The end of the July went very well for me. Being in Marquette was desperately needed. I loved seeing Lacee and Dave. We actually took a sub-trip off of mine to Houghton for some KBC! We also went to the MineShaft just to drive the go-karts. The week was so wonderful, time with Lake Superior and my bestest friends. The weekend in Chicago was fun with B-Club. Kevin's friends from Chi-town were super fun to hang out with. The first night in town I met a few of them at the local bars and we met up with them again downtown the following night. I spent a lot of time with Matt and Lauren and went into town early. It was fun spending time with them since Matt had never been to Chicago and Lauren had only gone once. Chicago isn't my favorite city, at all, but I was hanging out with friend's so it didn't matter where I was. Transformers 3 was being filmed in town and we got a lot of pictures 'behind the scenes' of the rubble. Eventually, everyone got into the city and we couldn't come to a decision of what to do since there were about 15 of us. That was definitely a challenge although Lauren and I went to Filene's Basement! That place is so brilliant! That night we ended up on Rush street till about 3 am. It was amazing that we found 3 places to go with NO cover. Started at an Irish Pub then across the street to a smaller bar where we played pool and then to a dance club. I think the dance club was the most fun since everyone was dancing. My birthday was very lax which was nice since the previous week wore me out.
Lionsfest was very successful other than the rain and possible flooding. I ended up getting over 100 mosquito bites on my legs the first night of security thanks to all the rain. Even with security I managed to get myself to the fest every day to help out with games. My favorite part was seeing people I went to school with and have them not recognize me, love it! My friend from Houston got into town Saturday night but I was working so I didn't get to see him till Sunday. I managed to get out of clean up for the fest and met up with him downtown. It was really nice to catch up with him and see him again after a whole year of not seeing him. I am so very very happy that I kept in touch with him throughout the year. I ended up spending every night with him that he was in town since I don't know when I'll get to see him again. He's got a full work schedule, and I don't know if I can afford to visit him.
The road trip around WI ended up having some plan changes made. I went straight to EC since I had stayed out late the previous night and needed some sleep. New Glarus is saved for a later trip. I had fun in EC, went to a Lia Sophia party and bought some new jewelry that is retired now and went out for Abby's last night in town. It was a fun time all around, but I found myself missing a certain someone. Saturday morning I helped Abby load up and left early to get to Hewitt. It was great seeing my little cousins, Will and Ben. I played with Will and was sad to leave since we had so much fun. Ben should be walking soon which will be fun with the two of them. My blind date that night was not very good. Didn't drink beer, travel, or know about sports. It didn't work out so I spent the night losing to my uncle at Life with my aunt. We did have some pretty good margarita's though! I headed back home on Sunday after dinner and stopped to check out Abby's new place then head home.
The rent's celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary by going to Baltimore. they left bright and early on Monday so I had to drive them to the airport. I think I hung out at home still looking for jobs while they were gone. A few weeks later I went to Brat Days in Sheboygan with Abby since her bf was working it. We saw and amazing artist, McCurdy. He sang Sex & Beer and I got a t-shirt and got it signed! The next day I trekked back to the UP for the weekend to 'crash' my friend's wedding. It was really fun crashing their wedding since I know both of them and I'm pretty sure they didn't think I was going to be able to be there. Lacee and I were the outcasts from the other local friend's but we rocked as usual. Ended up dancing more with the bride's fam and ruling the dance floor. No open bar but thank God I had New Glarus in the car so we had the exclusive beer at the wedding. We went out that night for one of Lacee's friend's from hs birthday. We were out till bar close but felt like it was earlier than that. It was very sad to leave but we all know I will return to mqt.
The past few weeks have been slow with not much going on. Watching pre-game Packer's games and still looking for a job. Went to the Lion's races and met some of the new AFS kids. I have also decided that I'm going to go to grad school for hospitality and tourism management. I'm looking at the east coast and would like to get into Umass-amherst. They feel similar to NMU but much closer to NYC... roadtrip?
Labor day is coming up and I'm excited to spend some time camping with my second family!
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