Trip?

Time. is. flying. When did mid-September happen? I feel like it was just the other day I wrote my last post, and it's been over a week. Jeez.

My life hasn't been that exciting. I'm growing lazier by the day. I neeeed to get back to hiking. I bought that fancy new day pack and haven't used it yet! Maybe next week? It's tough now because my dad is starting Chemo and radiation on Monday, and we'll be at Cancer Care for a couple of hours everyday. Maybe I'll get my sister to take over one day so I can commune with nature.

I haven't really baked/cooked much, so I don't have any pictures or stories. I did make a pretty rad banana cake the other day, but didn't take pics. It wasn't that exciting, and it came out a little flat. I didn't sift my flour. Probably a mistake. Oh, well. It's still delicious.

My unemployment was approved, so I'm not slowly running out of money anymore! That kind of leads to the trip portion of this "Trip?" post. Since I have some cash flow now, I'm thinking about going somewhere. I'm actually thinking Chicago. I've never been to that city OR state. It's not too far to drive, and seems exciting. I found a couple of hostels that look decent, got great reviews, and are only about $30 a night.

I would probably plan on 3 nights at the hostel, with a day on each end for driving to and from. That would give me two full days in the city. I figure I can plan some things to check out, maybe take in a show, find some bars. I can explore for a couple of days, and maybe even take some resumes along and harass some theatres! Getting there would also take me through Indiana. Is there anything to see in Indiana? Then I could check off two more states for my 30 Things Before 30 list!

This is still just an idea I'm tossing around, but I'm itching to go somewhere new. Besides parking, I feel like I could make the whole trip cost less than $200, including the hostel, food, sights, etc. For gas, I might cash in some of my Mypoints points for gas gift cards. For parking, I would probably cough up the money for a garage, as street parking in any city scares me.

We'll see how long I remain unemployed, how my finances are in a few weeks, and how ambitious I am. If Chicago doesn't work out, maybe a few days in NYC are in order. That may be in order anyway. I can stay with my college roomie (yes, I'm inviting myself, you don't have a choice), so expenses would be minimal. I have a book that I bought when I lived in NYC for a summer of 1,001 things to do. I've done probably 200, but I could cross a few more of those off my list.... We'll see what happens!

I'll decide in a couple of weeks what I want to do. In the meanwhile, I'm GOING to get back to hiking. I shall also get back in the kitchen. If for no other reason than to have something to blog about!

Super Lazy (And Fat) Sunday

So how did you spend your Sunday? Let me take you through my day. Around 2PM, I had to drag myself out of bed to pee. Since I was up, I checked my e-mail and Twitter. After that taxing ordeal, I took a nap for an hour. When I got out of bed again, I decided I had to be productive, so I had some leftovers and watched Arrested Development for a few hours. This obviously was super productive.

At this point, I took a shower and got dressed. It was now around 6PM. I needed a few things from the store, so I headed to Big Lots, Family Dollar, and Bi-Lo. Now, the things that I needed were a new shower curtain liner, some handsoap, and a few grocery items. While I did get (most of) the things on my list, I also got about $20 in junk food. Upon arriving home, I proceeded to eat about half of the junk food. Do you know how much crap $20 buys at Big Lots and the dollar store? Yeah, I ate half of that.

Now that I'm a little nauseous, yet considering eating some more, I'm once again watching Arrested Development. I had planned to make White Chocolate-Raspberry Whoopie Pies to take to work for Valentine's Day tomorrow, but I think I'm far too lazy to bake. I'll make them sometime this week... probably.... I should also do some laundry and my dishes, but I don't think any power on this planet could drag me off this couch right now... unless it's to get some more snacks. Fat beats lazy almost any day.

In other news, I think I'm getting sick. I've been stuffy all day and sneezing a lot lately. Maybe I'll pound some Vitamin C and go to bed early tonight. Especially since I have to be up at 6AM for a show tomorrow. Guh.