Then the Devil Brought Me Tortillas

Hey everyone! Guess where I am :). In Chicago (whoop whoop!)!

Honestly, me being here is the result of last minute decisions and much complaining. I had promised to visit my family when they came down for graduation: but everything had gone undecided. We were trying to figure out how to balance out costs with my need to be at OSU for orientation at the end of this month and my want to visit Texas (especially if my parents have to go down to look at the house which is still unsold). I had wanted to go down for graduation, but that was already too much. :( So on Thursday, we finally decided to leave on Sunday. Even though we all came to this decision...my dad became cranky by the evening. At first we couldn't figure out what on earth is wrong with him: but we think he just realized his little girl who will be gone all of the school year was leaving for a whole month, so he got sad. X)

Before I left AR though, I got to see my fawesome friend Uniqia! I had so much fun at her house and finally watched Sherlock Holmes 1 (seeing as I already saw 2 :P). I seriously hope I get to see her when I get back :/. I didn't realize until AFTER I LEFT that I probably won't get to see Matilde before she goes back to Italy because I won't be in AR before then. D: Sadness.

The trip here was no problem. We drove all the way out to Branson because and it was cheaper. We were wondering why there was an airport out in the middle of nowhere in the moutains: turns out the little place is for the rich people who live in the area. :P It was really pretty even though it was miniture. There were even koi fish to feed at the gates. X)

Now that I'm here though, I can't really say I've been doing much more. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was doing the Special K challenge........well that's basically out of the picture. ><' First off: yesterday and the first half of today I didn't have any of my stuff. I had my snacks that I brought with me, but because I've been eating with the family, I haven't had those calories to spare. Yesterday I made breaded steaks...which I have now been eating for just bout every meal because we made so many. Plus Mexican rice, and also pollo (chicken) for dinner. What's really killing me though are the tortillas. While there are many pluses to being Mexican: it sucks to diet because I eat tortillas like they are part of the air I breathe. With no problem, I can eat at least 5 in a sitting. YIKES. Plus: no Kiko means no walking, means no exercising. I shall get fat: and if that is the case I have no idea why I am no eating oreos right now. To make it worse: no scale means I have no idea where my weight is and whether or not I can risk a few more calories or not.

Besides getting fat: I love hanging with my cuz. He's dysfunctional as usual, but he's a blast just as well. :D

Promise to still keep you updated :)
~S~