Yes, the trip has finally come to an end. Unlike yesterday, driving wasn't as amusing, although when you put me and two of my closest friends together (especially me and Barbie) we have the most interesting conversations. Three hours is quite the time for a long drive and interesting conversation as we watch the scenery go by. Kansas country scenery is always amazing. Unlike last year when it practically poured buckets of water on us on the way home, this time around was sunny with clear skies and good weather.
While the contents of our conversations are usually best off not being divulged to public ears, I can only say that we did not have a boring car ride back home. Although it's hard to recall what we usually say to each other, so I wouldn't be able to tell others anyway. I recall some talk about cows, wheat fields and corn fields, farming, and then our beloved driver screaming at slow moving cars and stupid drivers with all her rage.
Times are fun.
Last night was a horrid sleeping night. While I was finally tired enough to sleep without waking at intervals, it figures that the room phone would malfunction and continuously ring through the night. We were NOT happy about that, but the hotel graciously apologized and refunded our night stay, so basically we were only charged for one night. After all, we weren't the only guests who were kept awake all night from the room phone ringing randomly through the night.
I guess since I get an employee discount anyway, I'm fine with that.
More shopping was done as we went back to Legends mall. I do believe that its a nice place to go-- it's mostly outlet stores and factory stores, which means that everything is cheaper and discounted than typical retail price. Surprisingly, I ended up buying some clothes for the winter. I guess I'm biding my time-- I'm fully prepared for the wintertime now.
Following we went to eat lunch at Bo Ling's Chinese Restaurant and I introduced my friends to dim sum. Enjoyable as it is, the amount of food your order as the servers come by with cart after cart of dim sum can add up quickly. For me, dim sum is always good and I even brought home some baked buns for my family.
While it doesn't seem like we've done much besides shop-- which is pretty much true-- I feel like we've done quite a bit these past few days in KC. A lot of time was pretty much just spent driving around and seeing new scenic sites and just hanging out and talking and laughing. I'm happy to say that we had a lot of fun.
It gets tiring to be on the road all the time for me, but this is one I especially enjoyed. While I feel bad that one of my friends was sick during the trip, I'm glad that she was able to come-- a vacation probably did some good for her anyway and she seemed to have just as much fun. Secondly, I feel kind of bad for my other friend who may or may not have contracted some of the cold/flu that us other two girls might have exposed her to.
Overall, this trip was a good one and I look forward to the next. By then, some of the newer shopping districts will probably be more developed and maybe newer areas will be available to visit.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Day 3 of KC trip - part 2 -- In which travel comes with amusement everywhere
It's funny all the things you run into while you're trying to get from one part of the city to another.
A fender bender causes a three lane stop for a mile or two on a major highway and while waiting for traffic to slowly crawl its way through, cars try to weave their ways between two inch gaps because they don't know whether they want to stay on the freeway or attempt to fly off of it. With flares and at least two police cars on the road, we had expected that something big happened-- but a simple fender bender it was.
Driving in KC has never been so amusing as today as our beloved Garmin attempted to direct us in the most outstanding directions possible just to pass through the middle of nowhere to arrive somewhere. At one point, we actually believed that we had pissed off the navigator enough that it would leave us stranded in an area we were unfamiliar with and then just shut down, taking out car and cell phones with it.
My company and I would never return home again.
But taking a very scenic, detour-ish route, we finally ended up at the locations requested.
Not that I'm complaining, because it's nice that we have a Garmin to direct us where to go. During the evening while looking for a way to get to the Cheesecake Factory in Overland Park-- yes, we ended up going a second time-- we drove passed a lot of very nicely designed residences. They were old, but they were beautiful with layouts that gave some an old fashioned, Victorian feel and others large enough to be mansions. The streets entrances to each neighborhood had identical greeting statues in the forms of flower pots, lions, etc., etc., etc...
There is nothing I love more than seeing all the unique statues, monuments, fountains, and various artistic displays in this area. Our own hometown has a lot of pieces of metal that we may like to call art, but they hold absolutely nothing against everything here in KC.
