SunnyDay and Sunburst PART II

OH WAIT!!!!


I FORGOT!!!!!


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I GOT A YELLOW VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE!!!!!!!!!!!! 
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA! xD 


It's my baby. Yup yup yup. My parents have been so kind... And trust me, I'll be paying for it. Oh, you betcha, lol. :)

BUT IT'S BEEN MY DREAM CAR FOR FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! 


And it's name is "Sunny Day". My Mom thought of it.

HERE IT IS! ^__________^!!!

"Sunny Day"

My life is pretty much complete. Just saying. With Jesus it is, had to throw that in there, but yes. Dream car = checked off the bucket list :3.

SunnyDay and Sunburst

Hey hey, lol. You know, I'm actually surprised that I'm actually writing another blog post within a month or so of the last one, heehee. I'm such a procrastinator.

Okay, well, not really a procrastinator. Just SUPER UBER CRAZY CRY ME A RIVER BUSY. I usually get everything done on time.

So, updates!

I'm happily moved back into my apartment here in Corona. Life is settling down again, and kicking back up. Classes aren't as bad as I thought they'd be, honestly. I ended up dropping my writing class.

NEW KIDS IN THE FUTURE, WHO ARE DOING NCMC:

Don't take the writing class. It's EXTREMELY time consuming and difficult, IMO. The instructor is very nice and helpful, and I have nothing against him, but YOU ARE A YOUNG AMERICAN. This class should be take over the summer, after tour, in the fall, whatever. Just don't do it through NCMC. It's all online. I don't know about you, but online courses for me are slightly harder than in-class courses.

TRUST ME.

My Mother, who told me I should drop it ASAP as soon as I got out here (if not before), got to have a good "I TOLD you so! You should've listened to me!"

Always listen to your Mother. Always. For real.

In other news, Nada (pronounced "Netta") is super nice! Really cool. She's been a wonderful director so far, and she's a great teacher as well. I've enjoyed working with her, because she's been such a down to earth lady, and I really respect her. Her brother is wonderful, too. Lol! Love them both.

Nada and J.R (who is our other director with Nada) just casted Overture. Which I have info on! YAY FOR INFO! There are four sites that NK and resident casts will get sent to over 10 weeks. All the sites are fairly close to Corona, and they're all "at-risk" sites. That mainly means juvenile facilities, homeless shelters, military academies, drug rehabs, and a jail...? Yes, I think it's a jail.

SUNBURST = Military Academy.
HOPE = Homeless children/Homeless shelter.
RIO = Juvie.
PHOENIX HOUSE = Drug/Alcohol rehab center.

3/4's of my apartment have been sent to Sunburst, including myself. My room mate, Lauren, is being sent to Rio, the prison.

So, we start that this Wednesday. We're not supposed to touch people, wear tight/revealing clothing (totally fine with that), and just be very careful in general. It's like training for touring on the road. I hear it's hard, because you spend so much time with these kids, you get attached, then you leave. You can't give out your full name, or where you're from. I hear it's hard, but it's worth it.

At the end of the day, really, it's not about you. Everyone knows that here, I know. We've been a pretty good group.

OH! And the Hollywood Show in February? Yeah, that's mainly New Kids. :D OH YES. NK POWER. And we're also performing in the 50th year anniversary of the Young Americans, where all the YA Alumni come and gather for a performance. It's going to be awesome!

I reapplied for Disney. Had my phone interview already... Now I'm just waiting to hear back and see if I got in or not. I'm hopeful that I did. If I did it once, I can do it again, yes?!

We shall see... :) God's hands. Not my own. No worries. :)

California, here I... uh, am. :D

Made it to California, the land of sunshine and fake tans! Woohoo!

xD Sorry... I had to.

So, I'm happily moved in to my apartment with my lovely room mates. Sadly, one dropped out, so there's only the three of us. Good news is (this may sound horrible)... I've got my own room, and it fits my keyboard, my guitar, and a bookshelf :). It kinda worked out, lol.

In other news, I'm truckin' along in the YA's. I'm finished with orientation, and recently finished with meet-and-greet with all the Old Kids. As of today, I've been adopted 7 times! I've got a big family!

There's Natalie (who had me before anyone else did), and Caitlin (I LOVE HER!!!!),  Amber (I LOVE HER TOO!!!), Andrew, Katie, ... another girl who's name I don't know, and Kyle. Lots of "big brothers and big sisters". :D It's good to be adopted :3. The more the merrier!!!!!!

I sang for meet-and-greet a snipet of "A Change in Me" from Beauty and the Beast the musical that Susan Egan made popular.

