Wow, who hasn't updated in over a week ? That would be moi ! Haha .. Hey gals =) So much has been going on, I've been really busy but I've been having a lot of fun with my life lately. And I have great news : I'm going to Cali ! I'll get to why a little later, but let me rewind back to last Sunday, which was Britt's party. It was a good time. Lots of people were there, including Alex, Deanna, Jess, Gen, & Val. A lot of other people were there from the drama club or they lived down Britt's block, or just other people from school. It was chilly so I really didn't go in the pool much, I kind of just sat with Alex & Deanna the whole time & ate food while we mingled with other people. On Monday morning I went to Costco with my aunt Jo & my mom to get food for my party that was on Friday. We got stuff like pretzels, tortilla chips, kettle chips, flat pretzels, & dips & drinks also. We just needed some snacks to go along with the catering we had gotten. A little after I got home I went to the ecology center with Jenna & we race walked on the one mile course & she told me all about prom & stuff. Then I read & hung out at home. Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday were pretty chill during the day. I just laid out ( I'm really tan now ), went in the pool, read. On Tuesday I finished Honey, Baby, Sweetheart ( it was a really cute book ! ) then later on that night I started Waves by Sharon Dogar. Tuesday evening I also went to Walk USA with Jenna, & Rob was with us too even though he stayed in the car the whole time, but then we went out for a little after that. On Wednesday night I went to the library & returned/took out some books. I took out Life In the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett, Confessions Of A Hollywood Star by Dyan Sheldon, The True Meaning Of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks, So Super Starry by Rose Wilkins, Pop Princess by Rachel Cohn, & The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. I also went to Walk USA on Thursday too, & it was pouring out & thundering, then I finished Waves later on that night. On Friday it was my party ! It was tons of fun. The guest list : Alex, Deanna, Diana, Breanna, Helen, Britt P., Jenna, Kristen, Kaitlin, Jess, Mango, Jacq, Steph S., Danielle, Shannon, Bev, Marissa, Gen, Amanda, Brittany B., Vanessa, Steph R., Ellyse, & my cousin Marissa. We went in the pool, fit like half of the party into the hot tub, checked out the guys next door since we could see them over the fence, played volley ball in the pool, some people played basketball in the basketball court, & we had also ordered so much food. We had appetizers : bruschetta, an antipasto basket, & a middle Eastern sampler basket with pita triangles, feta cheese, grape leaves, hummus, & stuff like that. Then we had American heroes, eggplant heroes, & chicken Caesar heroes with pickles & olives, potato salad, macaroni salad,  & coleslaw. For dessert : a big birthday cake ( this was my Sweet Sixteen party, in case anyone was wondering haha ) filled with chocolate & vanilla pudding, then there was also chocolate dipped fruit & a big tray of cookies & brownies & stuff. Everyone also signed an autograph book that I put out, & everything was so sweet ! Oh & the presents I got =) Let's see .. I got this Coach bag from Alex & Deanna, along with a little mini scrap book -- all about moi ! -- from Deanna that I absolutely love, Diana gave me two books : Blue Bloods & the sequel, Masquerade, which are by Melissa de la Cruz ( she writes the Au Pairs books ) along with a gift card to Borders, Breanna gave me a plaque about angels with a saying from the Bible on it, & she made me really cute bracelets. She also gave me this really funny list of instructions for unwrapping the present & opening the box because back in January for Deanna's birthday, I got her an outfit from Victoria's Secret & they gave me a gift box to put it in, but I didn't put it together right because it was really confusing so when Deanna opened it & it was all screwed up, she was like " Alyssa what did you do to it ? " so I was like, " Sorry, the box didn't come with instructions ! " And that's where the whole joke came from haha. Helen gave me money & a gift card to Starbucks. She's my Starbucks lifeline because she's always giving me gift cards for it since she knows how much I love it lol. Danielle gave me this Coach CD case in purple, along with some bath things & a vanilla scented loufa. Mango gave me a tank, zip up