Thanks to Southwest Airlines' super cheap flights, I was able to meet up with my girlfriends from Missouri in the Windy City, and head off to South Bend to spend a few days with Erin, my life-long ballet friend. 
The weather was perfect. Natalie & I saw Marry Poppins on Broadway--magical. Some shopping, great food, and the best part--hilarious, fun, friends. Although, who exercises on vacation? All of them except me. I held all their junk in my jumbo purse and laid on the beach relaxing (what vacation is for), getting the photo of a seagull, and enjoyed the sun, all while they jogged along the river. 
It was so much fun and I'm glad I came. Natalie's husband told her if the tight-wad (me) went, she had to go too, assuming I would back out. Well Ray, I hope your surprised.
Ashley, Natalie, me (in my new raincoat), Jayne, Katherine
moving on to the next half of my trip:
NOTRE DAME
The main reason to take the train east to South Bend, Indiana was to visit Erin. But I was really excited to see the Notre Dame campus, where her husband is in grad school. Why am I so attached to a university I've never seen?
My favorite movie is Rudy.
When I was talking to Erin about potentially coming to visit, she promised me good food, and she totally delivered. She's a great cook and everything was delicious and I had so much fun chatting, eating, and being introduced to Arrested Development. We went on a tour of a mansion in South Bend and the tour guide was self proclaimed "Irish, through and through" but later on the tour he revealed he was part Cherokee, so I questioned all the other stuff he told us on the tour too. The chocolate dipped cannoli from an Italian bakery looked better before I inhaled the first half, but I think you get the point.
It was fun to see so many great friends this weekend, and I've come home refreshed and excited to see my two Rhetts.
***I always seem to do something really stupid whenever I travel. This trip my phone was freaking out the night before I left, so I took my mom's and forgot to inform everyone of the new number. I brought the charger to my bluetooth, not my mom's phone, so two days in I had to turn it off and save the last bar for the call to pick me up from the airport. Compared to other traveling chaos, this trip was pretty smooth.
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1 comment:
How FUN to go see E and the historic Notre Dame. What a beautiful campus - and a fun trip, sounds like!
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