Another Long Car Ride

Blurb My Brain:
Oye. Another long day in the car.  I managed to read all remaining 7 of my books.  I was reading a Manga called Rasetsu, which is about a psychic girl who was attacked by a demon on her 15th birthday and told that unless she finds true love, she's doomed to die and be his undead wife.  So she grows up to fight ghosts as a way of preparing to face the demon on her 20th birthday.  Pretty good series.  Oh, I am a nerd. Did I tell you guys that?

But after I finished that, I had nothing to do. So I think I slept.  I didn't sleep well, since the air here (in the US) makes me sneeze all the time.  I took two benedryl, then wanted to sleep but Dad kept waking me up.  Because we were getting close to the hotel.  This hotel is nice, and has its own jungle.  Too bad it has a $50 pet fee and $10/day wifi charge. Pft. I guess it's still cheaper than the $100 pet and free wifi at the hotel in Baltimore. Still, I think of the money they are making in the hotel business, and it makes me sick.

Somewhere in Minnesota our GPS died because the power cord was broken.  We bought a "new" power cord (fits blackberries) at a Kum n' Go gas station about 14 miles outside of Des Moines, Iowa.  My immature mind couldn't handle it, so I took a picture.

And since I have $10 wifi, I'm going to update you on some of the photos I took since I left Saint Louis.

I took this picture because we thought that my brother Jonathan would LOVE This car. I love this picture because of things you can't see, such as I was on the opposite side of the Ford F150 SuperCab, leaning over a carseat with a sleeping Patrick insides, and still managed to get a great picture in considering the truck was IN MOTION, and I couldnt' see that far over. :) I'm awesome

But I'm not as awesome as this bathroom sign in Smokey Bones. Ok, so this one and the next few are still from Saint Louis, but it was since I last updated. That counts, right? Regardless, this was a cool bathroom sign. 

They had a ton of these "Bone-isms" around the restaurant, and if I had the time, I would have taken more pictures of some of them. This was a mildly humorous one. And the tone is the same tone I write in. :)

This is what the Skinny Redheaded Hottie looks like.  It is a vodka cranberry sprite.  I'm not used to drinking it with the sprite in it as well.  Quite frankly I didn't like it much. But my next drink was good.

This one was hanging above the urinal, and NO I didn't go in there to see it.  I had my friend's boyfriend Matt take it for me.  He was such a sweet guy, especially since this was the first time I have ever met him. 

Ok, So this is the Blackberry Mojito that I chased the Redheaded hottie with.  It was definitely more delicious.  Also, I liked the first line of the SRH description. 

This is how I got to see my best friend Emily. Via the drive through. For about 30 seconds. I love this girl, and wish I had more time in STL to catch up with her. :/

And we definitely needed more photo opportunities.

When in Wisconsin, we met up with Dad's former troop, Cassie.  She had two adorable girls. She offered to trade one of her kids, and my parents said "Jon" right away. It was pretty funny, even if they were joking. 

This is the look Patrick kept doing for about 15 pictures with Cassie's two girls. Made us laugh because he looked drunk off the girls. LOL

This was as close as we could get with his eyes open. 

At the bar that my grandpa goes to in Wisconsin, they have these for chair backs. I thought it looked really cool.  They also had motorcycles, and wolves, but this one reminded me of Germany. 

Speaking of the bar, this is it. It used to be a little brick of a building, and much darker.  But the owner spent $1.5 million on the new tavern, and it is about 6 times the size. The bar was pretty packed for 9am.  Oh, they serve breakfast, which is why we were there. LOL.

While shopping, I saw that there is a model with the same name as me. 

And something about this little boys' shirt really made me smile. I <3 monsters. 

We had chinese in the mall that day as well, and I loved my fortune.  It made me think of Boyfriend, and how I get to see him in 7 weeks.  :)

LOOK AT THESE COOKIE CUTTERS! OMG!!!!!

This is my replacement for Boyfriend. Well, until I am with Boyfriend. I'm going to get Boyfriend's last name embroidered as a name tag on the left side. :)

Normally, my grandpa makes FANTASTIC cheesecakes.  This one turned out alright, but we were afraid for a few minutes.  He really never messes them up, but that night was a weird night for baking.  Grandma's carrot cake came out less than fluffy, although still delicious.  

This is the cabin up at the lake, owned by my mom's aunt (Cole, Jack, and Leah's parents).  They tore down their cabin, hence the crater, and built this new monstrosity instead.  The old cottage was another one of those brick of a buildings. lol.  It was such a nice place though.  I thought I had a picture of the lake, which is at my back, but I guess I never took that picture. Sorry. 

Leaving Wisconsin, look what we saw.  We got pictures. It was awesome. 

Here is the Kum N Go.  lol.  Also, as we were setting up the GPS, gas dropped 3 cents, down to 3.28. Since we are Ford F150 owners, we were less than pleased. I still found it humorous. 

This is the INSIDE of the hotel I am typing this at.  They have two huge sunroofs to let in that natural Nebraska light it.  Fancy.  :)

It's a Double Tree Hotel. In case you were wondering.

WHEW! I'm beat. That was a long entry. Hope you enjoyed it.  I don't think my grandma has wifi in Colorado, so I might not be updating for a while again. Check back often!