Soooo you know how I said last week that I’d still be blogging while I was out of town? Well yeah. Clearly THAT didn’t happen. It ended up being really busy, and such short, precious time with family, that I didn’t even have time to blog the posts I had planned. But don’t worry, I’ll save them for later :) And thanks again for all your prayers and support. Everything went as smoothly as it could have and I’m grateful for the time my family had together.
Anyhow, I have some advice for you those of you traveling during this holiday season. It’s one simple word. SLEEP. Allow me to explain… The short notice of what happened meant some last minute planning to travel to Chicago. In the hectic-ness of trying to get everything done before I left on Tuesday morning, I stayed up quite late and only a got a few hours of sleep. About 3, to be exact. As it turns out, I don’t do well with only a few hours of sleep. (Actually, I already knew that I don’t do well with little sleep. But this was bad. Real bad. Haha.)
Here are a few things you might do when traveling on only 3 hours of sleep…
1. You might think that the bow made by shoelaces on a pair of boots in a magazine is a brilliant new idea, and not something that people have been doing since the dawn of shoelaces. (I was legitimately amazed for several minutes at how cute of an idea it was to tie a bow with shoelaces. It wasn’t until my mom started laughing hysterically that I realized I was an idiot.)
2. You might have a panic attack thinking your phone fell out of your purse, and start running back to the plane in a frenzy, only to realize that your phone has been in your hand the entire time. (Awkward moment of realization when everyone is staring at you. Very awkward.)
3. You might think that it’s your lucky day at baggage claim and all of your bags are coming out first, instead of realizing that you stopped to go to the bathroom and buy a salad, so your bags are actually the only ones left. (Yes, I actually remarked out loud how that has never happened to me before and how cool it was that our bags were first. Embarrassing.)
4. You might be told that you look drunk while you are out to ice cream with your family later that night. (And sadly, this is not the first time lack of sleep has caused people to think I’m drunk. It’s not a pretty sight.)
So next time you have to travel with little sleep, beware of the tricks your brain can play. And on a completely unrelated note, if you’re ever in the Naperville Illinois, be sure to stop in and get some ice cream at Oberweis Dairy. You won’t regret it. I got this pretty little (and by little I mean massive) cup of eggnog milkshake and it was deeeeelish.
Happy Wednesday!
