On August 1st, I met the one person that keeps my life together.

So from July 24th to August 2nd, I was on my dream vacation. I went to a lot of places in Southern California, and I went to Las Vegas for 3 days. The highlight of my trip wasn't even supposed to happen...

My grandparents, my sister, my cousin, my great aunt, my second cousin, and I went to Knott's Berry Farm on July 31st. It was my first time. We were there from 11 in the morning to 9 at night. During our day, I heard my second cousin, Amber, talking a lot on the phone. I heard Criss' name a lot, so I was suspicious. Then when we went to TGI Fridays for dinner, my other cousin who just happens to be named Amber too was very sick. She isn't a big fan of rollercoasters. Anyways, our waiter came to take our order and she just happens to notice my sister's water bottle. It was a Criss Angel one. She says that she is going to Vegas soon and wanted to go to BeLIEve. I told her about some of the specials going on. And then she ordered our food. I asked for steak. So while we are waiting for our food, my great aunt Debby and my second cousin, Amber, kept on talking and looking at me strangely. So right before our food comes, Amber takes one of the kid menus and writes "Do you want to spend the night at my house?" I was so confused. I finally caught on and said yes. Then she wrote "Do you want to leave at 4:00 am for Vegas?" I was in shock. Amber said that her and her husband, Dylan, were going to take me to Vegas! Obviously it was for the August 1st signing. I kept on crying. So after we ate, we left and arrived at my great aunt Debby's house around 11 at night. I packed everything I needed for the trip. Then Dylan came over to drop off Charlie their dog. Amber and I then left for her house. We got there at 1 in the morning. As soon as Dylan came home and they got their stuff ready, we left. We left at 2 and arrived in Vegas at 5. They thought we might as well stay at Circus Circus so we did. As soon as we walked into the lobby, I saw one of Criss' bikes. After we checked in, we went to the store because Dylan hadn't seen it yet. After that, we went to our room on the 11th floor and went to bed around 5:30 am.

I woke up at 7:30 am. I got ready and then waited for Dylan to get ready. Amber was going to sleep in for a little bit. After we were ready, we went down to the store around 8:15 am. We talked for a little bit then went down the hallway to get something to drink and eat. I got water though. We went back to the store and waited maybe a half an hour til Chad came to open the store. I bought what I wanted signed which was the collage poster. Dylan bought a poster that way he could have it autographed for his mom. Anyways, we waited around for a couple of hours on the benches. They soon started setting up the line for VIP Loyals. They was a lot of security. They checked our memberships. I had to print out my Clique ID because I hadn't gotten my membership yet. Since I had some money I bought Season 2 because I hadn't had the money. So maybe an hour or two before the signing started, Amber came down w/ the bags. Dylan went to go put the bags in the car. Amber went to go buy something for autographing. She was in there for like 30 minutes. I was wondering what she was doing. Then Dylan came back. Amber finally came out. She was going to get a pair of the white thongs signed. She also suprised me with some stuff. She bought me the pink and black bracelets and the school supplies. So while we were waiting, I talked to a loyal and took a picture with her and my cousins. A little bit after that, you start to hear some screaming. Then Criss walks by. I was in shock. He quickly went into the store so I didnt get a picture of him walking in. So the first couple of loyals went and then this huge family went. While I was waiting, I accidentally hit a loyal in front of me w/ my poster because I couldn't hold still. We talked and I found out that this was her first signing too. We get closer, and one of the security people took the girl's receipt. Then Costa took what she wanted signed. Then she went. And then it was my turn.

I kept on crying and it didnt help when he called my name. I gave them my camera And Costa asked "How are you doing swweetheart?" I think I nodded. Yeah I know I blew it but its okay. I gave him my poster and my receipt. I went over to Criss and he asked how i was doing while he was signing my poster. I was crying. He then asked what August 12th was. I said season premiere of season 5 after regaining my voice. He smiled. He asked what time it was on and I said 10. He asked where I found that out and I said online. Oh did you screw up? Man was I stupid. He asked if i found it through Twitter and I said yea. He asked if I had a twitter account and i said yea. That was a lie because I found it out on the Edwards Air Force Base website, but I didn't know what to say. So we took our first picture, but I was crying too much. Criss said "I think we need to take another picture. You need to stop crying. You are okay. It looks like I beat you up." That got me smiling.:) So we took another picture. I was smiling in that one. I dont remember exactly when during our meet and greet but he gave me a kiss on my cheek!!!!!! During the second picture with him, he tickled my side. I was in awe. He said "Ha see I tickled ya!" And right before my turn was over and my cousins were going to go, he wrote "You the best :)" under what he wrote before which was" Amanda Love xoxo ". That was so cool!! I will nvr forget that!

So after Amber and her husband had their turn, I talked to the one loyal I took a picture with. I was still crying and I was making her cry! So we went to the Luxor and we went to look at the 6 bikes Criss relocated. They were amazing! We went to go eat at the food court. I had McDonalds. We went to go see Criss' stores. I bought the two-sided wristband and the stud earrings. Then after that we left and headed back home.

That was THE best day of my life! I cant wait to meet him again someday!