Driving in Kansas City is a little bit crazier than in Wichita. Traffic laws seem to be thrown out the window as car after car zoomed passed us as we too broke the law by going a couple miles over the speed limit. Even in heavy traffic, we kept seeing cars zip in and out of lanes barely few inches from grazing a car in front or behind.
Shopping today was rather productive. New York and Co. managed to pry money out of my hands gleefully as I watched on with puppy dog pouting. After that, I was sucked into a nice little place called Teavana that pretty much hypnotized me like an enchantress-- yes, they got some of my money too. My friends did their spending as well at New York and Co., but apparently when it came to Maurices, we seemed quite hesitant.
While it felt like we did a lot of things today, we really spent a lot of time driving around looking for different shopping malls or shopping districts. We found Zona Rosa after a slight detour to a desolate looking Indian Springs shopping center that may or may not have been located in a ghost town. I swear that when we come back next year, someone is going to tell us that Indian Springs has not existed for at least twenty years and what we saw was nothing. I bet my life on it-- but we don't really have to bet.
Zona Rosa looked to be a newer outdoor shopping district. There were still lots that were advertising for lease and the area was lain out very ideally with a few park-like areas were you can take pictures or just sit and enjoy the peace of the outdoors. Next year, I don't mind coming back to Zona Rosa as it is a nice area to visit, even if you're just going to walk around and window shop.
Overall, with an amusing car ride from one place to another, we had a lot of fun.
We had had plans to go to the Power and Light District, but currently lounging in the hotel room, we all seem to settled to want to go anywhere else. I don't mind that so much-- I think we've hit the point where just lounging feels good anyway. A nice, almost light turned heavy dinner at Cheesecake Factory, I think has gotten us to exhausted to do anything else.
Food has been great, shopping has been fun, random driving roadtrip is amusing... I'd say that the trip so far is going excellent.
Tomorrow will be the last day and our plans seem to be along the lines of last shopping plus lunch and then whatever else. But it's not set since we like to go with the flow-- itineraries are not for us and may drive us crazy.
Day three of the Kansas City trip-- still going very well.
A fender bender causes a three lane stop for a mile or two on a major highway and while waiting for traffic to slowly crawl its way through, cars try to weave their ways between two inch gaps because they don't know whether they want to stay on the freeway or attempt to fly off of it. With flares and at least two police cars on the road, we had expected that something big happened-- but a simple fender bender it was.
Driving in KC has never been so amusing as today as our beloved Garmin attempted to direct us in the most outstanding directions possible just to pass through the middle of nowhere to arrive somewhere. At one point, we actually believed that we had pissed off the navigator enough that it would leave us stranded in an area we were unfamiliar with and then just shut down, taking out car and cell phones with it.
My company and I would never return home again.
But taking a very scenic, detour-ish route, we finally ended up at the locations requested.
Not that I'm complaining, because it's nice that we have a Garmin to direct us where to go. During the evening while looking for a way to get to the Cheesecake Factory in Overland Park-- yes, we ended up going a second time-- we drove passed a lot of very nicely designed residences. They were old, but they were beautiful with layouts that gave some an old fashioned, Victorian feel and others large enough to be mansions. The streets entrances to each neighborhood had identical greeting statues in the forms of flower pots, lions, etc., etc., etc...
There is nothing I love more than seeing all the unique statues, monuments, fountains, and various artistic displays in this area. Our own hometown has a lot of pieces of metal that we may like to call art, but they hold absolutely nothing against everything here in KC.
Driving in Kansas City is a little bit crazier than in Wichita. Traffic laws seem to be thrown out the window as car after car zoomed passed us as we too broke the law by going a couple miles over the speed limit. Even in heavy traffic, we kept seeing cars zip in and out of lanes barely few inches from grazing a car in front or behind.
