OBX

So a belated account of my time in North Carolina:

Thursday: woke up at 5AM to get ready and make myself look pretty before heading to the airport at 7:00. My flight took off at 9:30 (I had to go so early because my mom was dropping me off on her way to work), and I landed in Raleigh at 11:00 AM. Colin picked me up at the airport and we drove straight to the Outer Banks. It was about three and a half hours down there, and as we drove, the sky darkened more and more until it completely opened up. The winds were raging, which was not the most comforting as we were driving over the really long bridges to get to the island.

When we finally got to Kitty Hawk, we checked into our motel, got settled a bit and then went out to Food Lion and picked up some basics (water, bread, lunch meat, fruit, snacks, etc), and then we drove to the beach just to look at how crazy the water would be in the storm. It was insane. The waves were so high and rough, and I felt like I was going to blow away just standing there. We went back to the hotel to get cleaned up, we were pretty messed up by the rain, and then later we went to dinner at a little place down the road called Jolly Rogers. Later, we went through a Brew Threw which is like Swiss Farms, except with beer. Like, you seriously sit in your car and they bring you alcohol!? I had been through one before but it was when I was a kid, so I really didn't have a recollection of it. It was still kinda raining, so we ended up going back to our room and hanging out there.

Friday: Woke up to clear skies and about 79 degrees. Went to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, then headed to the Bodie lighthouse, then to the Corolla national beaches, which were gorgeous and pretty secluded. Since we weren't really planning on going to the beach at that time, we weren't in our swimming gear, but we just walked up and down the beach a bit and climbed some sand dunes. It was so beautiful. A little later we went back to our room, ate some sandwhiches for lunch, and then headed out to the beach again, this time the less secluded beach near us. The water was still pretty choppy, and the undertow was dangerous, so we didn't go in too far, just up to our knees. We sat on the beach for a few hours and then when the sun started going down we headed back to the room to get cleaned up. We got dinner at Tale of a Whale, this nice resteraunt on the inlet. The resteraunt is positioned right over the water, so it's pretty frickin cool.

Saturday: We had to check out of the motel by 11:00 AM, so we got up pretty early to get ready to leave. On our way to the bridge we stopped at the Wright Brother's Museum and stayed there for a few hours just looking at the museum, walking around the park and up to the monument, and we were even dorky enough to sit and watch a little movie about the Wright Brothers. haha. Then we headed home, and on our way stopped at a Pigley Wiggly, just because they're like this big southern legend and i've never even been in one before. It was sooooo exciting, except it was freezing in there!!! We got to Raleigh at around 3:30ish (I think), and dropped our stuff off at Colin's aunt and uncle's house. Then he drove me around town to show me all the cool areas of Raleigh, which is a really neat little city. Later, we went out to get Mexican food, which was de-lish! And even later we met up with Colin's cousin and her boyfriend for mini golf. Later that night we headed back to his aunt and uncle's house, had a little time in the hot tub, and then headed to sleep.

Sunday: My plane was leaving at 3:45, so we had some time in the morning. We went to a little flea market in Raleigh and just walked around and looked at all the junk that people were trying to sell. Then we drove to a lake before going back home so that I could pick up my stuff. After that we went to the airport, which was like the hardest thing of my life. I was crying like a little baby, and I felt so silly, but I miss him soooo much.

Nic Scimeca makes my life seem so dull... both of him

Nic Scimeca and friends opened up a grilled cheese restaurant in the windy city. How brilliant is that? Just grilled cheese. And delicious grilled cheese from the sound of it.


Anyone else notice that no one in the picture has a grilled cheese in front of them? And even more odd: there are two Nic's in the picture. In the back of the room, his back is to the camera to the right of the guy in the red hat. Then, facing the camera a little to his own back's right and to the left of the woman with the black curly hair. And it's pretty obvious that there is no mirror in that spot.

http://www.the44thward.com/

I can't wait to go when I'm in Chicago.

In other news, I'm still waiting for the TR academic advisor to email me back. Apparently there's a Junior Internship meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00AM and everyone got an email about it besides me. Thank god Melissa texted me today, or I would've been completely left out of the entire thing.