On my way!

So I wanted to leave town today around noon and I definitely didn't get on the highway until four in the afternoon. Thankfully mom called Macy's and sweet talked them into getting rid of my $60 worth of late fees and other random fees bringing my current balance down to $0. Perfect. Then I ended up taking back three shirts to Maurices. This was a love sacrifice because it was hard for me to hand them over. However, I'd rather have the $54 open up on my credit card to put towards gas. Gas for this trip. Made a last minute stop by Tan World and baked myself for 10 extremely long and sweaty minutes. Finally, I was on the road. In order to save money I refused to turn on the air conditioning. Then it hit. I found myself at a standstill in Cedar Rapids Iowa on the interstate. Since when does traffic happen here? It doesn't. Apparently the highways were buckling because of the heat. How insane is that! I witnessed it for myself. So there I was sitting at a standstill with cars all around me and my windows rolled down and sweat rolling down from under my sunglasses. It was not a pretty moment. But I didn't care. I refused to turn on the air. I just with that Jesus would have decided to cause some sort of wind at that moment because there was none. Not a single small breeze. About half way to the Cities I noticed that my left arm was starting to burn but I thought that was strange because nothing else seemed to be fried. Well, the sun didn't move. I didn't change direction. And there was not a single cloud in site. Perfect. Now half of my body is red and the other side is brown. Just perfect. 

It felt so good to pull into the Cities. I love it here. Of course the first place I went was Starbucks where I was greeted by Hafsa who was sweet enough to buy me coffee. Venti iced carmel macchiato. Mmmm. We caught up a bit and caused the usual chaos with our usual barista friends and then headed over to Panera where Chris gave us free bagels and parfaits. I tell you one thing, to anyone (ahem my parents) who said that it was impossible for me to make this trip right now because I am the poorest I have ever been better just be quiet because so far I have spent zero dollars on anything but gas :) What can I say? My friends are great. And Philips house is like a sauna. I'm headed to bed.

Nite.