Shopping today was rather productive. New York and Co. managed to pry money out of my hands gleefully as I watched on with puppy dog pouting. After that, I was sucked into a nice little place called Teavana that pretty much hypnotized me like an enchantress-- yes, they got some of my money too. My friends did their spending as well at New York and Co., but apparently when it came to Maurices, we seemed quite hesitant.
While it felt like we did a lot of things today, we really spent a lot of time driving around looking for different shopping malls or shopping districts. We found Zona Rosa after a slight detour to a desolate looking Indian Springs shopping center that may or may not have been located in a ghost town. I swear that when we come back next year, someone is going to tell us that Indian Springs has not existed for at least twenty years and what we saw was nothing. I bet my life on it-- but we don't really have to bet.
Zona Rosa looked to be a newer outdoor shopping district. There were still lots that were advertising for lease and the area was lain out very ideally with a few park-like areas were you can take pictures or just sit and enjoy the peace of the outdoors. Next year, I don't mind coming back to Zona Rosa as it is a nice area to visit, even if you're just going to walk around and window shop.
Overall, with an amusing car ride from one place to another, we had a lot of fun.
We had had plans to go to the Power and Light District, but currently lounging in the hotel room, we all seem to settled to want to go anywhere else. I don't mind that so much-- I think we've hit the point where just lounging feels good anyway. A nice, almost light turned heavy dinner at Cheesecake Factory, I think has gotten us to exhausted to do anything else.
Food has been great, shopping has been fun, random driving roadtrip is amusing... I'd say that the trip so far is going excellent.
Tomorrow will be the last day and our plans seem to be along the lines of last shopping plus lunch and then whatever else. But it's not set since we like to go with the flow-- itineraries are not for us and may drive us crazy.
Day three of the Kansas City trip-- still going very well.
Day 3 of KC trip - part 1 -- In which sleep was cruel and we prepare to do more shopping
I think the titles of my posts are getting longer.
Anyway, the night stay at hotels have always been dreadful for me. Ever since I was young and went on vacations with my family, I've never been able to sleep well in a hotel room.
Don't get me wrong-- the beds are comfortable to lay on and the rooms are nice, but my stupid mentality just won't let me sleep peacefully. And so I spent the night waking up at intervals. I have a bad case of insomnia to begin with anyway, so that doesn't help.
Sometime during the middle of the night, I woke up and heard some loud screaming and cussing. It could have come from outside-- but we are on the third floor. It could have come from one of the rooms around us, either a television or people. My friend says she heard someone's TV really loudly last night, but I managed to miss it somehow.
I'm a little sleepy right now since I couldn't sleep last night, but I'm sure I'll pep up as soon as we get started.
The day is planned with shopping and then hitting up the Power and Light District tonight.
The weather is very nice since it rained last night.
We are go for more wandering around today.
Anyway, the night stay at hotels have always been dreadful for me. Ever since I was young and went on vacations with my family, I've never been able to sleep well in a hotel room.
Don't get me wrong-- the beds are comfortable to lay on and the rooms are nice, but my stupid mentality just won't let me sleep peacefully. And so I spent the night waking up at intervals. I have a bad case of insomnia to begin with anyway, so that doesn't help.
Sometime during the middle of the night, I woke up and heard some loud screaming and cussing. It could have come from outside-- but we are on the third floor. It could have come from one of the rooms around us, either a television or people. My friend says she heard someone's TV really loudly last night, but I managed to miss it somehow.
I'm a little sleepy right now since I couldn't sleep last night, but I'm sure I'll pep up as soon as we get started.
The day is planned with shopping and then hitting up the Power and Light District tonight.
The weather is very nice since it rained last night.
We are go for more wandering around today.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Day 2 of KC trip -- In which we shop til the cows come home
Technically, it's day one, but I started off day one last night, so this will be day two.
And technically, we really just spent the entire day walking around the Country Club Plaza and Legends mall. They're very nice outdoor areas where lots and lots and lots of department stores are located.
