When we last left our intrepid hero:

She was babbling about some sort of scarf drivel.

Today, we discuss Spring Break. I, along with my favored traveling companion, one Christie Anne, voyaged towards the land of hipsters and culture, and my older sister Janna. CHICAGO! At first the plan was to take the train, but those suckers are expensive! So, we drove. Or rather, Christie drove.

Day 1: (Wednesday, March 18th)
-left my house around 11
-drove and drove and drove and drove for 8 hours, watched Shrek 2 and Friends on my laptop
-got to the apartment around 7
-bought food at Trader Joe's to last the week as omnivores in vegan surroundings
-chilled out and facebook stalked Janna's friends

Day 2: (Thursday, March 19th)
-hit up IKEA in the morning, awesome, bought my obligatory IKEA visit lamp which was a set of two and they are cool, check out those in my room sometime soon...
-made sandwiches for lunch
-figured out how the heck to get to the Shedd Aquarium on public transport
-thought it closed at 5, got there at 4:30 and almost didn't get tickets, but we were then informed that they had Spring Break hours, and were open until 6!
-got tickets
-toured the aquarium, saw cool fish, took lots of pictures
-found out that the Chicago Art Institute Museum has free Thursday nights, so we went and browsed in preparation for paid visit the next day
-met up with Josh, Janna's friend, went to Chipotle for dinner
-watched Shaun of the Dead at the apartment

Day 3: (Friday, March 20th)
-got to the Chicago Art Institute Museum again, toured around for a few hours
-had Panda Express for lunch
-visited the bean and took obligatory bean pictures
-chilled out at the apartment and took much needed naps
-went to an art opening for Art Institute undergrad work, had Las Pasaditas for dinner with some more of Janna's friends, Dan, Dennie, and Andy
-hung out with Dan at the apartment

Day 4: (Saturday, March 21st)
-woke up, packed up, left around 1
-GPS wanted us to go to St. Louis, but we wanted to go through Des Moines again, tricked GPS into taking us there
-I read most of the trip, Christie drove, then we watched Chicken Run and The Wedding Planner (<-bad movie)
-got home right at 10


So, that was my break. Lots of driving, lots of feeling like I wasn't cool enough to be there, lots of pictures, and a fair amount of loving that city.