So I arrived at LAX today at 2:30pm (4:30pm in Texas), and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. 75 degrees. The flight went smoothly and wasn't too long. After that 3 hour flight though I don't know WHAT the heck I'm going to do to occupy my time on my 13 hour one to Hong Kong in three days... Hopefully I will be tired enough to sleep, although I find it quite difficult and uncomfortable to sleep on airplanes....
Before I go into my time here in Cali so far, let me just rewind and take us back to the airport in Houston. Bag weight limit is 50 lbs. Put my bag on the scale and what does it weigh? 51 lbs exactly. No joke. This is exactly my type of luck. I'm serious; there should be something called "Ashley McAdams luck" for instances just like this one, because this stuff happens to me on the regular. Anyway, I take my duffel bag of shoes out of my suitcase, check two bags now, and I'm off to security check. (No problems there, thank goodness.)
Now anyway, my travel companion Melanie, whom I will probably write a lot about in my blogs, and I took what I THOUGHT must be the most expensive cab ride of my life from LAX to our rooms, totaling $80. During the ride, I thought for a split-second that I saw Charlie Sheen driving next to us, but the guy was in a Hyundai, and Charlie Sheen probably wouldn't be caught dead in a Hyundai. But it was his look-alike, I swear. As it turns out, I was wrong about the most expensive cab ride, because later on in the night we took a $92 cab ride back from Santa Monica Pier to our rooms.
The pier was fun. Very cold, but fun. Us Texans aren't used to this 65 degree weather at night. Plus it was SUPER windy out on the pier/beach. Our group of 16 got a table outside at a restaurant and we all were huddling around the tall outdoor heaters. The other people eating out on the deck were staring at us like we were weird.... I didn't eat at the restaurant though, because a small group of us ate at Pier Burger right when we got to Santa Monica because we hadn't eaten since our 6-inch Subway sandwich in the Houston airport earlier today. We ate around 6 o'clock here, which would've been 8 o'clock back home, so We. Were. Hungry. Needless to say, that was one of the best burger and fries I think I've have ever had.
After the pier we went to a mall and walked the Third Street Promenade, which was my favorite part of Santa Monica. There are so many good stores and entertainment in the streets.
Tomorrow we have our first class here in the morning. Yes, on a Sunday. Then we have a group dinner and bonfire on the beach tomorrow night. Monday we'll be visiting the Long View Port in Los Angeles, and then fly out to Hong Kong at midnight!
It's been a pretty eventful day. It's only 11pm here but I'm tired, so I'm about to get ready for bed and go to sleep. I can't wait to get the program started tomorrow and see what's in store for me!
Until next time,
Ashley
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