Blogs from Omaha, Nebraska, United States, North America - page 2

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It was nice being able to leave the house at 6:20am and not need a jacket. The driveway showed signs of a rain sometime during the night but the forecast was not calling for rain. The cooler was filled with cheese, mayo, onion, 12-grain whole wheat bread, mustard, and a couple of jugs of Nestle iced tea. The sun was already up when I left the house and drove to the highway and headed north to Omaha. For personal reasons I had cancelled my appointment with the Henry Doorly Zoo but the issues had been resolved late Friday night and I decided to continue with the trip. About an hour south of Council Bluffs, IA, I realized that in my haste of getting everything ready to go, I had neglected to pack the deli cuts in ... read more

Anna--THANK YOU! Your flags were awesome, and we wholeheartedly appreciated the "Happy Honeymoon" and "Best Wishes" on our drive down the lane. Love. Well, Iowa is beautiful. It may have a lot of corn and I might have been passed by several hog trucks on the highway, but it is still insanely beautiful. It is the "greenest of greens" as Zack would say. --JD Kicked the day off with a "Momma's Pancake Breakfast" from Cracker Barrel, with my momma and Jenn's momma-in-law. Stopped by dad's work and said goodbye to him, and then hit the interstate 80 way. First song of the trip was "I Will Possess Your Heart" by Death Cab for Cutie. Listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNAljC2kKM Quickly followed by the entirety of Weezer Blue...great start all around. Side note--don't go on the "Nature Trails" in ... read more

Oliver went on his first roadtrip! My mom, dad, and I left Denver on Wednesday evening and made it to Omaha on Thursday. The baby did so well. He cried for maybe an hour total. He met and loved Julie (as well as her French bulldog, Arthur) and Andy. On Friday, we took him to the Omaha Zoo! It's a very large and beautiful zoo, and we didn't get to see the whole thing. I look forward to taking him back one day. Here are some photos from the zoo trip. People kept saying Oliver looked like a teddy bear, and my dad would say, "He's not a teddy bear. He's an escaped bear, and we're taking him back." ... read more

With this Monday being the week-away marker and this weekend being consumed by last visits to friends (though I will be coming back, I swear!), I'm finally starting to feel the pressure of getting ready to leave for the grand land of España. I'm dealing with things such as realizing my credit card expires in November, the headset I started shopping for at the beginning of the summer still hasn't gotten ordered, and I still need to buy that extra camera battery I keep telling myself I need. Oh yeah, and that whole packing for four months abroad thing. It's quite possible that on this, my third study abroad, I'm actually LESS prepared than the previous two times. Actually, it's probable. No matter! It will get done, I know this. Soon I will be climbing into ... read more