Chicago! The Windy City! I just spent three days in Chicago, and after a while, it just got to be too much. Maybe it was the fact that it was my parents and me, and they were getting really stressed out with the transportation to all the different sites. (bus or metro? or do we walk?) We purchased the 'Go Chicago' card, so it was a lot less expensive, but we had to get everywhere before 5:30, which was a problem when we didn't start getting anywhere until 1:00pm, because of driving down there (we drove back home every night), then taking transportation (about an hour) to where we were going. I'm happy it's over, lol.

Yesterday, I had lasik surgery done on my eyes. I've been wearing glasses since fifth grade, contacts since end of Freshmen year of college (I was too scared to touch my eye before that). It's really strange to think I will never have to wake up and grab my glasses, or poke my eyes trying to get my contacts out. Life is going to be so much easy now that I won't have to explain why my eye is red (contact bothering me) or worrying that I look "ugly" in my glasses. *Relief* Thank you for lasik! The surgery was actually really easy-I was so stressed about it, but then I just went in, they had me lay down on the chair, gave me a stuffed animal to hold, put me under the laser, and that was that. I didn't feel a thing thanks to some really cool eye drops! And now I can see! Amazing!

Well, I have to take drops every hour and I'm supposed to go to bed early, so I guess that means this is it. I got an update on my cruise-I have to wait 2-4 weeks for my card to come, and when that does, whenever they have a spot open for me, I'm going to leave. Wow. I can't believe that I could be leaving soon for Hawaii! I'm excited, but a little nervous. Hmm….that reminds me of how I felt before the lasik surgery. Hopefully it will be just as painless getting used to working on a cruise ship? :)