arg man. im sick!! wow, my throat is killing me so much yo. but guess WHAT. today was the chicago trip!!!! oh wow it was so much fun. first, the bus ride there....was awesome! there were only like 15 ppl, and so it was the best. we watched independence day *gotta be in the top 10 best movies ever?!?!* then we just kinda listened to music and just talked and stuff. then we went to mcdonalds for breakfast. that was fun too, me and kyle and kelly sat in a booth in the corner because we wanted to avoid everyone else there, it was funny. then we got to chicago, and got to do a scavenger hunt thingy, and so we just walked around the town for a while, went to the park and played there for a while, and did a lil shopping. then we went to the mexican museum...that was some pretty cool stuff in there. i went to the gift shop, and i was just remembering everything from when i lived in mexico. they had EVERYTHING! it was so great. then after that we had like half an hour to kill, so we went around shopping again. then we finally went to lunch, at a spanish restaurant. it was gooood! we had like 5 courses of food! it was so much fun, we just all kept teasing each other and stuff. we figured out that the new "miracle diet" for john is to just put asparagus on top of his food and he wont eat it. :-P. then we went to take pictures, and that was pretty cool. i kinda wanted to go to the shedd aquarium...or the museum of science and industry!! that place is the coolest. but the place i wanted to go to the most was..........the american girl place! that place is like a dream come true for me man. me and caitlin were like wow, i wanna go there. and andrew was like wrigley field yeah! unfortunately, we didnt end up going to either. but it was still fun. on the way home we watched the goonies *another top ten greatest movie of all time*. it was so great. and so i just got home not too long ago, and im kinda tired...and if u can believe it...bored? i mean i have time to just not do anything, cuz its friday and i dont go to bed until like 1 am. but whatever. im gunna go now, this seems long enough for you people. :-D. be safe. be courteous. CIAO!