples and a Fedora

BYU is stingy and doesn't feel it necessary to provide the students a spring break. My friends and I decided to make our own. We all agreed that a trip to Disneyland over the weekend would be perfect. Friday afternoon me, Ashley, Heather, Leslie, Lani, Alisha, Corey and Josh headed towards Las Vegas.
At 4:00am, after crashing at Alisha's house, the gang piled into a less than spacious suburban and started the trek to Anaheim, California. Of course we made a 45 minute stop at a McDonald's somewhere so that the girls could do their hair and make-up. At 9:00, our adventure at Disneyland began.
Rides like Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain and Star Tours brought on some serious nostalgia. Its pretty funny how when you're a little kid, you remember the rides being much bigger, longer and faster. We also waited in line for way too long to pay 7 dollars (my knees hurt and it was really hot okay?!) for an incredibly delicious pineapple whipped float and pineapple spear. Despite the heat and long lines, we managed to have an excellent time.
My favorite 2 rides were Space Mountain and Indian Jones (duh). No thanks to "Gay and Lesbian Pride Week Orlando 2000" I will always have a slightly tainted memory of standing in the line at Space Mountain. Watching two men making out in line for 45 min. kind of scarred my 14 year old self. Fortunately the twisties, loops, high speeds and spacey atmosphere did a pretty good job of distracting me from reliving past experiences.
The best part of the whole entire trip, for me anyways, was the purchasing of my very own Indian Jones fedora. There definitely was a matching whip but poor college students definitely can't afford a 7 foot, leather (fake), braided whip that costs 45 bucks.
I have been on some seriously long car trips before. Like 24-hours-to-Mexico-in-a-12- passenger-van kind of long. But it was not so long as the 4 1/2 hours back to Vegas. No sleep+wet+b.o.+disneyland grime+delirium+motion sick=the worst car ride ever. We made it back alive and dropped dead at Alisha's. Alisha's incredibly hospitable parents made us breakfast on Sunday morning and even made us sandwiches to take with us on our ride back to Provo. Heather and I learned that Lani and Corey have a poor sense of navigation and can be quite stubborn. After a 40 min detour in the opposite direction, we headed back to Provo and made it back in time for Sunday nap.
Overall, the trip was fantastic and I think it's safe to say that we all had a blast. Even though I am 2 papers and a test behind, I can still say it was totally worth it. I think.