trashed && scattered: the big 21

so i turn 21. a HUGE deal for most people, not so much for me. i don't drink so your typical "get wasted [legally]" party is definitely not what i wanted. i was originally going to have a very cute black and white mad tea party but it fell through, which was quite upsetting but what i ended up doing ended up being so much more memorable.

i've always been interested in odd things, ghosts and the queen mary being two of them. i've been bugging my mom about going to the queen mary with me so she decided to get rooms at the queen mary hotel for my birthday. i was so excited, and a little hopeful something ghostly might happen...

myself, my mom, and brother drove down to long beach together and we started off by stopping at cisco burger for lunch on the way. my sister, brother-in-law, and dad met up with us later in the evening. we checked in when we got there and had fun seeing the rooms and then we explored the ship. later that evening, when everyone was there, we had a yummy dinner at one of the restaurants on the ship. the next day was jam packed with breakfast and then tour after tour. on the way home we stopped at cafe rio for dinner. it was tiring and so fun. the history is amazing! all the things that ship went through, it's no wonder it's haunted!

many parts and fixtures in the rooms on the queen mary are original pieces from when the ship sailed. it was so interesting to see, and almost a gateway to the past just imagining how people sailed across the ocean on this huge vessel.

sadly there were no ghostly experiences but it was an amazing birthday none-the-less! i spent the weekend with the people that care most in my life, which is priceless and irreplaceable.