Winter Break in Arizona

Hello. My dad said that he would give a 50 dollar iTunes card to whoever wrote the best blog with 500 words. If he didn’t talk about money, I wouldn’t be doing this right now. Anyways, here’s what happened. It was Christmas Eve. My family was at the airport, ready to go fly to Arizona. If you know me, which you probably do unless you’re just a random person reading this, my family has 3 kids including me. I don’t really like my older brother, Khang, but I still had to sit next to him on the plane. Then there’s Bien. I can’t really explain him. He’s nice? He’s mean? He’s in between? For most of the ride, I played video games and watched movies. I can’t really type that well right now, because my cousins at Arizona are distracting.

So when we got to my cousins’ house, we were greeted by one of my cousins named Thucdan. Khang and Thucdan went to church with her mom, but I didn’t go because I didn’t really feel like going. So I mostly played with my little brother Bien and used my 3Ds. After a while, it got kind of lonely. Mass was only supposed to last an hour, and it had been about an hour and a half. So I just kind of stayed in Thucdan’s room.

After another hour passed, 3 of my cousins, Thuclam, Thucquyen, and Khôi came home. We pretty much just played video games the whole time. Then we ate egg rolls and noodles. They were pretty good. After about another hour, Khang and Thucdan came home. Then we got to open presents. I got clothes and a Roblox giftcard. The gift card was useful, but I didn’t really want the clothes. We played the computer and more stuff like that, untill we had to go to bed. The next day, we used our rented van to have a road trip to California. It was a super bumpy 5 hour drive. Thucdan had to throw up 4 times that day. I wish I could erase the memory of her barfing, but I can’t. We ate at a Vietnamese restaurant, and it was good. Then we drove to the dock. We went on a boat to watch dolphins and whales. It was bumpy and I nearly fell over a bunch of times. There was a mini diner where you could buy food and snacks. I bought hot chocolate. The boat ride lasted 2 hours. After about an hour and 45 minutes, we gave up hope that we were gonna find anything. I became bored. Then we saw a bunch of dolphins. I was relieved that this boat ride wasn’t a waste of money. The dolphins found food and birds came and tried to eat the leftovers. Kind of felt like that one time when I was on a cruise on this private island. There was this food place. I got a hotdog and some water, but then these seagulls start chasing me so I starting throwing forks and knives and things and Bien at them. Ok I didn’t really throw Bien but still. We sailed back to the van and drove away. I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I think we headed to Las Vegas. Once we got there, we ate at this buffet inside a hotel I stayed in when I was little. The line was really long, so my dad just bought VIP access and we got inside in about 2 minutes. It was a French buffet. I ate this chicken and a pumpkin spice pie. It was delicious. Then we drove to our hotel. We got two rooms and they were really nice. My parents set up a hot tub in the bathtub. It was relaxing. I probably shouldn’t have stayed in it for long because my fingers were all wrinkly at the end. The parents left to go to the casino, so we got to do pretty much whatever we wanted. I am worried though, because my dad might have a gambling problem, not to insult him. But he did go to the casino a lot back in Ohio. We played a lot of video games. We made a show with the remote controlled curtains. I was the host, Thuclam was the recorder, and Bien and Khoi were the contestants. I guess we did something.Then my grandma made us go to bed. Me and Khang didn’t have the greatest spots though. Thuclam, Thucquyen, and Bien got to sleep in a bed. So me and Khang had to sleep on the couch. Khang got a blanket. I got a used towel as a blanket. It really concerns me on WHO used the towel. It was awful. The next day, we drove to the Grand Canyon Plaza Hotel. Then we drove to the Grand Canyon in the dark. We couldn’t see anything, so we went back to the hotel. It reminded me of when went to Canada with my family to see Niagara Falls. It was cold and too dark to see anything. So as I say, “What a waste!”