The Chronicle of Ashley’s Journey to Pheonix Arizona 3-19-2009 at 8:00 a.m.
I began the trip to Phoenix at 3:00 a.m. this morning with my normal aplomb at 5:00 a.m. this morning I realized what dolt I can be. It dawned on me that I did not even know the airline I was flying because I had not looked up my flight info last night. Thankfully I did have enough money to switch to a later flight and so I am now leaving at 8:45. I am disappointed that DI A does not have a Starbuck’s in the C – concourse, I was looking forward to a delicious skinny cinnamon dulce latte, instead I ended up with a slightly disgusting latte from TYBC.

3-20-2009 at 11:40 a.m.
I’ve arrived safely at my friend’s house in Pheonix, AZ. After a 50 minute Flight to Salt Lake city I transferred to an overbooked flight, which thankfully I got cleared to go on. Both flights were pretty smooth although the landing into phoenix was very choppy. I waited for an hour at the airport until Serena got off early from work and then we ate at Rubio’s a Mexican restaurant. It was delicious and fellowshipping with Serena and her mother was very refreshing. We then went shopping and I bought a pretty white skirt and a yellow and pink top from Ross as well as some pillows to match Serena’s couch as a gift. After shopping we came home to Serena’s very pretty house and I crashed on the couch. 2 hours later Tiffany, Serena’s sister was home and we went shopping at Wal-mart to supply ourselves with snacks for the duration of my stay. When we got home we played the piano and sang and had a prayer meeting. This morning we had a delicious breakfast. Serena and I made omelets with toast and an apple. It was fun cooking together.
Serena has been having trouble with her AC and so had a guy come and look at it this morning. He said it had been unplugged and looked as if someone was going to steal it! Thankfully, God has protected these precious girls form any harm and the AC is plugged back in and everything has worked out fine. We are now on are way to a park to go hiking.

3-22-06
Wow! I never really expected to have such an eventful trip. You may well wonder at how long it has been since I wrote last; well there is a story to tell. After hiking on Friday Serena and I had a late lunch at Subway and then wandered home to get ready for youth service. We arrived and sat talking for a while and then we both kind of hungry and so we decided to have a snack to hold us over until after service and then we got ready and went to church. Youth Service was great and the preacher preached about what can influence people and how we can influence others. After service we decided to go to Wendy’s to eat. Nellie decided to ride with Tiffany Who had driven over from work. So we start driving and we eventually pull up at a light right next to Tiffany, so I rolled down the window and opened my mouth to say something to Tiffany when …Wham, Crash, Shatter, Bones jarred, in the intersection, pulling over to the side, Dear Jesus we just got rear ended with a full impact. In complete shock I sat while Serena cried. People whirled around us calling the police and then checking on us. “Are you ok?” “Does anything hurt?” Oh yes it hurt all right my upper back was screaming and Serena’s neck was definitely hurting. So they load us up on backboards and haul us off to the hospital. Thankfully nothing was broken just very strained. After 6 hours in the hospital waiting for some food and rest we finally got out at 3:30 and then were so hungry we went to Denny’s for ummmmm Breakfast or late dinner or uh well for something to eat. Next morning we are extremely sore but ok. Took it pretty easy most of the day. We did make a banana pudding with nilla wafer desert and some guacamole. After we went to prayer, which was almost more than we could handle, we came home and ate pizza with our guacamole and then went to bed. This morning Tiffany has done my hair and I am wearing my new white skirt with a new Blue blazer that Serena is giving me.