Greetings From Minnesota!

Trivia: Did you know that Minnesota is known as the state of ten thousand lakes? Anyhoo, I'm here! I lived through the ride up here, even thought it was tough. Whew! *wipes forehead* lol jk It actually wasn't that bad. Most of the roads down south were plowed, so although they were QUITE bumpy, they weren't slippery. And, as we got up north, these people are definitely prepared for storms, so the roads had all been plowed and salted, and were as smooth as....yogurt! And April's wooden floor. lol I've had a couple of mishaps when my socks slipped on her nice, smooth florr. Grrrr.....jk April has a beautiful house! Also, she runs a daycare from it. That's the main reason I didn't want to come up here. I didn't want to deal with a bunch of bratty kids. BUT, I discovered that I way overreacted, and my dismal attitude was for naught. The only "bratty" kid only stays here from 8:00 to 8:40, and I was asleep, or trying to sleep, during that time. I was sleeping downstairs in the computer room so I wouldn't be disturbed when the kids started arriving at 6:30....in the morning! But, it sounded like everyone in the house was playing "elephant stampede" on the floor above me! Needless to say, I did not get much sleep. =)

Also, the kids are either upstairs, or downstairs, never both places at once. Therefore, they can be easily avoided. We have a few things planned for this visit. We are going to go tubing, visit the Mall of America, and Dad and I are going to take a couple of sight-seeing road trips. (We go crazy just sitting around the house) And, of course, the SUPER BOWL! *awesome music* That's probably the main reason for this trip. Dad wants to watch the game with Nic. And yes, in case any of you may wonder, we are PACKER fans! Yeah! In fact, I made a bet with Ryan. He chickened out of the most humiliating parts of the agreement, but it was still fun, mainly because I won. But, he's a Bears fan, and if any of you all watch football, then you are aware that the Bears LOST to the Packers over a week ago. HA! >=) But, before the game, we both set our profile pics to ones of us wearing our team fan gear. I had a cheese head, Ryan had a Bears sweater. (I'm braver than he is) lol jk. Now, I wanted to further the bet to include that the loser had to have a pic taken with the victorious team stuff, and had to hold a sign saying that the team that beat them is awesome. LOL But, sadly, Ryan was not confident enough for that. Oh well.....it was still awesome fun.

Oh! Speaking of Ryan, I would like to request that y'all pray for him. Doggone it, I alerted everyone else, but forgot about posting on my blog! *deskface* But, Ryan was sick yesterday and the day before with the flu. That in itself is bad, but he is also diabetic, and it REALLY messed up his blood sugar and stuff. He says he's feeling better now, but he's still recovering, so please, pray for him! Thanks for everything y'all! =)