Say Cheese... Now Smile!

Hello Loves!! Home never looked so good. I was clicking my heels 3 times and whispering "Theres no place like home" over and over again while at the airport today. :) Its not that I DIDN'T have fun at ICON... I did!! I just wanted to go home already...

Hmmm.. where do I begin... OK.. its going to be pretty RANDOM.

On the way to the hotel, our Cabbie pointed out a hooker to Carrie and me on the street.

On our first day, Beth, Cynch, Marlo, Ruby and I were walking down to the mall for something to eat... when we were attacked by a MASSIVE SWARM of GNATS. I'm not KIDDING. The whole city was bombarded with GNATS. SO we were all running down the street waving our arms like we were insane and took refuge in a store.. where we discovered that little gnats sprinkled our hair, arms, legs, and clothes. It was horrible. Beth and I lost our appetite and braved the gnats and ran back to the hotel. When we got inside, it looked like a volcano erupted outside and ashes were just floating in the air... the hotel folks said that it was probably the humidity.

I ran into Jim from Wisconsin who gave me the BIGGEST hug I've ever had in my life.. *I SWEAR!* :D It was really kick ass seeing all the people that we met last year in San Diego... as well as making new buddies.. Kathy, Beth, and I went with Jean to a La-Miss-Tenn party where we had the greatest conversation on steryotypes with one guy, Jeremy. He told Beth that he had NEVER met a Japanese person before and was suprised that she didn't talk like she was *Japanese*.

Trip to Niagara Falls was a LOT of fun! :) We all went on this "MAIDS OF THE MIST" boatride, where we donned on garbagebag ponchos and rode on this boat that sat near the base of the falls. The boat was swaying, water was crashing, and everyone was pretty much soaked. Like Beth said *Now I know how our FOBBY ancecestors felt when they came over here* Afterwards, we walked over the bridge into Canada (as Ryan says The MEXICO OF THE NORTH) where I won a WHOLE $1.25 at the casino. I thought I left Kathy at the border, so Jean and I ran back and luckily she had her wallet with her.

The usual CKI politics and serveral LOOOOONNNNNGGG House of Delegates...

There was a scary fake piano guy playing in the lobby of the hotel.

The city of Buffalo is pretty DEAD. During the day.. its DEAD. At night, its DEAD... with the exception of Saturday night where Chippawa (the street that's filled with clubs and bars) was FILLED with people and cars like those crazy GIRLS GONE WILD videos... it was very weird. Other than that... the wind was blowing and I'm suprised that tumbleweeds didn't roll by in the ghost town of BUFFALO.

1200 CKIers... 16 floors... and 3 elevators. Is that really a GOOD IDEA?

I know have offical *SEXY VOICE* from all the screaming and cheering... Call me if you wanna hear! :)

Lots of crazy times and laughs. Yes... it was a *good time* :) Soooo.. who wants to come to FLORIDA!?!

Well, I'm sleep deprived and lacking proper nutients, so I better finish.

*I feel good.. oh I feel so good. I feel fine.. all of the time. Arrooga... Arrooga.. Arrooga-arrooga-arrooga!*
1) I'm grateful for a REALLY GREAT time in NY.. yes it was BUFFALO... but it was AWESOME! A lot of bonding time and you actually get a sense of the impact we are making in the world. *YES OH SO CHEESY* There was a service fair there were we got to see what other districts are doing and share some ideas. You hear about how everyone does service, but seeing it in the thousands of pictures made me feel all happy and gushy inside.
2) I'm grateful that everyone arrived safely getting there and getting back home. Although for some it was quite stressful, but at least they got there and had a good time.
3) I'm grateful for our KICK ASS district. You guys ROCK! :)