We arrived in Kansas City at approximately 11:30-ish just in time to stop at the Cheesecake Factory for a nice big lunch. And thus that crosses off one of the things that we intended to do on our list. Following, we spent the rest of the morning wander the streets of the Plaza until it was time to check into the hotel.
Lo and behold, the Plaza is currently hosting an Art Fest and we were just in time to watch as people put their booths together. Lots of interesting different kinds of artwork that probably cost more than I can afford to eat within a year. When you find something you like, you're probably best off not touching it and just walking away.
The shopping around the Plaza wasn't quite fruitful and as we dodged ferocious KC drivers, we made our way into those few stores that you don't see in Wichita. Now, we've been to the Plaza before-- it's a very scenic place with lots of statues and lots of flower gardens and lots of stores. It's also an extremely congested area where, no matter where you go, there are cars, people, more cars and then more people. If you're not careful, someone gets run over and due to the amount of traffic, you won't be able to rush out of there fast enough to flee the country.
Anyway, the only shopping we really did today involved a lot of browsing in the Plaza. It wasn't until we hit Legends outdoor mall that we actually started spending money-- aside from dishing out quite an amount for our expensive Cheesecake Factory lunch, which was part of the plan anyway.
At Legends, which is very conveniently located near the Hampton Inn we are staying at in Village West, we walked into lots of factory outlet stores and gleefully basked in the fact that everything was discounted. Signs indicating 30% off, 40% off and 60% off made it so much easier to shop guilt-free.
I am proud to announce that I managed to buy one button up sweater vest for a nicely discounted price from... *drumroll* Banana Republic. The very first item I have ever bought from that place because, well, let's face it, Banana Republic is a very expensive store and is way out of my price range. But I found something and I liked it very much and so I bought it. Yea, restraint wasn't so much in my mind at the time, but that's okay, I tell myself. We are here in KC to shop and spend money.
My friends weren't as lucky until we reached Wilson Leather, a place now extinct from the Wichta scene (unless there's one on the east side of town, but that means nothing to me if there is). More items were bought and then we wandered Legends more until we finally spent the last of our shopping for the day at Books-a-Million.
I've found another cute little children's fantasy to read: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones. And also the sequel. All is right in the world-- I've been looking for that book anyway.
But to review:
Day 2: shopping and shopping. We did end up at an Arby's for a nice light dinner amidst the suddenly howling winds. Only in Kansas will the weather suddenly drop twenty degrees and threaten to thunderstorm while it had been nice and sunny only an hour before.
What else....? Ah, yes. Swimming, cold hotel room, and now rest for the night. Tomorrow will be another day of fun shopping.
Day 2 has gone quite well... although, I'm currently a little worried. Being that me and one of the girls came into this trip with a cold, I fear that we have passed on the sickness to our immunocompromised friend who hadn't been sick to begin with. Or maybe it was just cold after we left the pool and it's started to affect.
On a side note, I really like the location of the hotel we are staying at. It's in a very ideal location as this area of Village West includes a Wally World, a bunch of different restaurants and Legends outdoor mall. Too bad we can't get into Great Wolf Lodge-- it's right across the street from our hotel. It would be nice to maybe try to sneak in, but I guess that won't bode well with the staff there.
And technically, we really just spent the entire day walking around the Country Club Plaza and Legends mall. They're very nice outdoor areas where lots and lots and lots of department stores are located.
We arrived in Kansas City at approximately 11:30-ish just in time to stop at the Cheesecake Factory for a nice big lunch. And thus that crosses off one of the things that we intended to do on our list. Following, we spent the rest of the morning wander the streets of the Plaza until it was time to check into the hotel.
Lo and behold, the Plaza is currently hosting an Art Fest and we were just in time to watch as people put their booths together. Lots of interesting different kinds of artwork that probably cost more than I can afford to eat within a year. When you find something you like, you're probably best off not touching it and just walking away.
