Roar

On our first day we went to the rhino and lion park which was neat because there isnt much vegetation so you can see the animals really well. They had Rhinos, cape buffalo, antelope, vultures, and there is a whole predator camp there but we didnt have a chance to go to it. The biggest downside was probably the dust and the rental car had like no seal so the dust got all over the stuff in the back. It was funny since at one point the kid we were with was getting really nervous since the Rhino was staring at us there was also a very cute baby rhino.

Day two we were still at the rhino and lion park and we went to go play with baby lion cubs in their animal cheche. There was 2 white lion cubs2 tiger cubs and a brown lion cub all about 6 weeks old and a brown lion cub that was like 4 months old. The little cubs were nervous at first but the big one got right in there biting and climbing

I thought he played rough until the little cubs started to play the bigger cub definitely knew only to bite clothes while the little guys wanted to latch onto skin like they do with each other I still have bite marks!

While there we also got to pet a grown cheetah! He was pretty chill just hanging out letting us scratch his head. And then we went to the reptile room and the guy that took us around the cats let us hold a python :)

The next three days we spent in Kruger national park which was one of the safari places and I heard from a lot of south africans that its the best place. We saw a ton on animals there and went on a sunrise drive and a sunset drive--it was sooo cold. but because of that we got to see some of the cats (leopard and african wild cat) In Kruger we saw all of the big five(hardest animals to hunt--elephant, rhino, cape buffalo, leopard and lion) except for lions. Our second day there our rental car broke down and we had to go meet a guy for him to bring us a new one. We got a nine passenger van as our replacement (but it was from mercedes so it drove pretty well) and then because of a time crunch we had to drive outside the park and get escorted in. While we were in Kruger we stayed at little bungalows and while a bit cold they were really nice (same for the chalet at rhino and lion park) and whats really cool about it since there were only 4 of us this was just as cheap as camping would have been.

After we left kruger (and got hopelessly lost since bad gps coordinates put us in the middle of a field) we went to this little town to go zip-lining. THis was a really cool experience and because I could feel the harness holding me up I wasn't scared at all even the 11 year old with us could do it on his own. Our guides were really fun and made it so we had all of the fun and none of the work. Then we went to a crocodile farm there we got to see giant crocs and they had them roar for us learn a lot about croc farming walk around in the little crocodiles and hold a baby crocodile I even picked one up off the ground.

these are nile crocodiles the one Im holding is about 2 and the ones were standing with are 2-4 they group them more by size than age. The farm is where people get the skin for things like bags and they also sell croc meat. This may seem mean but the farm gives the crocs a 60% survival rate as opposed to the 3% they get in nature. They have about 200 breeding crocs.

Our last day in South Africa was really different from the others, we stayed our last night at claires of sandton (if you're ever there I recommend it, this was a very nice b&b) We went to a place called jozi x where we got to play on a bunch of equipment like a tight rope a climbing wall one of those balancing ladders under them all was like a bouncy castle type of thing. Then we went to the golden reef city which was like a so so amusement park--at least coming from an american point of view.

so the thing about lions

when they mate they mate twice an hour every hour for four days. CRAZY RIGHT!

Ok so this was definitely one of the best vacations I've ever had.

So pictures that will be coming up

me being attacked by two tiger cubs

me petting a grown cheetah

me holding a python

me holding a baby crocodile

me on a zipline

we also saw rhinos leopards elephants zebras etc. and played on some balance/circusy stuff and went to an amusement park

Ill probably post more about it later tell me what you want to hear about

Dream on...

Have you ever felt like your subconscious kind of I don't know hates you a little. This morning I had a dream that just like attacked one of my biggest insecurities. And who knows that it's one of my biggest insecurities oh yeah--me.

Like we have nightmares and dreams that just totally suck and basically we make ourselves have them.

Do you ever find yourself being upset with people because of something they did in a dream which is clearly nonsense since they didn't actually do it.

Sometimes we have good dreams but other times its like your subconscious is saying since you didnt feel crappy enough yesterday here's a little kick.

Alright I've decided to share said dream, even though it made me really mad at the time it's honestly pretty funny.

Ok so to start out just to tell you my boyfriend and his friends talk about pretty girls and while my boyfriend does most of the agreeing and not the pointing out it still annoys me to no end. He only does it around me since he figures I know that he doesn't mean anything about it and only wants to be with me--which I do know. BUT I'm really insecure about my looks. Now onto the dream:

I was on a bus with my boyfriend and one of his friends and I guess we were going somewhere but they kept commenting about how this girl behind us was really "hot" and in my dream I was really upset by this so mostly I was ignoring them. Then my boyfriend was suddenly toward the back of the bus not to talk to her but to take her picture and texted me and was like look the one beneath my phone(its a dream it doesnt have to make sense) and I texted back calling him a not nice name of the donkey variety and told him to leave me alone for a while. All this time I just felt like really really ugly and so when I woke up I was kind of like why subconscious why? why do you hate me so much?

Deserted

clip clap

clip clop

screeching birds

fading into the silence

a faint mumble

of people

no hustle no bustle

lights out

in the local grocery store

crap.

it's a holiday

and I have no food.

points points points

1. words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart
2. always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much
3. love all trust few do wrong to no one
4. the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing
5. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind
6. If you can dream it, you can do it
7. Expectation is the root of all heartache
8. a true friend stabs you in the front
9. history will be kind to me for I intend to write it
10. a child of five would understand this, someone fetch a child of five
11. behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes
12. it's kind of fun to do the impossible
13. get your facts first, then you can distort them as you like
14. guilt:the gift that keeps on giving

15. I have a new philosophy. I'm only going dread one day at a time
16. I love mickey mouse more than any woman I have ever known
17. I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to do other things
18. an eye for an eye just makes the whole world blind
19. No one ever told me grief felt so like fear
20. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Ok so here are the rules 5 points per quote 3 if you had to look it up and be honest people.I swear the points mean something :) try to not look them up

childhood calling

Clearly I'm feeling a bit nostalgic today, These are things I'd like to have right now a few I already have...just not here

I have this book, it's one of my favourite children's books. It's also how I got one of my childhood nicknames :) I love the pictures the little story and growing up it was something I could really relate to since my best friend (emily--her middle name was a elizabeth just like clifford:)) moved away and I had no idea how we could still be friends if she wasnt there.

who doesn't love corduroy? he's just so cute.

ok so paddington bear is what started all of this I desperately want a paddington bear--really this one and you know take him to fun places over the globe--my sister wants to do this with a gnome but I just think it would be fun with paddington bear and his suitcase.

I love love love lambchop I'd kill to have this puppet I've actually wanted one for years

I already have about a million grumpy bears but I love grumpy bear actually all care bears but only the classics not the weird looking new ones.

SO now if any of you want to get me a gift that will just blow me out of the water now you know what tee hee I guess these things are kind of that "easy bake oven" thing (although I never cared for actual easy bake ovens)

FINALLY

I've been locked out of blogger for days and thought of approximately 1.5 thousand things to post about and have since forgotten like all of them.

well here's one thing:

Happy birthday (yesterday) to my wonderful mother. I Hope your day was awesome!

Also I'm amazed by how many people wished you a happy birthday (and thats only what I can see from facebook!) I hope you realize how many people's lives you have touched and affected, I hope that when I turn 53 I can look forward to just as many warm greetings and heartfelt wishes.