Chicago!

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This past weekend I had the opportunity to cross something off of my bucket list that I have been wanting to for awhile now: a road trip to Chicago.

When I first brought up the idea to my parents, they were like, "Okay whatever, Erin is just rambling like always," but once I got serious things quickly took a turn for the worse. My dad began to stress about every possible thing that could go wrong (typical):

-My car breaking down
-An accident involving my car
-Triple A leaving me stranded 400 miles from home
-Me being unable to drive in the city thus resulting in some sort of accident
(There's a theme here if you can't tell...)
-My safety
(Notice what comes last)

Anyway, I decided to ignore everything my dad said and go for it anyway. This was probably one of the best decisions ever.

By choosing to not say no, I took control of my life and did what I wanted to do and I was rewarded with a wonderful experience that left me with so many fantastic memories. I had so many reasons to say no but I chose to ignore them. We only have one life to live so we need to take advantage of it and not let anything stop us from doing what we want. A good step towards this idea is to say yes. We need to stop making excuses and start living our lives. If we can do this, we can begin to truly enjoy everything life has to offer us.

As for this weekend, I laughed so hard my stomach hurt and was able to cross some things off my bucket list... So yeah, you could say it was one of the best weekends ever.

Huge thank you to Alli Voce for being a rockstar and letting me sleep in her bed with her and also to Caleb Osborn and Bailey Kampa, who made for some pretty great travel buddies. I love you guys.




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