I'm bloggin' on sunshine! Day 0: Part 1

Best week ever. It started on Monday when my professor decided he'd cancel class on Wednesday. Well, actually it started before that. It started all the way back in July. On July 3rd, I left my humble abode in Seattle to go vacation in California where my dear cousins reside. I ended up spending two months there and was very reluctant to leave, hoping I would be able to return for Thanksgiving. Back to the present. So on Monday I asked my cousin to get her dad (my uncle, who is filthy rich and very generous) to buy me a ticket down there since I didn't have class on Wednesday. I had actually been asking her to do this since before I left back in September. Anyways, she finally gives me the OK, telling me that her dad would buy the ticket, but I would have to do all the work (find the right flight, a good ticket price, etc...after all, such a busy man cannot be bothered with such details) and buy it and he'd pay me back. She also told me that my other dear cousin (from Hawaii, originally from Washington...all three of us were originally from Washington but I'm the only one who remains) extended his stay to past Thanksgiving. Back up. He arrived in California a week earlier because he was checking out colleges. So, for the first time in years, the three of us would be able to spend some quality time together. Already realizing the potential epic-ness of this trip, I told them to plan our entire week so we wouldn't waste any time. We were already excited about this entire thing, and had no idea just how great things were going to be. We said our goodbyes on the phone, and I rushed online to find a good ticket.