so on saturday mary and i went to coney island. admittedly at first i was not excited. somewhere in my mind i thought it would somehow be stuck in the 40's or 30's when it was still clean cut and full of american fun and band music. regardless, i really, really enjoyed my time with mary. we walked the pier, we went on a merry-go-round (ok we snuck on), we got nachos with TONS of cheese, went on the famous wheel of wonder and finally went on the sea serpent "roller coaster." i use this term lightly because it was for like, four or five year olds. but there i was in line, biting my nails and asking the guy tearing the tickets if it was a scary ride. instead of rolling his eyes and reprimanding me for my immaturity (ie woman at disney world you know who you are), he said, "we are all different. some people don't think so some do. you'll be fine." so, in typical nervous julia way, i start telling everyone in line how scared i am. eventually a line of people were there telling me i could do it. it looped around three times. and it went pretty slow, admittedly, but i screamed anyway. the second time around, the entire line was cheering me on and shouting my name. it was a beautiful moment in time, coney island coming together for me. fond memories. mary and i also went to the photo booth and took pictures together. then, we got corn dogs, hot dogs, and yummy fries and sat down on the beach and talked before finally going back to manhattan. there mary, mark, mary south and i all went out for dinner and then watched "warriors" in mary's room. it was epic.
sunday we went to church and mary taught a great lesson. it was rainy and we were supposed to meet some of mary and mark's friends from new zealand at gramaldi's under the brooklyn bridge for some pizza. but they cancelled. so mary and i decided it was a good day to order in. we each got a pizza from dominos, some cheese bread, AND cinni stix PLUS a two liter of coke. of course we ate it all, even though we were sick as dogs afterwards. we watched TV and did general sister bonding.
monday was my last day which was a total bummer. we had so much fun though. mary took the day off work. she and i stayed in and watched some more TV, "tales from the darkside" which were incredible. then we met my friend erica from oxford tradition and we all ate some delcicious chicken and biscuits and pie from brooklyn's "pies n' thighs." i recommend it a great deal. then we went to a photo booth in brooklyn and all took photos together. i have a thing for photo booths. then we went into town and went shopping down broadway. erica left after we went to all saints and mary and i stopped in starbucks to put on our new swag before going through china town to catch a train back to brooklyn. we met mark, kelsey, and cousin brooke in line for some grimaldi's. ate dinner (found a sausage casing in my pizza. not cool), and then mary, mark, and i got some cookie dough from a nearby grocery store. on the way back to mary's house i cried on the subway and felt like an idiot. but the week had been dreamlike and i genuinely didn't want to leave her. mary makes me feel so great, positive, happy. also, i loved the freedom in new york. you can wear whatever you want and it doesn't matter because you know there is someone on the street dressed crazier than you. and in provo if you wear the wrong COLOR people stare. its awful.
tuesday morning we watched holmes on homes and mary walked me to the williamsburg bridge where i caught a taxi. i cried and cried and cried. also, the cab driver ripped me off. i got into dallas and bonnie (mary's friend from high school) picked me up. we went shopping at northpark and it was really, really fun. we got lunch and then she dropped me off so my dad could pick me up. its been a fun few days with just my dad and brother. also, got another letter from jacob k. which was unexpected.
so tomorrow i leave for utah. which is weird and this summer went by much too quickly. but i have a lot of plans for this summer that should make it exciting. we shall see.
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