The shopping around the Plaza wasn't quite fruitful and as we dodged ferocious KC drivers, we made our way into those few stores that you don't see in Wichita. Now, we've been to the Plaza before-- it's a very scenic place with lots of statues and lots of flower gardens and lots of stores. It's also an extremely congested area where, no matter where you go, there are cars, people, more cars and then more people. If you're not careful, someone gets run over and due to the amount of traffic, you won't be able to rush out of there fast enough to flee the country.
Anyway, the only shopping we really did today involved a lot of browsing in the Plaza. It wasn't until we hit Legends outdoor mall that we actually started spending money-- aside from dishing out quite an amount for our expensive Cheesecake Factory lunch, which was part of the plan anyway.
At Legends, which is very conveniently located near the Hampton Inn we are staying at in Village West, we walked into lots of factory outlet stores and gleefully basked in the fact that everything was discounted. Signs indicating 30% off, 40% off and 60% off made it so much easier to shop guilt-free.
I am proud to announce that I managed to buy one button up sweater vest for a nicely discounted price from... *drumroll* Banana Republic. The very first item I have ever bought from that place because, well, let's face it, Banana Republic is a very expensive store and is way out of my price range. But I found something and I liked it very much and so I bought it. Yea, restraint wasn't so much in my mind at the time, but that's okay, I tell myself. We are here in KC to shop and spend money.
My friends weren't as lucky until we reached Wilson Leather, a place now extinct from the Wichta scene (unless there's one on the east side of town, but that means nothing to me if there is). More items were bought and then we wandered Legends more until we finally spent the last of our shopping for the day at Books-a-Million.
I've found another cute little children's fantasy to read: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones. And also the sequel. All is right in the world-- I've been looking for that book anyway.
But to review:
Day 2: shopping and shopping. We did end up at an Arby's for a nice light dinner amidst the suddenly howling winds. Only in Kansas will the weather suddenly drop twenty degrees and threaten to thunderstorm while it had been nice and sunny only an hour before.
What else....? Ah, yes. Swimming, cold hotel room, and now rest for the night. Tomorrow will be another day of fun shopping.
Day 2 has gone quite well... although, I'm currently a little worried. Being that me and one of the girls came into this trip with a cold, I fear that we have passed on the sickness to our immunocompromised friend who hadn't been sick to begin with. Or maybe it was just cold after we left the pool and it's started to affect.
On a side note, I really like the location of the hotel we are staying at. It's in a very ideal location as this area of Village West includes a Wally World, a bunch of different restaurants and Legends outdoor mall. Too bad we can't get into Great Wolf Lodge-- it's right across the street from our hotel. It would be nice to maybe try to sneak in, but I guess that won't bode well with the staff there.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Day 1 of KC Trip - In which I prepare for the trip the night before we leave
I know the trip hasn't exactly started yet... and also, who wants who hear about every little thing I do during this little 3 day trip anyway, right?
But I haven't blogged much lately and thought I'd give my writing skills a little whirl this weekend. I used to keep a small notebook with me as a travel journal in the past whenever I went on vacation with the family. But whenever I whip it out and start writing something interesting I'd encountered that day or the day before, my mother would look at me and shake her head. She thinks it's crazy and she can't understand why I like keeping a travel journal.
I simply just like to write about things. Now if I could apply this particular passion for writing into those effing stories I'll never get to finish cause of my recent non-motivation, I'm set.
But anyway, back to the subject.
I've been sick the past few days, which figures since my friends and I have planned this trip for months. The hotel room is booked, some of our itinerary is set which includes the following:
1) Eat at Cheesecake Factory <-- #1 crucial thing to do
2) Go shopping
3) Go shopping
4) Go shopping
5) Visit museums
6) Visit newly finished downtown
The list does not particularly have to be done in that order.
Yea, yea, I know. A bunch of girls going to KC for the shopping. There just happen to be stores in KC that are not in Wichita.
But anyway, as for my cold, my friends should be happy to know that it won't stop me from going on our trip. After the first sign of a runny nose, I started taking medicine. Since this morning, I spent the day snacking on various things just so my body would have the energy to fight. I slept for a few hours after getting home, packed my bag and now I can say that, besides feeling extremely tired, I'm probably better.