. Once again, we played video games. The uncomfortable thing is that I had to sleep with mom, and she was sick. Dad just told me to face away from her. The next morning, we went to the Grand Canyon again. We had a great view. We saw the Duck on a Rock. Not a very good name for a sightseeing place, but a pretty descriptive one. Then we went to the Grand Canyon watching tower, which was pretty cool. My mom bought me a cheesecake Oreo pie and hot chocolate. We drove to a meteor crater and saw a bunch of things through the telescopes. It was kind of upsetting that we aren’t allowed to walk in the crater, but that was ok. We ate at Subway and then drove to Sedona. It looked so peaceful and nice there. The thing that kind of worried me was that there was a sign that had the suicide hotline number on it. I got hot cocoa and we walked along the trail. We pretty much ignored the danger sign and kept walking. I ended up tripping and now my knee has an injury. The parents were so slow we couldn’t see them anymore. Then I saw some trails leading down, which reminded me of the suicide sign. So I told Thuclam that’s where all the suicidal people go. We walked to the creek and did things like that. There was a pit stop and we ate at a Thai restaurant. The food was okay. Then we had ice cream. Khang’s flavor got plopped right on top on mine so we had to share. Khang isn’t exactly the cleanest person in the world so it was uncomfortable. We drove back to Thucdan’s house and played games. The next morning we played games. Then my dad told me to write this so here I am, writing this. My other cousin broke Thuclam’s stuff and now she is crying from guilt. So if anything interesting happens, I’ll write today. But if nothing happens, I will just write tomorrow. The next day I woke up really early. It almost felt like it was loud and quiet at the same time. I was going to write, but I didn’t know where this iPad was. So a few minutes after I drank milk, I played my 3Ds. I made a new level on Super Mario Maker, one of the Christmas presents I got early since we were going to Arizona. Then I heard Bien saying things like “stop”. Then I heard Khoi say something and Bien crying. I opened the door to see what was the matter. Long story short, Khoi punched Bien in the stomach for who knows what. He ended up having to stay in Thuclam’s room without any entertainment. I was still trying to find the iPad when I remembered I left it in Thuclam’s room. I wasn’t sure, but Thuclam’s room was the only room I didn’t check for the iPad yet. Unfortunately, Khoi had locked the door out of his anger. I asked him to open up, but he wouldn’t budge. Khang and Thucquyen tried to help me, but we failed. I grew more worried by the second. Was Khoi messing up the iPad? Then I remembered he doesn’t know the password, so I calmed down. Luckily, Thucdan knows how to pick locks, so I got in and took the iPad. But we didn’t see Khoi inside. Then I said he was probably in the closet. So Thuclam said in her own words ” He isn’t in here. Or no wait he is”. I wrote in here and played on the computer for a bit. As I was writing the part about Khoi punching Bien in the gut, Khoi said that we had to say sorry to him. Khoi also said “I hate you.” to Khang, and then he said he still likes Bien. That’s kind of weird to say because Khoi was the person who attacked Bien. Then Khoi started squeezing Khang’s foot to hurt Khang, but Khang just acted like it tickled. Khang is playing on the computer now, and I feel kind of left out on games. After a while I started to play games too. But then Thucdan’s mom took away our devices. We started walking around like we had nothing to accomplish in our lives. Then Thucdan’s mom made us go outside. The I did something. Oh yeah I did something. I did something so well you couldn’t tell it was me. Then we found some tennis stuff. We started playing tennis behind the house. I was on Khang’s team. It was pretty fun, although Khang kept calling me a trash player. It was Ohio versus Arizona, and there were supposed to be seven games. But then Thuclam rage quit, so we all went inside. We ate some food, and then I went upstairs. It was kind of boring with nothing to do. At night we watched Zootopia until Thucdan’s mom made us stop. So then I played the computer for about 5 minutes until I had to go to bed. Nothing really happened the next morning. We played a lot of video games. I stayed up until twelve. But the next day, I woke up to the sound of my mom talking to her sister on the phone. They were talking about helping my grandpa and grandma move in March or something. I didn’t know why, but I was super tired. After about 28 attempts, I got out of bed. I slogged to the bathroom to brush my teeth, but when I got close, it felt like I was staring at the sun! The bathroom lights weren’t even turned on. So I went to the other bathroom to brush my teeth, but I gave out, and collapsed on the hallway floor. Thucdan’s mom asked me what I was doing, but I was exhausted to even answer. I layed there for a long time until I finally got up and went downstairs. I sat on the couch and then got milk. Before I could even take a sip, my head fell on the table. I needed to go to the bathroom really badly. The second I looked in the toilet, I barfed. I stayed in there for a while, in case any more food wanted a return trip. Later, my mom got pho and that seemed to make me better. When we got home, we had to say goodbye and everything. Let’s say goodbye people. We went to the airport and took off back to Cleveland. My grandpa and grandma took us to their house after we got back. It was around seven thirty. We ate pho and went home. So I guess I told my story. I want to read everyone else’s blog to see what happened in their perspective. Well, goodbye, and goodnight.