Minneapolis!

So on the 4th and 5th of July I got to take the Audi and go on a little trip to Minneapolis! It's about an hour and a half south of here, and it was an absolute blast. I just went by myself, which I kind of prefer. That way you don't have to listen to the opinions of other people when you're deciding what to do, and can spend as long as you want wherever. So I drove down on the 4th. This was my first view of the city, and I was already in love :)

So my first stop was the ballpark for a Twins game. It was HOT. But so much fun. The Twins won, 7-0, so that's always good :) I had awesome seats, right along the first base line, but still in the shade. It was just perfect.

It was packed for fourth of July, and was so so much fun. I can't even get over it.

After that I went and checked into my hotel, which was super sketchy. I felt like I was gonna get murdered in it. It's one of those places where a serial killer stashes his bodies in horror movies. I checked in and went to the Mall of America, which was AWESOME. Enormous. I spent an embarrassing amount of money on underwear from Victoria's Secret, which I am currently in love with. I checked out quite a few stores, and then headed back to the hotel. I turned in for the night, and then in the morning went to the Minnesota Institute of Arts.

It was awesome inside. I could have spent days there, but I had to limit myself. I went back to the Mall of America after that, and then headed home. It was just a short trip, but it was so much fun.
Alyssa invited me to go to a u2 concert with her, so hopefully if i get work off i can go to that. we'd make a weekend of it and go to the sculpture gardens and the institute for a while longer, and then go to the concert the next day. It would be a ton of fun. I don't think I've blogged abut alyssa. She's so so nice. Holy cow. She is one of the only people who invited me to do anything, and was really genuine and nice.

This is her and her fiancee, Lance. They both are amazingly nice and smart and wonderful. She is a kidney specialist, and he is about to take the bar exam.

So that was my outing :)

I'm already almost halfway done with this little summer adventure of mine. The days are long but the weeks are short.