I'm so sorry it's being sooo long since I last updated but I've been really busy with school and everything and the weekends just seem to fly. Anyway, here it is. It's a bit short but if I was going to write what happens next it'll be really, really long so I'll split it up into two parts.
Thursday, 27th September, g & t
Michael has just agreed to show myself and Thierry around New York tomorrow since I have only been living here a few weeks and hardy know the place myself. He's going to bring us to all the touristy places and we're going to act like tourists. Whatever that means. I think he's also trying to get on Thierry's good side after yesterday. I didn't know he was on his bad side. Mum and Mr. Gianini are going out again tomorrow night, I'd love to go out with Michael but we've got my little brother trailing after us so that ruins that idea, according to Michael we can still make tomorrow night special even with Thierry with us. What's he planning on doing, going to some restaurant and pay someone to let Thierry eat with him or her?
Friday, 28th September, home
I had such a good time today. The three of us just totally let ourselves go and acted like tourists! We went to the Rockefeller centre where we went ice-skating, which was brilliant. I love ice-skating. We always go ice-skating in Genovia in the winter because it gets so cold the lake in the palace grounds freezes over and our whole family gets on our skates and goes skating. The afterwards we went to Times Square which is amazing. It is just so busy; there were thousands of people there. We also got out picture taken with the "naked cowboy", I've never done anything so stupid but it was so fun. If only Grandmere could of see us! We walked down Broadway. I saw a sign for beauty and the beast; I love the Disney film so I told Michael that I wanted to go and all he said was "good luck finding someone to go with you". Huh. Boys. We were going to go up the empire state building but the queue was so long that we decided not to. The last part was the best though. We went to the zoo. This was when Michael and myself got to be by ourselves. When we'd paid to get in Michael told Thierry that he could go around by himself and to meet us at the main gate in 2 hours. It was already 6.30! We just walked around the zoo by ourselves, hand in hand. My favourite animals were the penguins. They were so cool. We sat watching them for ages until I realised it was 25 to 9. We ran the whole way to the entrance where Thierry was waiting for us. Then we got a taxi home, which took forever.
When we finally got home it was around 9.30. We then realised that we hadn't eaten since lunchtime and that we were starving. We went into Michael and Lilly's and the four of us (me, Michael, Lilly and Thierry) ordered in pizza. Lilly and myself shared a margarita, I had garlic mushrooms on my half and Lilly had pepperoni. Thierry and Michael each had a meat feast, which looked totally disgusting. There were at least three kinds of animal on each of theirs. Cruel. I am not letting Michael's lips go near me for the rest of the evening. After we'd finished (well Lilly and I, the guys were still devouring theirs) we went into the sitting room and started watching 50 first dates. It's really good. It's such a sweet film; I wonder would anyone ever do anything like that for me. I started crying when the guy made the tape for the girl, it as so sweet of him and was so sad when she told him that she was breaking up with him because he couldn't spend the rest of his life making her fall in love with him. After we finished watching that Thierry and myself went home.
Saturday, 29th September, home
Wow, I just had the most amazing dream ever. It was of my wedding to Michael. We got married in Genovia. It was in the grounds of the palace. It was all white and everything was fluffy. My dress looked like a meringue. It was white and had little red rose buds on the back of it. It was a small private wedding, just our family and friends. No media were allowed; the Genovian Royal photographer was allowed take photos though. Afterwards Michael and I set off into the sunset for our honeymoon in Iceland. Anyway, like I'll ever get married to Michael, I cant see him the kind of person who would want to marry a Royal, at least we'd be able to live in America seeing that I wont have to rule the country unless Thierry dies and I have to take over and he has had no children. Hopefully that won't ever happen.
Today, Tina and I are going to get ourselves pampered for the ball tonight. We're getting our hair done, manicures, pedicures and facemasks done. Tina's coming to the ball. Her father is a friend of the guy who's holding it. Then we're meeting our dates at some restaurant at around 7. I'm not sure whom she's going with but she found someone. That sounds really mean but I didn't mean it like that.
Saturday, 29th September, home
Tonight was brilliant, much better than any of the balls back at home. My explanation for this is Michael! The four of us (Tina and her date Jack and Michael and I) went out for dinner to this small Chinese restaurant. It was lovely, Jack and Michael got on really well, which made Tina really happy. Then around 8.30 we went to the plaza where the ball was being held. Everything was so pretty and the food was really good. Not that I ate much after just having dinner but I just had to try one of the canapés to be polite. The champagne was nice though! I only had a glass or two though. Anyway, for the first like hour Thierry and I were talking to all the people we knew and some others as well, the Genovian ambassador to the USA, The Mayor of New York, Tina's dad, some rich Genovian guy who's son I dated, just to name a few. Then when the dancing started Michael and myself were just by ourselves in a little world of our own. I love slow dancing, you feel so safe. Then some American cocky dude who asked to dance with me interrupted us. I had to say yes, one of the first things Grandmere taught me was never to turn someone down when they ask for a dance. The guy (call me Dan) was so full of himself, he told me his WHOLE life story, including how he's danced with most young royal females. Wow. Amazing, like I give a shit. Anyway at around 11.30 Michael, Thierry and I headed home.
Sunday, 30th September, home
Today Lilly and I are going to the zoo today! I'm dragging her there because it's so nice there and she's being complaining that she hasn't seen enough of me recently since I started going out with Michael. I felt a bit sorry for her so I decided to spend all day with her and not Michael. It's going to be a girl's day out. So I've planned to go to the zoo, go somewhere to eat and then maybe we'll go to the cinema or something like that, I'd love to go to a show on Broadway, if there anything like the show's in The West End in London then I'm missing out on something and I've heard of there's a show version of The Beauty and The Beast. I loved that film.
Monday, 1st October, English
It feels like ages since I was in school last because I had such a busy weekend with the ball and yesterday with Lilly.
I found out yesterday that I'm going to be going to Genovia for Christmas. I don't want to but then again Christmas is very important over in Genovia and a lot goes on. On Christmas Eve there's a big ball and I've to make a big speech and everything. Then on Christmas day there's a big family meal in the Genovian palace, which is cooked by dad and I usually. And the presents are brilliant, people ask me because I'm a princess and everything do I get really impersonal presents but the answer is no. It's always obvious that everyone puts time and effort in others presents, except Grandmere, sometimes. I say sometimes because last year she got me the best present ever. I'm now the official sponsor of a little girl in Somalia. I'm very proud of myself (and Grandmere!). I know I can't stop famines and children starving to death but I am contributing towards it and I will get there someday. I wish. I think when I've left school and before college I will go out to an African country for charity like William went out to South America and recently Harry went out to Africa, I think it was.
Anyway, mums coming over to Genovia as well seeing that her and dad are still friends. The only people I will miss loads are Michael and Lilly. I knew I'd have to go back to Genovia sometime, I just don't want to go when it'll be the first long holiday off school and I'll have all the time in the world to be with Michael, Lilly, Tina and Shameeka. Ah well, I'm sure I'll survive; I'll get to see all my old friends anyway.
Monday, 2nd October, home
It feels so good to just relax in front of the tv, even if I have Thierry giving out to me about what I'm watching; a film on lifetime. He's going home tomorrow, a day early but he has duties to do and people to see and we decided that we were just tired to do anything even if it is his last full day. I'll be sad to see him go, even though he sometimes is a pain in the ass I did miss him and have enjoyed having him over.
Thank you for reading this. Please, pleasereview so I know people are reading it. Please be honest about what you think of it, as it will help me greatly. Thank you. Harriet xxx