I've Had My Cake...

"Listen, this is my town"

In 5 hours I’ll be on the road towards sunny warm and fuzzy California! Just to update you all, my driving buddy is my dad. It will be a fun trip filled with a lot of Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Aerosmith etc etc. I spent the past 3 hours packing. I took a lot of breaks and just stared at all my clothes and things thinking “how am I going to do this??” but it happened.

STILL munching on Milkduds and will definitely take them on the road with me!

I’ve really enjoyed my last week at home, A friend of mine came to Chicago to visit me before I leave and never see her again for 4 months. It’s all very dramatic leaving your best friend on the other end of the continent. If there is one thing I want to do before leaving the Midwest and East coast, it’s spend time with my best friend from school. We have had so much fun in the past 5 days, lost a lot of sleep and drove all around the city of Chicago! I miss you already and you’re sitting right next to me.

finishing off my time in Chicago with these clowns

Well here is a rundown of how I think my day will start off tomorrow…

Wake up at the crack of dawn, get clean, make hot chocolate for my car mug, let my dad take the first string of driving while I snuggle up with my monkey stuffed animal in the passenger seat and enjoy the ride, or sleep! I’m still in denial that I’m leaving tomorrow, maybe my 5am wakeup call will help make it more real.

Anyway, here are some of the things that will occupy me on the car ride

My ipod

magazines

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets book

My camera

And My Olive Garden $25 gift card! (whoo, looks like I know what’s for dinner)

View of the sunset from the Sears Tower Skydeck! Hype

I’d like to take this time now to thank everyone who has wished me the best of luck and has been so supportive of me. I will make sure I stay as safe as I can, but I will NOT wear a helmet people!

Exciting times are near!

Expect more interesting blogs this week… and tomorrow!

<3>

Stuck Under The Covers With My Uggs On!

PREPARATION!
Since I’m not on the road yet and have nothing exciting going on EXCEPT how amazing it is that I have yet to stop eating the bazillion boxes of Milkduds I got in my stocking this Christmas… this post is pretty much going to be my preparation and oh so exciting updates on my life such as, I’m currently reading Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets (for the first time), cue applause please!

So here are the things I bought the other day
It's an Ipod converter and charger for the car!

The camera I got for Christmas :)

And here are the things I still need to get
Among others of course

So I think I’m doing that thing where I’m trying to walk before I crawl…my latest worry is “what in the world am I going to wear at this internship??” Although that is something to worry about, I think that type of worrying shouldn’t be important until I secure an internship and actually get there alive, which my family is extremely concerned about.

I stayed in the other night and for hours went through my itunes to make playlist after playlist of music for the road. Music when I need to boost my energy, music for certain states, road music, etc etc.

(In case you don't know or haven't noticed, I am an avid list maker and like things to be organized in lists.)

I’m definitely getting pumped to hit the road but I still have 9 days of things to do at home. I’m having a friend from school come visit after the New Year, which will be nice motivation to get me out and into the city because It will probably be a long time until I’m back home.
Thanks for reading, hope the next blog will be more interesting
<3 Caity