I'm obsessive I know, what can I say its just my personality and I can't help but indulge myself full throttle into a project, person, lifestyle. I take things to the extreme and that's just who I have always been. So an idea arose the other day of getting together a trip, yes, trip ideas come and go, oh I want to go to London and travel the outback but this trip actually has some foundation. It actually has a name. A quintessential road trip. A trip that will bring the ugly, fun, and truth behind things. A trip that will make us adults. A trip that I am planning. Yes, me the girl that makes list for everything favorite things, movies, restaurants, places I've been, places I want to go, the top 5 list girl and you know what its my thing. So I go with it. Back to my trip, we're going to take at the end of June. The plan of course is to visit one of my favorite cities in the world New Orleans but I am not focusing so much on the destination which will be amazing great food, great music, great time (I assume on a positive note) but more on the journey to get there the pit stops. The great adventure that 3 or 4 girls will be taking, the Thelma and Louis kind of journey you want to take minus the killing people and suicide off a cliff but I think you get my gist. The journey begins in our great city of Chicago, lunch in St. Louis, picture with the Arch and late afternoon in Memphis, where we will be spending the night listening to blues and eating world famous dry rub barbecue. The next day yet another beautiful day in Memphis, Gus's world famous fried chicken, the Lorraine Hotel where MLK was shot and perhaps even a peak at Graceland back on the road mid-afternoon to stay the night in our final destination of New Orleans. 2 days in the city with yet no plan but mostly it consists of eating Cajun-Creole food and listening to jazz and experiencing the city. On the way back we want to go to Birmingham, Alabama and journey into the beautiful land of Kentucky and venturing back home.

We call it the Dirty South Road Trip.

On board right now are Kelly and Maayan who are very enthusiastic of the trip especially because it sounds like we can actually pull this off.

For the time being I have put boys on the back burner and since I am not seeing anyone or talking to anyone my life has felt a little empty. I'm not using this project to fill the void or maybe I am but whatever the case its more productive than sitting at home waiting for Mr. Perfect to show up instead I'm reading my maps, planning for the best. I will start posting more stuff the minute this starts becoming more of a reality and less of an idea.