WOW it has been a long time. Gruber and I have been failing at this. Last time we posted was way back in the summer when we were all ambitious to post 2 times a week. Low and behold we got side tracked by life. Gruber is now in her second semester of PT school!! Wahoo only 4 more left, dude!! And I got a job as a RN working nights at the U of M hospital. But enough about us. We are super boring at this point. Gruber studies 24/7 and I work all the time.
In lieu of this horrible never ending Minnesota winter, my friend Jamie (another night nurse) and I have been planning summer shenanigans at 3am. Cause what else is there to do at 3am. I will give you a list of things that I am personally planning. A lot of it depends on other people getting their poop in a group (aka Gruber, Jamie, Gracia, and B-rad).
1) Road trip with Gruber to Door County, Wis to watch E run in a marathon. This will be an epic weekend of bestfriendness! This will be the first time since December I have seen her and I don't think Gruber has seen E since we graduated. So lots of hugs, girl talk, sing-a-longs, and drinking will be in order.
2) Road trip to Chicago to see my high school friend Shideh! This kid was an amazing baker back in high school. And now she is in a French Pastry school. My tummy can't wait to taste some of the delicious things she can make now! Plus it will be my first time in Chicago so I will get to explore some. Anyone got good places to go?
3) Visit my Aunt and Uncle in Iowa. They live in a beautiful little town in eastern Iowa, close to were my grandpa use to live. One thing that I treasured a lot about my childhood was going to my Grandpa's house/farms in Iowa. For some reason small towns, corn fields, skipping rocks in the river, and family are a perfect concoction for a great time.
4) Go back to Oregon! I know it will happen in August, but not sure when. Depends on if my brother and his gf are going back. If they go back it will be at the end of August. This will be an interesting trip since it will be the first time my parents and I will meet her. She better be ready for an interrogation by Papa P. If they don't go back, I am for sure going back at the beginning cause the MLS all stars are playing Bayern Munich in Portland on Aug 6th. Bayern is my favorite European team and I would give my right arm to see them kill the MLS all stars.
5) Bike the Door County Century with E and Jamie. It is an awesome bike ride around the peninsula. We plan on riding 50 miles. It is a LONG bike ride but it has some amazing views. Plus you got a ton of free food. (https://www.doorcountycentury.com/).
Random things to do.
-outdoor movies
-patios
-bonfires
-biking the trail behind my house out to Stillwater
-hanging out with friends
-summer soccer
-alumni soccer game
-not hiding inside like last summer
We promise to post more often (or at least I will on behalf of Gruber).
