a couple road trip pictures!

so i'm still struggling to get my pictures on here, but i've got two! 

yup, my odometer hit 100,000 miles on my trip to kansas city, so i had to document it going about 80 mph....

this is the view from laura's apt! amazing right? i love kansas city!

we're here!

so...kathryn and i made it safe and sound all the way to california on wednesday night. yay. but we were shocked by how hot it was when we got here...i really don't know why, it is southern california. anyway, so we've spent the last four days searching for an apartment hard core, and today we found one! very exciting. now we're on to the job search...

so we're here.

(and i'm hoping one day soon blogger will actually let me put some pictures up here. i took quite a few while i was driving...i know, i know...bad idea. but they're cool pictures.)

lost in kansas city.

i made it to kansas city on wednesday night and i can't believe i'm leaving tomorrow morning already.

it's been so fun to see Laura, meet her friends, go to class with her (she's studying neurology right now...). and kansas city is great, i really like it here. gas is cheap and the city is beautiful. it's a lot smaller than chicago, which can actually be nice. and seeing as i was driving around by myself on thursday and got lost...but then proceeded to get un-lost (is that even a word?) pretty easily, i figure i'd do well here.

but it's onward for me. another day of driving here i come.

i love fall.

i'm leaving Chicago and driving to California tomorrow. i know right, it's finally time. 

so, here are the top five things i will miss about Chicago...

5. north park men's soccer games.

4. Lincoln Square.

3. down town...i love the sky line.

2. knowing my way around, and feeling comfortable.

1. morning sunrise runs to the lake.   

come on sammy!

if you're wondering...yes i named my car. and his name is sammy. i think i did it more as a legit way to talk to myself and calm myself down when necessary...ha. anyway, we made it to chicago! (sammy, cath and i).  so now in two weeks or so i'll be on my way out west, but first i get to experience chicago one more time for a while.

so this is my car packed up pretty tight. and yes that finding nemo pillow case is mine.

me and my NEW atlas. i've never had one before and i'm totally excited about it.

me, cathface and sammy at a rest stop...the sun was SO bright.

i found glasses!!

...to drink from, ha. no, but seriously i am so excited. my future roommate has dishes and now i have glasses, we're all set. haha well maybe not all set, but this discovery made me super pumped about moving. it's getting close too. i mean i'm leaving for chicago in a week and before i know it, we'll be on the road out west. so crazy.


on a totally different note, and because i love pictures...here's an awesome picture from camp.

i cut my hair.

i cut my hair. it's really short, so i hope they can actually make a wig for someone who needs it.

seriously, it's short.