The Surprise

well well, some of you may know that i am not home at the moment. i hatched a plan a while ago to surprise my parents for their anniversary. it went brilliantly. only 2 of my aunts knew that i was coming so everyone else were surprised.

the first part of my trip had me going to LA, where i spent some time with my Aunt Marcia. we went to Hollywood and Beverly Hills, walked amongst the stars. i found Bob Marley's star on the walk of fame and i got to place myself in Will Smiths shoe and hand print. it was awesome. i also got to meet up with friends and visit Newport Church, which is the church that one of our pastors started 2 yrs ago in Orange county. that was very cool, to see all the peeps. there were people there that i didn't even know had moved to help build the church. so that was nice. i got to surprise them as well. i had lunch with Nicole (Nikki J), which was good Mexican food. i love Mexican, i miss the good stuff. so L of A was great and then i was off to MIA.

Florida was also a blast. mainly cause i basically surprised everyone and amazingly i got to see a large majority of my family. i have a huge family so that is a feat in itself. my sister was there at the same time and she had no clue that i was coming, so on the same day that i surprised my grandaunt, i also shocked her and my cousins. it was really good to see everyone and catch up. their reactions were priceless. a lot of them when they first saw me, thought it was my sister. everyone kept saying that we looked alike, which neither of us can see.... neways side note, i got my cousin to colour my hair, so now i have bronze/ red highlights. i like them....

so back to the surprise... i went up to west palm beach, where my grandmother lives.... my cuz Kathy took me up there and 15 mins before we arrived called grandma to tell her she had a surprise for her and that she was to stay put. then we got to the house and i just walked in... she said,' OH MY GOOD LORD!!!!' shocked and happy. lots of hugging etc...she was like, 'it is so good to see you, this is really a surprise'. then right after my aunt walked into the house, started to say what are you still doing here, cause she thought i was my sister. i said, you have no clue who this is...lol, then she got it. so in all this commotion, my cousin, Simone, was sleeping, she heard the noise and my voice and was thinking... NO... She Wouldn't....lol... at the same time she opened her door, i walked around the corner and all she could do was cover her mouth..... awwww it was priceless. soooo worth it. that weekend, i got to see my uncle Junior, uncle Willie and aunt Pauline..... it was like i had lucked out. cause uncle Junior lives in Orlando and he was only down to put on the shutters on Grandmas house in preparation for Hurricane Ike, just in case. so it was great we all got to chat and catch up, we went to the beach and of course the mall to catch the sales, that are always happening in the USA. when i went back down to ft. lauderdale i got to catch up with old school friends, which was amazing, and i also got to pass by another uncle Junior and meet his new wife. so i think all in all it was a very successful trip, and well worth the secrecy and the planning.

gosh this is a long one.... i'm gonna cut it here and write part 2, the trip to jamaica in another post