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kristin goes up north
I decided it was going to be a fabulous idea if I took a little end of week/weekend trip to see friends in Lax and allison in the cities. Much fun ensued in La Crosse. Got signed up to sub at Aquinas for a week at the end of Feb. $$$. excellent. Then spent a nice, lazy relaxing evening making chicken kiev explode in a variety of sounds and watching Devil Wears Prada.
Headed up to Ham Lake to see Allison. Almost died on the way up, but no worries. There was a patch of ice 20 miles north of Rochester and was nearly the end of me. Somehow...SOMEHOW...my breaks did not lock entirely, sawing the wheel back and forth saved my life by angling the car just enough to miss an SUV that surely would have been the end of me, and my engine shut off. I spent almost half an hour working up the courage to go above 45 after that. Once I got 5 miles north, everything was clear as day, no more ice. I just had to find the ONE patch of ice on highway 52.
But it's been worth it up here. Saw Allison, got a tour of her school yesterday morning, and we braved the Mall of America. It was fun. Got all kinds of new clothes for teaching, shoes, books, and bath stuff at the Basin. LOVE that store. Anyway, we declared war on allison's GPS system because it didn't recognize the address we needed: The studio Hilary interns at so we spent about 10 minutes calling Hil, hanging up, messing with Gertrude (the gps voice) and calling back until we made it, no wrong turns. Allison and I are good like that. Plus, she has this amazing Map of the cities in her car.
So we made it and we had a blast ripping seams, sewing buttons, tacking down horrific applique and tearing pockets and name tags off lab coats. So much fun that we're going back today. It's going to suck because of the wind-chill advisory (the high isn't even above 0) but no worries. I'll take off back to scum prairie around three so I won't spend all night on the interstate, assuredly covered by ice...
stay warm lords n ladies
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