My little adventure began with a trip to make the familia rounds in Virginia. Of course I forgot to eat breakfast before we left at an oh so early 5:30 only to find out our plane was going to be delayed because of fog. How delayed you ask? SEVEN HOURS, yes folks, I spent 7 hours in the fort smith airport. Hangry does not even begin to describe my emotions by the time the plane got to Atlanta. After that minor mishap, the next week or so was spent visiting, catching up, and getting into all kinds of shenanigans with some of the best family and friends. I even got to spend a crazy few days with my second family, the Crocketts, during which I found my newfound love for the show Moonshiners (trust me, just watch it and you'll be hooked). I even watched a UFC fight while I was there, who woulda thought? It was so nice to reconnect with all the people I don't see near enough.
On to da next..
After leaving my parents at the airport in Atlanta, I made my way to Pittsburgh to meet up with one of my NSLC gals. Blaken picked me up at the airport and of course it snowed from the time I arrived to the time I left. We walked around in the freezing blizzard cold to check out some of Pitt before my official first visit to small town Pennsylvania. After a day of so of hanging out at Blakens, we took a train (yes, a train) from tiny town pennsylvania all the way to Chicago. Just my luck, the train kept getting delayed, but we finally made it into Chicago, even at the same time as Alli! NSLC break: Chicago edition had just begun!
The weather in Chicago was cold. I mean ice cold. No colder than ice cold. The windows in the hotel room were iced over the entire time we were there…on the inside. At one point the wind chill was down to a mere -50 degrees. Yes, such a temperature exists, and let me tell ya, I never want to experience it again! A little cold weather couldn't stop us girls from doing a little shopping. Of course we hit up the cliche Bean and the Sears Tower in between stores. We even finished our first day with some delightful gluten free pizza.
The second day turned out to be even more adventurous when two of the guys we worked with, who live in Chicago, came in to see us. It literally felt just like we were in San Fran. The boys followed us around shopping and we always took the longest way to get anywhere. Where else would we end up on a freezing, blizzarding Sunday night but the Shed Aquarium. We even got to see a dolphin show from the side of the tank. I don't even want to mention the face-numbing walk to get a taxi…through the snow…into the wind…in -25 degree weather…yeah.
The last day was spent laying around and watching trashy tv all day, a perfect end to a perfect weekend. Except, oh wait, IT WAS SO COLD ALL FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED. Thankfully my dad worked some of his airline magic and got me on a flight the afternoon of when i was supposed to leave. Of course then I turned down a seat on an earlier flight because I already checked my bag on the later flight. Only to get home and find out my bag went on the earlier flight…dumb.
The weather in Chicago was cold. I mean ice cold. No colder than ice cold. The windows in the hotel room were iced over the entire time we were there…on the inside. At one point the wind chill was down to a mere -50 degrees. Yes, such a temperature exists, and let me tell ya, I never want to experience it again! A little cold weather couldn't stop us girls from doing a little shopping. Of course we hit up the cliche Bean and the Sears Tower in between stores. We even finished our first day with some delightful gluten free pizza.
The second day turned out to be even more adventurous when two of the guys we worked with, who live in Chicago, came in to see us. It literally felt just like we were in San Fran. The boys followed us around shopping and we always took the longest way to get anywhere. Where else would we end up on a freezing, blizzarding Sunday night but the Shed Aquarium. We even got to see a dolphin show from the side of the tank. I don't even want to mention the face-numbing walk to get a taxi…through the snow…into the wind…in -25 degree weather…yeah.
The last day was spent laying around and watching trashy tv all day, a perfect end to a perfect weekend. Except, oh wait, IT WAS SO COLD ALL FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED. Thankfully my dad worked some of his airline magic and got me on a flight the afternoon of when i was supposed to leave. Of course then I turned down a seat on an earlier flight because I already checked my bag on the later flight. Only to get home and find out my bag went on the earlier flight…dumb.
sista sista
me and momma being cute
weirdo dolls
love this picture, love us
momma geisel
Sears Tower
being hams
how many cold people can we fit in a taxi?
I think Marshall would have liked this penguin
Everyone, I know the pope
NSLC break: chicago
bundled up like crazy people