Now as tothe question of packing...
It hasn't been until today that I happened to realize just how petty I've become in the area of clothing. For those who used to know me, or who know me today, I don't come off as an image conscious person. Some of my friends have changed that immensely. Whereas I used to throw on any article of clothing I could find that was clean and looked decent, now I actually contemplate what I need to wear for at least ten minutes before throwing on something that doesn't stand out and retain's my reputation of being non-image conscious while showing off some form of casual/preppy fashion. And then I end up putting on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans anyway.
When I started packing tonight, I suddenly realized that I've managed to make an extremely large pile of clothing suitable for a week-long trip. We're only going to Kansas City for three days... two and a half, at most, and most of Friday morning will be spent driving and I will be dressed in a comfy extra-large t-shirt and comfy jeans.
And so I went about trying to eliminating things from my pre-planned packing. It's unfortunate that I've now developed the mindset of: "Well, what if I want to wear something like this." And so the shirt goes back into the "going to KC" pile. Soon after that, as I hang up a button-up shirt I've taken out of my pile, I find another shirt in my closet that is just begging to spend the three hours going to KC. I've added every possible color of tank top that I own for wearing under outfits and I know that half the clothes I take will not be worn. Fortunately, I've narrowed my selection down to what seems to be five or six nice, going out shirts plus a three random t-shirts.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the amount of clothes I normally pack for a trip to Florida with my parents that lasts two weeks. I count the days we'll be on our trip, I put that many articles of clothing into my bag, and then I add about three more extra shirts in case I need an extra change of clothing.
Tonight, I have successfully packed for that very week-long trip.
On top of that, we are going shopping for clothing too.
*sigh*
I'm not sure when it happened that I became so image conscious, but it doesn't bode very well with my self-confidence. As opposed to the days back in high school where t-shirt and jeans were 90% of my wardrobe and I didn't even know what size I wore or how much I weighed, I've suddenly realized that today's me is actually kind of depressing.
No offense to those of you out there who DO give a damn about how you look daily, but I'm finding it kind of troublesome. It's not like I really have anyone to impress and my days are spent going to school, coming home, going to work, coming home, and well, just being a lazy hermit. The public doesn't see me long enough to pay attention that my shirt doesn't match my shoes or something like that.
I miss the old me.
Well, anyway, packing, packing... I'm still packing. I have three specific pairs of comfy jeans that are still in the dryer that I need to take with me, mostly because they are comfy. I still need to make sure I pack all the toiletries necessary and most important of all, I need to make sure that I pack my phone charger-- lately, my retarded cell phone has been running low on batteries only halfway through the day even if I don't use it. My old phone used to last two days before it died on me.
Crackberries are retarded smart phones. I'll never get another one and I'm in the process of looking for my old Nokia cause I really liked it a lot. Not that I'd be able to use it, though since my charger's broken.
Well, off to doing my laundry now so I have jeans to wear this weekend in KC. We leave early tomorrow morning! And while I'm never really one for leaving my house, I always look forward to some trips such as the family vacations we never take anymore due to schedule conflicts and this now traditional trip to KC with my girls.
Otherwise, I really just like being lazy and sitting around at home.
Bright and early tomorrow morning! To Kansas City we go!
But I haven't blogged much lately and thought I'd give my writing skills a little whirl this weekend. I used to keep a small notebook with me as a travel journal in the past whenever I went on vacation with the family. But whenever I whip it out and start writing something interesting I'd encountered that day or the day before, my mother would look at me and shake her head. She thinks it's crazy and she can't understand why I like keeping a travel journal.
I simply just like to write about things. Now if I could apply this particular passion for writing into those effing stories I'll never get to finish cause of my recent non-motivation, I'm set.
But anyway, back to the subject.
