Independence is liberating.

Man, the feeling of being independent is so liberating. :)

On Wednesday morning, I had my graduation portraits taken. It didn't go too bad, though I don't really like my pictures being taken. The ladies taking the pictures were nice and made it enjoyable, which was nice.
That was around 8:25am. My flight to Vancouver was at noon. My mom drove my grandma and I to the airport and I just barely caught my flight. The line ups for security were so long, it was awful. I was bunted farther up because my flight was boarding but I still ended up having to wait quite a while in line. Let's just say that I don't think you've lived until you've had to run as fast as you can through an airport to get to your gate while they're paging you, by name, over the P.A. system. Especially if it's your first time flying alone. :P I must say, it was exhilarating!

Yeah, so far my trip here has been relaxing and fun. :) I love it here, Vancouver is so fresh. And green! Green grass everywhere! :o And Cherry blossoms and Tulips and Daffodils! It's pretty here and even though it's been raining today, its still awesome. The air smells lovely. :D This is what I want at home!

Right now I'm in my brother's place while he's at work. He lives with my cousin and, no offense to guys, but you can tell it's a bachelor's pad. :P No food (they always eat take-out). No fresh food. So I went to the grocery store and bought a loaf of bread, yogurt and granola bars for breakfast and snacks. They have a lot of little blocks of margarine, I'm hoping it's still okay... if not, yogurt on toast is still tasty for breakfast. :) (It's also kind of dirty here... I might clean up a bit...) Maybe later! Now I think I'll go take some pictures outside. The neighborhood is quite picturesque with the trees lining the street with cherry blossoms and green grass and cute houses. :)

Man, I'm glad to get away from home!

-Rachel