hoodie, & shorts set from Aeropostale, along with this pair of awesome retro-like sunglasses. Jess gave me an MTV Power Yoga DVD & a picture frame with a pic of her, Shayna, & me from the Honor Society induction. Shannon gave me an iTunes gift card, Steph R. gave me a gift card to Hollister, Steph gave me a necklace ( she already had given me her gift : a shirt from Hollister & money ) & in the card she had cut out a picture of a hot guy & gave it to me as my " boyfriend " haha. Gen gave me a gift card to the movies & some bath soaps & lotions. Jenna already gave me her presnt before the party, which was a picture frame & money. Jacq gave me a picture frame with a matching keepsake box, my cousin Marissa alrady gave me a gift too ( a diamond nameplate ) but at the party she gave me a Sweet Sixteen Precious Moments statuette. Then I think everyone else ( Kristen & Kaitlin, Britt P., Bev, Ellyse, Marissa, Amanda & Brittany B., Vanessa ) gave me money .. I made like,  $ 300 ! But the party was a blast & I had so much fun =) My cousin Marissa came back to my house & we went out for a bit then hung out at my house. I also started the Memory Keeper's Daughter that day, too. On Saturday ( yesterday ) I went out to get Kaysi a present ( her party was today ), along with gifts for Kristen & Kaitlin since their birthday was last week. Later on I went to my cousin Johnny's graduation party. It was good, yummy food, lots of chit chat, my big family sitting in its own little corner haha. Oh my cousin Johnathan got an iPhone on Friday & those phones are soo amazing I really want one haha. My mom said she might get me one when the price lowers a bit because she doesn't want to pay $ 600 for a phone when I already have one I really like, but I mean, they're just that amazing, or my mom wouldn't have offered to get me one at all haha. She really liked it too. Mmm there was a lot of good desserts too. Later on that night, my cousin Gary John, who plays pro soccer, was playing a game in L.A. so my grandma came back to my house meanwhile like, hundreds of people went back to my aunt's to watch it there. It was a big game because he was starting, & he's only a rookie so it was just all big & exciting for everyone. He's on New England Revolution, & he's number seventeen if anyone wanted to look him up because there's a little bio about him, along with a picture, on the team's website =) The game was good, he played really well ! They lost against Chivas USA, but that didn't matter that much to us. So this morning has to do with the big news about Cali. I had a 3k (3,000 meters) race today for race walk ( Long Island Regional Championships ) & whoever came in first or second in their race got to advance to compete at the National Junior Olympic Championships out in Cali at the end of July, & I came in first place in the girls' intermediate 3k race walk =) So I'm off to Cali baby ! Hehe. My parents decided to make a trip out of it now. My race is on July 25th, but we're flying out there on the 23rd & staying the whole week. I'll be beachin' it, cruising through Hollywood & L.A., Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, possibly Newport Beach, maybe Disneyland & Universal Studios, we're not sure about the later things, but deffinitely checking out the beaches & Hollywood & L.A. ! I'm really excited ! Later on today I had Kaysi's surprise sweet sixteen party. It was a little party at her uncle's house since she came up here to visit from Georgia ( she had moved there in October ) & was staying there this whole week. Aww it was so great to see her again ! We all had so much fun. We were going to go in the pool but it was a little chilly today, but we were having too much fun to even consider it really. Lots of good food too =) Oh & Ashley couldn't make it to my party, but she gave me my present today. She gave me a Chanel necklace, not real though, but it's so cute. Ah so that's been my life basically lol. Pretty busy. Sorry for the long update ! If you read it all, I swear, you're such a doll ! Tomorrow Alex is coming over to hang out, & Tuesday is possibly going out to the Hamptons to my aunt Jo's house. For the Fourth of July, the weather channel predicted rain for us Long Islanders, but if there isn't rain then Steph & I are going to the beach, out to dinner, then to Bald Hill to watch fire works. So it'll be fun ! I have no idea when I'll update, maybe on Thursday I will. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends, & have a great Fourth of July !