okay, so I had a great weekend! i am still recouping from everything that we did. My cousin, Elizabeth, came to visit for the weekend and we crammed a lot into a little time. We walked down the Magnificent Mile, did a little shopping, saw the watertower, ate Chicago pizza, had drinks in the Hancock building (best view is in the women's restroom ( Read more... )

hey guys! things are still going great. I had a nice but pretty uneventful weekend...lots of rain, therefore lots of movies! So, I just wanted to update and let you all know that I have a my space account now, thanks to my brother! it's the same user name as my LJ account - lilems54. check it out sometime. It's still in the making, but the ( Read more... )

So, last night I was driving around town with my friend and we found this cute little area in Chicago. It's called Lincoln village, lots of cool restaurants and old buildings. Can't wait to check it out sometime. Oh yeah, and we found a place like Whole Foods only cheaper. Yeah!!! Anyway, not too much else going on. I baked a cake and made ( Read more... )

Okay, so I really am here in Chicago. I have been super busy with classes, homework, trying to find a job, and trying to relax some. I attempted to update a few weeks ago, but it deleted and I didn't have time to retype it. sooo... Wow, so much is going on here, I don't know where to start. Classes are amazing. It's a lot of reading (75-200 ( Read more... )

okay, so the last 3 1/2 weeks of my life have been ridiculously crazy! I'm still alive though. We made it up to Chicago and the apartment is already unpacked and looking great (minus the dog hair that keeps reappearing on the floor!) Honey Marie and I are still unemployed, so we could use your prayers on that. Aside from that, life is good. I ( Read more... )

yeah, so i got some free internet time with my hostel here in Munich so I thought I'd update...we spent the last few days in Austria, which were unbelievable!!! we saw King Ludwig's castel and just wandered around Salzburg today. we met some cool people at the hostel last night and one of the guys wandered around with us today. that was great! ( Read more... )

alive and well and having a blast! i can't even believe how much we have seen and done in the last week and few days. We are having a great time and seeing so many truly amazing things. i can't wait to share all of my pictures with everyone. i won't be able to do it until after i get home, but they'll be posted online soon enough. can't talk ( Read more... )

Wow! yeah, it's hard to believe but it's only been 6 days and we've seen so very much. As the email title suggests...so, everything is absolutely amazing. It hasn't exactly registered yet that I've seen the Eiffle Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Colloseum, the Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel...truly unbelievable! We were on our way ( Read more... )

okay, well again, it's going to have to be short! I'm sorry! Oh there is so much to tell you...we saw almost every animal that there is to see, and so many of them up close. We saw lions, cheetah, elephants, and giraffes - all close enough to reach down and touch. It was truly amazing. I can't even believe it! you won't believe the pictures ( Read more... )

life is crazy and things are really busy here in Africa. Updates are completely out of the question...sorry! We'll see what is possible once we reach Arusha, but no promises. I just wanted to write a little something so that you'd all know that I'm alive and well (all being like the 5 people still reading my entries! - thank you my faithful ( Read more... )