Weeks of catching up plus Chicago!!

I was planning on writing a blog this last Sunday, after I got back from Chicago for the weekend. However, due to an unfortunate series of events, I was unable to get home until Monday afternoon because of a snow storm that rolled through all of ND and MN. We managed to make it all the way to Minneapolis but were forced to stop there because the highways were shut down. So I was actually able to stay in two places I have never visited this past weekend, both Chicago and Minneapolis!

To start with a little of last week, just another very fast four days of school. I'm loving how fast this semester is going because it means sooner to coming home! I also managed to have another pretty bad fall last week while walking to class. :/  Devin (my roommate) was walking in front of me, and for whatever reason, he missed the one patch of ice but, knowing me, I caught it perfectly. One of my legs slid out from under me, and the other followed. It then led to me continuously switching which leg was sliding out, looking like I was trying to skate. After about six or seven "slips" I finally went down...Devin turns around laughing out loud and I get up, only to slip one last time and hit the ground again. Something tells me that I wasn't meant to walk in the snow/ice.

Chicago Pizza!!!

Can't believe I snapped a picture as sweet as this

Now to talk about Chicago...what a fun weekend that was. The reason I traveled there in the first place was because of a leadership convention that was going on for my fraternity.  It was just like what I wrote about in my post awhile back about Kansas City. Same exact type of event. There were about 25 of us that went this time, way more than the Kansas City trip.  The drive there wasn't bad at all. We left at about 1 in the morning and drove through the day, getting to Chicago by about 3 in the afternoon. I slept through a lot of it which made the drive go by a lot faster. The first night we listened to speakers and then at about 9, went into downtown Chicago where we walked along the "Magnificent Mile" and went to many different stores and pizza places.  Saturday was pretty much laid out the same, only difference was we went downtown during the day to see the city instead of at night. But overall it was an amazing weekend and I enjoy having opportunities like these to travel to places I haven't been before! I will post more pictures on a separate blog post so this doesn't become ridiculously long.

Like I mentioned above, we left Sunday morning but were forced to stake out in Minneapolis for the night.  Luckily, Minneapolis is the home of the Mall of America so there was an endless amount of activities we could do. This mall was absolutely huge and it managed to have both an amusement park and an aquarium! This was one of the coolest things I have seen and I was able to walk into pretty much every store I could ever want to.  It was definitely an amazing experience and I will be back there sooner than later.


Well that is pretty much all I have to say about this past week. I had my first night flight last night and it was a lot different than flying at night back home. Every direction I flew was just pitch black (with exception of an occasional town) and the only way you can figure out where you are is by using the instruments and GPS. Thank god for technology.

Miss everyone from back home so much! Let me know what else you might want to hear about!

Cameron

The picture from above but during the day/

Navy Pier