This trip was just Ashlee, Lexi, Butch and I. Matt had football practice and a community football meet and greet to attend while we were gone. He also had to pick up his school schedule and get his school ID pic taken so he stayed home.
We left on Tuesday, August 21st for Chicago and drove all day. It took about 7 hours to get there. We checked into our hotel which was right behind Ashlee's building and then we went and walked around downtown for a few hours. We got an idea of where things were and just took in the sights.
The next morning we got up and got the van and drove across the street and unloaded and proceeded up to the 10th floor to Ashlee's suite. Her roommate, Alexandria had already moved in and was there with her mom, Sitta. They are really nice. They are from Cape Cod, MA. We got all of Ashlee's stuff moved in, unpacked and all set up within a few hours. While we were unpacking we had the chance to meet some of the other girls and parents on the floor too. They all seem really nice and all of the girls seemed to get along really well.
Here are some pics of Ashlee's room:
Ashlee's Closet
Ashlee's Bed...Ashlee's Dresser, Shelf, Fridge, Micro
Ashlee's Desk................................ Bathroom
Then we went for a walk and got some lunch and went to the bookstore and purchased all of her books for her classes and we got some sweatshirts and tshirts.
We had dinner that evening in the cafeteria with Alexandria and her mom, Sitta and we had a chance to talk with them and get to know them a little bit better. We are hoping to see Sitta again during Parents Weekend in October.
Here is a picture of Alexandria and Ashlee
This was the first night that Ashlee spent in her suite and we went back to the hotel. That was kind of weird. It was just the three of us in the hotel that night.
This was the first night that Ashlee spent in her suite and we went back to the hotel. That was kind of weird. It was just the three of us in the hotel that night.
The next morning we met Ashlee for breakfast and we went to the bank in her building and she opened a checking account and then it was time to say good bye. That was the hard part for me.
So we said our good-byes and we turned around and left and of course I cried.
We got on the road at 11 AM and almost 3 hours into our trip we got a flat tire going 70 mph on 94!! We did not even realize it until a semi driver pulled up beside us and was waving at us pointing at our tire. I waved back and we slowed down and we pulled off at the next exit which fortunately was only about 1/2 mile down the road. We pulled off at a truck stop and the tire was 1/2 flat. We had never had to use the spare on the van and we still had 5 hours to travel and did not want to travel that far on a spare so I called AAA. They said a tow truck would be there within 1 hour. Well, it took 3 hours. Lexi got her very first ride in one of those big tow trucks. The first place he took us to did not have time to fix the tire that day. So he had to take us someplace else. We ended up needing a new tire. 4 hours and $55 later we were finally back on the road. So we did not get home until almost 11 PM that night.
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