I've been sick the past few days, which figures since my friends and I have planned this trip for months. The hotel room is booked, some of our itinerary is set which includes the following:
1) Eat at Cheesecake Factory <-- #1 crucial thing to do
2) Go shopping
3) Go shopping
4) Go shopping
5) Visit museums
6) Visit newly finished downtown
The list does not particularly have to be done in that order.
Yea, yea, I know. A bunch of girls going to KC for the shopping. There just happen to be stores in KC that are not in Wichita.
But anyway, as for my cold, my friends should be happy to know that it won't stop me from going on our trip. After the first sign of a runny nose, I started taking medicine. Since this morning, I spent the day snacking on various things just so my body would have the energy to fight. I slept for a few hours after getting home, packed my bag and now I can say that, besides feeling extremely tired, I'm probably better.
Now as tothe question of packing...
It hasn't been until today that I happened to realize just how petty I've become in the area of clothing. For those who used to know me, or who know me today, I don't come off as an image conscious person. Some of my friends have changed that immensely. Whereas I used to throw on any article of clothing I could find that was clean and looked decent, now I actually contemplate what I need to wear for at least ten minutes before throwing on something that doesn't stand out and retain's my reputation of being non-image conscious while showing off some form of casual/preppy fashion. And then I end up putting on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans anyway.
When I started packing tonight, I suddenly realized that I've managed to make an extremely large pile of clothing suitable for a week-long trip. We're only going to Kansas City for three days... two and a half, at most, and most of Friday morning will be spent driving and I will be dressed in a comfy extra-large t-shirt and comfy jeans.
And so I went about trying to eliminating things from my pre-planned packing. It's unfortunate that I've now developed the mindset of: "Well, what if I want to wear something like this." And so the shirt goes back into the "going to KC" pile. Soon after that, as I hang up a button-up shirt I've taken out of my pile, I find another shirt in my closet that is just begging to spend the three hours going to KC. I've added every possible color of tank top that I own for wearing under outfits and I know that half the clothes I take will not be worn. Fortunately, I've narrowed my selection down to what seems to be five or six nice, going out shirts plus a three random t-shirts.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the amount of clothes I normally pack for a trip to Florida with my parents that lasts two weeks. I count the days we'll be on our trip, I put that many articles of clothing into my bag, and then I add about three more extra shirts in case I need an extra change of clothing.
Tonight, I have successfully packed for that very week-long trip.
On top of that, we are going shopping for clothing too.
*sigh*
I'm not sure when it happened that I became so image conscious, but it doesn't bode very well with my self-confidence. As opposed to the days back in high school where t-shirt and jeans were 90% of my wardrobe and I didn't even know what size I wore or how much I weighed, I've suddenly realized that today's me is actually kind of depressing.
No offense to those of you out there who DO give a damn about how you look daily, but I'm finding it kind of troublesome. It's not like I really have anyone to impress and my days are spent going to school, coming home, going to work, coming home, and well, just being a lazy hermit. The public doesn't see me long enough to pay attention that my shirt doesn't match my shoes or something like that.
I miss the old me.
Well, anyway, packing, packing... I'm still packing. I have three specific pairs of comfy jeans that are still in the dryer that I need to take with me, mostly because they are comfy. I still need to make sure I pack all the toiletries necessary and most important of all, I need to make sure that I pack my phone charger-- lately, my retarded cell phone has been running low on batteries only halfway through the day even if I don't use it. My old phone used to last two days before it died on me.
Crackberries are retarded smart phones. I'll never get another one and I'm in the process of looking for my old Nokia cause I really liked it a lot. Not that I'd be able to use it, though since my charger's broken.
Well, off to doing my laundry now so I have jeans to wear this weekend in KC. We leave early tomorrow morning! And while I'm never really one for leaving my house, I always look forward to some trips such as the family vacations we never take anymore due to schedule conflicts and this now traditional trip to KC with my girls.
Otherwise, I really just like being lazy and sitting around at home.
Bright and early tomorrow morning! To Kansas City we go!
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