Spring Break!

It's been a while since I've updated, primarily because I've been ridiculously busy, but I figured that it was time for my obligatory Spring Break post as I am a college student just back from her spring break.

Rather than take a typical drunken spring break somewhere tropical (or at least warm), my friends and I opted for a trip to my favorite city in the states, Chicago.

To kick off the spring festivities I spent the weekend with my dad, who was in town for my cousin's confirmation as her sponsor.  Even though we didn't really do anything exciting, it was nice to spend some time with my dad since I rarely get to see my family now that I live out of state.

I then headed up to Omaha to spend the night with my BFF and her family.  We watched our favorite movie (Heathers) and played Disney SceneIt, only to lose to S (which is pretty insane if you know how intense my love for Disney is).

The next day S and I met up with our friend Abby to head over to the Omaha Zoo, which I'd never been to before, and I got to experience all the indoor exhibits, along with the wonderful penguins (my favorite animal since the dawn of time).  S then gave me a driving tour of Chicago while we snapchatted our friend Johnny about sharks, West Side Story, and spring break.  Soon enough, our friend Taylor arrived and we hopped aboard the Megabus to Chicago!

We arrived the next morning and checked in at our hotel, the Double Tree on the Magnificent Mile, and then went on a walk through Millennium Park, took excessive Bean pictures, ate sushi, enjoyed the Art Institute, and of course went shopping at Vineyard Vines and Forever 21.

The following days we went to Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum (where they had an exhibit on the Chicago World's Fair, which I'm pretty much obsessed with), the Museum of Science and Industry, and of course, the Skydeck at the Sears (or Willis, whatever) Tower.  We also ate Deep Dish Pizza and went shopping along the Magnificent Mile where I spent way too much money on clothing from Topshop and H&M in addition to going up every floor at Macy's.

My favorite part of the trip, though, was the exhibit on Disney at the Museum of Science and Industry.  It was an extra $9, but totally worth it.  I already knew most of the information, but it was still cool to see original sketches of Mickey Mouse by the Walt Disney himself, in addition to storyboards for Mary Poppins, props for various movies, including but not limited to Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella, and Teen Beach Movie.  Not to mention costumes from Enchanted, Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, and Saving Mr. Banks.  But I think the coolest thing I saw was the telegram Walt sent Roy upon imagining up Mickey Mouse saying that everything would be okay.  It was described as "oddly prophetic."

We unfortunately had to return to Omaha after four days.  We spent the night at S's house, then headed back to Lincoln.  And while I wish I could've stayed in Chicago for ever and ever, I'm glad to be back home in Lincoln.