So, I lied about staying in Grand Island, Nebraska. We made it there earlier than we expected and decided to keep going to Lincoln, roughly an hour and forty-five minutes past that. We made it to Lincoln, and I offered to drive the extra hour to Omaha if my mom wanted me to, so we left again. We made it to the outskirts of Omaha, and my mom said we should go to the other side of the city because we missed the only exit with nice-looking motels. We made it to the other side, and she said she didn't want to stay in Omaha at all, so we kept going. Now we've finally arrived in Avoca, Iowa...191 miles past Grand Island. That means we drove 685 miles from Rawlins, Wyoming, today.
Holy crap.
The place we're staying tonight, the Motel 6 right off I-80 in Avoca, was apparently voted the second best hotel regarding staff excellence and customer satisfaction in the NATION this year. The best part? We got a room with two beds for $70. Awesome. This is definitely the nicest place we've stayed so far, and it's almost the cheapest. I'm pretty happy about it.
Tomorrow, we're actually planning to make it home. The trip today was 10 1/2 hours and 685 miles...tomorrow's route should be forty miles shorter, but the same amount of time. We decided since we're so close now, we may as well go home. All this to say, Westward 2011, Day 10, is apparently the last full day of our trip. Sad. This means no more blogs from the road.
I'm over it. If you read my last two posts, you know that I have a lot to work on when I get back...not to mention my internship paper which needs to be done by September 9...not to mention trying to work ahead in one of my hard classes before it starts...not to mention job hunting before school starts...I can definitely use the extra day.
Also, I've realized I often ask for prayer requests here without offering to pray for anyone else. I know the internet is impersonal, but I often go long periods of time without seeing some of the people who read this. So, if you have anything you'd like me to pray for, comment it on one of my posts. I have to moderate all the comments, so I will leave prayer requests unpublished to protect anonymity. Just thought I would offer.
Peace.
Showing posts with label Nebraska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nebraska. Show all posts
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Westward 2011, Day 10
So, we're in the middle of Nebraska today.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
There really is nothing going on here. Seriously. It's not all cornfields...but it is all bland. We have made good progress because of this, though. High speed limits with no interesting places to stop make for fast travel. Tomorrow, we expect to be just over the border of Illinois, meaning we will probably be back home by Tuesday night. Crazy.
No pictures today, either. Hope you weren't actually expecting some exciting ones from today. I might have some tomorrow.
If you read my last post, you know I'm considering a more ecology-focused major rather than geology after I graduate from the Arb. I was looking stuff up last night about undergraduate and graduate programs at Michigan State University and University of Montana. I've been doing a lot of thinking today about it and have been talking with my mom about it as well. UM has both wildlife biology undergrad and grad programs, and an honors option for the undergrad program. Plus, it's in Montana. MSU has an excellent-looking environmental biology/zoology undergrad program, but doesn't really have the kind of grad programs I would want to major in.
I was also thinking about what I WANT to do versus what I SHOULD do, especially regarding where I'm currently at in life. I think God has brought me to the church I'm at for a reason. I've practically promised my help to them already, and if I ran to Montana next year instead of staying here, I would feel like I'm abandoning them. I'm also in a decent place financially, even after I graduate from the Arb. I'm getting quite a bit of financial aid, and going back to school won't put me hundreds of thousands into debt. Staying in Lansing for a while will also give me more time to look for a decent job and keep it for a while, which would be nice.
A lot to think about. I'm praying about it, and I would ask you again to do the same if you would. Thank you.
Peace.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
There really is nothing going on here. Seriously. It's not all cornfields...but it is all bland. We have made good progress because of this, though. High speed limits with no interesting places to stop make for fast travel. Tomorrow, we expect to be just over the border of Illinois, meaning we will probably be back home by Tuesday night. Crazy.
No pictures today, either. Hope you weren't actually expecting some exciting ones from today. I might have some tomorrow.
If you read my last post, you know I'm considering a more ecology-focused major rather than geology after I graduate from the Arb. I was looking stuff up last night about undergraduate and graduate programs at Michigan State University and University of Montana. I've been doing a lot of thinking today about it and have been talking with my mom about it as well. UM has both wildlife biology undergrad and grad programs, and an honors option for the undergrad program. Plus, it's in Montana. MSU has an excellent-looking environmental biology/zoology undergrad program, but doesn't really have the kind of grad programs I would want to major in.
I was also thinking about what I WANT to do versus what I SHOULD do, especially regarding where I'm currently at in life. I think God has brought me to the church I'm at for a reason. I've practically promised my help to them already, and if I ran to Montana next year instead of staying here, I would feel like I'm abandoning them. I'm also in a decent place financially, even after I graduate from the Arb. I'm getting quite a bit of financial aid, and going back to school won't put me hundreds of thousands into debt. Staying in Lansing for a while will also give me more time to look for a decent job and keep it for a while, which would be nice.
A lot to think about. I'm praying about it, and I would ask you again to do the same if you would. Thank you.
Peace.
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