There are a few bad influences on this blog (or rather lack of blog) of late. The first is that I still don't have internet at my apartment. In all honesty, I'm not sure if that's really a BIG deal. I don't particularly miss it most of the time, but I do miss the convenience. You know... I may not always use it but it's nice having it there. I still need to get a new modem, perhaps tomorrow or something. We shall see.
Second thing is that I keep putting entries off. This is my own fault and really just stupid of me, and happens far too often. I like to write about fun experiences in here, partly to share them and partly to have the memories for later. But I'll get back and not immediately write about it... and then when I get in the mood to write about something else, I put that off because I haven't written about the first thing yet.
Case in point: I haven't posted for the past week because I wanted to say something about the Minnesota trip before I moved on to other random thoughts.
This, I am quitting as of now. If I don't post about it, it doesn't mean it wasn't fun. It just means that at the time I happen to be thinking about something else.
Anyway... I'm making a compromise with myself. Since I'm quickly running out of time for this day, I'll do a quick sum-up of Minnesota. And then tomorrow, I can write about the other things that have been on my mind since I got back.
Cool things about our trip:
- following along in the Trip-Tik
- Chicago at sunrise
- hot chocolate for breakfast
- my Christmas bear
- not recognizing my cousins
- seeing the fam (and extended fam)
- being teased by my uncle about being "next" ;)
- helping to set up for the rehearsal dinner
- finding the monastery as soon as we set out looking for a church
- Snoopy!
- deciding that Buffalo's city hall is much cooler than St Paul ;)
- getting dressed up for the wedding
- being in the pictures
- forgetting to put film in my camera (yes I am that stupid!)
- scheming about a possible wedding in a year or two ;)
- Paul and Kellie's wedding!
- Ghirardelli favors
- watching my aunt and uncle dance
- dancing
- the completely untalented DJ ;)
- Molly calling me on our way to the Mall of America to tell me she was in the Buffalo area and wanting to know if we were free ;)
- finding out Grant has a job :) (Yay Grant!)
- watching sharks swim over our heads
- touching stingrays! (and sharks!)
- riding the roller coasters with my parents
- watching Joe shake the Doom 3 box, completely unaware that I had pre-ordered it and it was awaiting him at home ;)
- lunch at Bubba Gump's with my parents :)
- free cardstock ;) (my only purchase at the biggest mall in the world! hehe)
- singing our song on an excellent flume ride! :D
- going to Mass at the St. Paul Cathedral
- ice cream and conversation
- Medieval Times!
- watching the kid in the plastic armor
- eating without utensils (dragon soup and baby dragon were especially good :D)
- cheering for the yellow knight!
- the little princesses chasing their dad with an inflatable mace ;)
- relaxing, hot chocolate, cookies and milk before bed
- fire alarm at 1:30am :(
- watching Batman in the middle of the night
- not getting any of the rest we were hoping for
- the Chicago skyline!
- Cleveland just didn't compare! ;)
- driving an extra half-hour into Buffalo just to see how pathetic our skyline actually is :)
All in all, an excellent, if exhausting, way to spend a weekend. ;)