( our Portland trip )

Hard to believe it was almost 2 weeks ago that we were leaving for DC! We had a good trip... everything went well, our hotel was great, we saw a lot but also left a lot for a future trip. Probably the hardest thing was the heat and humidity, which slowed us down a little.


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If I never had to get back in the car, that would be fine with me. I usually like road trips, but I just wasn't feeling the drive this time. It seemed to take forever to get there, and we actually ended up stopping at a hotel with only 2.5 hours to go, because I just couldn't be in the car any more. On the way back we also stopped (in Indiana), but ( Read more... )

( many pics )

I have finally uploaded pics from our trip to Marquette last weekend. The trip did not exactly go as planned, for two reasons. First, the snow on Saturday - we were crazy enough to leave anyway, but it turned a 7 1/2 hour drive into an 11 hour drive. It was not particularly icy or slippery, it was just a lot of snow, making it very hard to see. ( Read more... )

To celebrate the end of summer classes (and also being together for two years), we went to Chicago this weekend. It was fun, despite a lot of rain. ( rambling & pictures )

Yesterday was awesome. When I got home from work/school, Leah already had the bikes on the car, thus ensuring that we'd actually go out. We went to Hidden Falls and biked and geocached for about 2 hours. We were 5 for 6 on the night. (Technically I was 4 for 5 because when I saw how much climbing would be required for one of them, I didn't even try ( Read more... )

A recap of the past few days ( Read more... )

My stomach has been hurting last night and today - I think I actually have 1st day of school jitters. I am very nervous about my busy schedule (17 credits - I only had 14 last semester) and I'm sure that a lot of my nervousness has to do with this being my LAST semester (assuming that I don't freak out and end up with F's like the last time I was ( Read more... )