i rode the megabus up from houston to illinois to visit the bf. the ride (plus layovers in forth worth and memphis) was 36 hours. lucky for me i know a real nice mom who picked me up at 2am and let me stay the night in a bed thankstony’smom. so i left on wednesday night, got here friday morning, leave monday night and get back early wednesday morning. very busy trip but so worth it. and this is what we have done so far:

(see the little praying mantis on the chair back. we sat on the swing and watched him a while)