it was glorious. first of all, i discovered that i LOVED roadtrips by myself. i really like being able to listen to wonderful playlists and driving with my windows down for long periods of time. :) treat.
i left after class on friday and was in chicago by 9:30 pulling into my wonderful friend stacy's driveway! stacy is one of my friends from my first summer staff. this was 4 years ago, and i can't say a whole group of people have left such a mark on my heart since. when i got there, we just sat on the couch and caught up with each other then went to bed! oh. and i met felty. felty is stacy's family's dog that i have known about forever but never met. felty is great, but gets a little too excited (dogs make me nervous when they get excited)
oh saturday... we did lots of things. we went to caribou coffee and i read while stacy planned campaigners. we went to ikea! i found a little something for a friend i have been searching for and we got ice cream cones, then headed to portillos for lunch. i love portillos. i go every time i am in the chicago area. our friend dan came to say hi! he was on our summer staff too. its so wonderful catching up with people you haven't seen!
we left dan and sped to catch a train into the city (stacy lives in naperville). we went to millenium park, walked down to the water, then down to the john hancock building. our hope was to go to the top to see the view, but there was a long line and we had to catch our train. it was a beautiful day! it was like 76 and sunny.
when we got back, stacy took me to a mexican restaurant in downtown naperville (cutest place ever), and we went to her friend liz's house to hang out with some friends and play scattergories. dan came to that too, so we had a couple mini-reunions.
sunday was a lazy day. it was great. we went to church, went to a coffee house by wheaton college. wheaton is gorgeous. i then went to a team meeting/hangout with stacy's yl team and we went to the last fling in downtown naperville. train (the band that sings meet virginia) was playing and we rode on the viking ship. i love the viking ship. it was a good night. we ended the night by listening to some jj alberhasky and reminiscing about summer staff memories.
i sadly left early the next morning to return to allergy-filled kentucky. i sneezed 3 times in 2 days in chicago, and i believe that just today (its 5:30) i have sneezed 43 times. sad. oh well! it was a glorious weekend! here are some pictures :)
on the train :)
the bean!
giant statue of american gothic..hilarious. we were the height of the suitcase.
dan, stacy, and i :) it was 2am my time..i was a mess.
on the viking ship! we were excited..
on the train :)
the bean!
giant statue of american gothic..hilarious. we were the height of the suitcase.
dan, stacy, and i :) it was 2am my time..i was a mess.
on the viking ship! we were excited.. 
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