Susan Egan was a Young American for awhile, but then, someone realized how crazy talented she was and snatched her up before she could do a lot. So I've heard, lol. Susan Egan also played and sang the voice of "Meg" in Hercules. The Disney version of Hercules. DUDE. That's nuts.

I was hoping that she might be there! That and, two other girls sang my back-up songs (Part of Your World, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow). It's a God thing. It worked out, lol!

My days recently have consisted of watching the Germany Cast and the East Coast Cast rehearse for their Outreach Tours. Today, for example, I was there for eight hours O_o;. That's a lonnnnnnng time to be sitting on a chair. The crazy thing is...

I LOVED IT!!!! HEEEHEEEE!!! :D It's EXCITING!!!! I never get tired of it. Germany is leaving Wednesday, though, and East coast is leaving on Saturday. Most of my big brothers and sisters are leaving on that one. :) They're going to have a wonderful tour.

Anyway. I've got a day off tomorrow, and I'm not sure exactly what to do... Classes start Saturday (FINALLY!!!!) but other than that, I've got the whole week off... Got to think of something to do!

See ya real soon! (Not really... That's just what Mickey Mouse says, heehee!!!)

Chelsea Logan
The Young American Blogger

Disney Land! Day 2, Trip to Corona

We had some major problems yesterday. Oh my goodness. O_O'

We had to go through New Mexico, and that was fun. *insert sarcasm here*. I-40 was absolutely blocked off for some reason, and we spent 2 or more hours trying to get back to the interstate. That put us really behind. Ugh. 

So, there we are. Stuck in Albuquerque, stuck in dead stand still, trying to find our way back, and it's hot. 

And guess what?

We got a flat tire on our RV!

But, thanks to our manly-men, they changed the tire in record time, and we got back on the road. :D

We made it out of Albuquerque and continued our relentless trek to the Grand Canyon National Park.

We got there at 1:00 in the morning, but we still got there. When we got there, though, we got out and stated at the stars. You can SEE the STARS! :D You can't see that many back home at all, due to all the city lights. You can see them there. Wowwwww! :3 They were gorgeous. Thank you, Lord, for the stars!

This morning, we got up, had a great breakfast, made by our awesome nephew-in-law/cousin-in-law Adam, and scooted our way to the Grand Canyon.

Adam then made the statement, "How can you not believe in God when you see this?"

That sums up our trip to the Grand Canyon :).

Alrighty! Now, as I type this on my handy-dandy phone, we are on our way to California to drop me off in Corona for the YA's.

There is BIG news, though...

WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY LAND TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!

More on that tomorrow!

Much Love, 
Chelsea Logan
"The Young American Blogger"

"Califorrrrrrrrrrniaaaaaaaaa"!

Today marks the first day of he trip put to California. :) My poor little room that's over 800 miles away in TN is now vacant and empty. It's such a bittersweet thing, y'know. 

As of now, I'm riding shotgun with my Mom, just outside of El Reno, OK. We just had to jump off our RV at a truck stop. It up and died out of the blue! Luckily, we were blessed enough to find a couple to jump us off, no problem. Thank you, nice people in the Chevy out in Oklahoma City!

We're all exhausted. We want sleep. It's just my momma and I now up and awake (barely). I started to wrote this in OK, but my phone died, and now I'm 20 miles outside of Amarillo, TX. Yeehaw! 

But in BIG news, I got a huge surprise today.

So, without going into too much detail, my boyfriend (Scott) and I are holding onto our awesome relationship out in CA before I return home for Christmas!

That's not the big surprise, though ;). 

I told my amazing boyfriend goodbye Thursday evening while he helped me pack my stuff in my already full car. He prayed with me, and told me goodnight, and left me. I was too tired to really dwell on the fact that I just said goodbye to him for a few months (which isn't that big of a deal), nor did I want to, so I fell asleep fairly quickly.

I got up this morning at 6:00 am, after receiving good rest, surprisingly. I packed up the REST of my stuff, cleaned up my little lonely room, and said goodbye, proud that I hadn't cried this morning.

I get out to the RV, hug people goodbye, and go in. I go to put up blankets behind the curtained bunk bed, and there's a CAMERA POINTED AT MY FACE, AND SOMEONE SAYING, "Surprise!"!!!!

I go, "EEP!!!" and shut the curtain.

It was Scott. The ever awesome boyfriend. :DDD

I was so EXCITED THAT HE WAS THERE!!! But all I said was, "EEP!".

... Ugh.

Scott's  here with me! He and my Mom had it planned from the beginning of August! It meant a lot to me to have him here :3. 

Anyway, we've come to Amarillo, thank you Jesus! :D Mom and I are going to try and find an RV park for the night. *crosses fingers*

Till next time!
Much love, 
Chelsea Logan
"The Young American Blogger"