"Cause I'm the Wizard of Love and I got the magic wand. All those other girls are tempting, but I'm empty when you're gone"

Oh the Places I'll Go and the Places I've Been

North America :

UNITED STATES -

California - Los Angeles, San Francisco
Favorite Memory : The Chris Brown & Trey Songz concert at the Forum. When Trey was up there singing Bottoms Up and Nicki Minaj made a surprise entrance. I was in shock. Nicki is a Queen. Lucky to have experienced her live.

Delaware
Favorite Memory : I didn't actually do any site seeing in Deleware. I went to the gas station and had dinner at my parents friends house. I loved the table setting. There were candles, and all the plates and utensils matched. She even had cloth napkins beautifully folded in napkin rings. I would like to serve family meals like that at my future home.

Florida - Orlando (Disney World)
Favorite Memory : Seeing Cinderellas castle get bigger and bigger as we walked towards it. The safari ride we took in Animal Kingdom where they pretended that a poacher as approaching and the car got faster and faster. Hanging out in the pool outside the Hurby Fully Loaded Themed hotel with my family. Just the four of us. Swimming and enjoying the sun.

Illinois - Chicago
Favorite Memory : Navy Pier. I love that area. It's peaceful and there are all kinds of beautiful boats. We got there around sunset, so we got to see the city of chicago from the view of the ferris wheel.

Kansas - Lawrence, Topeka, Kansas City, Eudora, Desoto, Wichita, Elmdale
Favorite Memory: My entire life. I have made too many memories here to chose just one, so i'll give you my most recent one. I took a road trip to see Lil Wayne in concert. Our hotel room got upgraded to a penthouse sweet. My friend and I each got our own room and bathroom. Kitchen and living room. Multiple televisions. It was fabulous.

New York - New York City
Favorite Memory: Time Square. There is nothing in the entire world like it. So many people, so many sky scrapers, so many colors and languages being spoken. It's beautiful. Leaves me speechless every time I go.

New Jersey - Atlantic City, (city extremely close to NYC where our hotel was)
Favorite Memory : Swimming and having a picnic on the jersey shore with my mom, brother, cousins, and aunt and uncle. We spent the whole day there jumping waves and enjoying the water.

Maryland - Hyattsville, Columbia, Landover, and so many other cities I can't remember.
Favorite Memory : Once again, there are too many to count. Lets stick with the one in my head now. I'm currently trying to diet, and I miss food. A Georgetown cupcake would hit the spot right about now. So my afternoon with Neema in Georgetown in my favorite memory.

Massachusetts - Boston
Favorite Memory : I was extremely young, but i'll never forget going to this kiddy grocery store that had a ton of plastic foods and stuff and was the size of a real grocery store but had miniature carts and shelves. I got to push my cart and pick all these plastic materials that I wanted. They even had fake money to check out with. I'll never forget it.

Minnesota - Bloomington
Most Bitersweet Memory : My family friends were all in Minnesota for a friends wedding. All of us kids were so excited to see each other. We couldn't wait to get into the hotel pool. My parents asked me if I wanted to go to the mall or swim. It was a no brainer. I wanted to swim with friends. Turns out they weren't going to just any mall, they were going to the mall of America. I still have regrets.

Missouri - Kansas City, Columbia, St. Charles, St. Louis
Favorite Memories : Although I've been up the arch multiple times and done all the site seeing there, my favorite memories are afternoons with the Zanzibarian community. My favorite would be my second time being a flower girl. I got to wear a beautiful white dress and get my hair straightened for the first time. I felt like a princess.

Nebraska - Omaha
Favorite Memory : Cheesecake factory with my advisor and the line sister. We had equiste food and shared lots of laughs. I must admit it was my most boring trip ever though. I was in sorority meetings all weekend long and the "party" was a serious disappointment.

Oregon - Portland
Favorite Memory : Shopping at the outdoor mall. There is no sales tax in Oregon, so I bought way more than I usually would. I still see some of those outfits in my head today.

Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Washington DC
Washington State - Seattle, Renton, Kirland, Kent, Bellvue
West Virginia - Unknown city where Uncle Alex and Jennifer lived
Virginia - Fairfox and many other cities I have forgotten

CANADA
Ontario - Toronto, Stratford, Niagra Falls

Europe :

THE UNITED KINGDOM
England - London, North Hampton, Milton Keyes

FRANCE
Paris, Provonce

SPAIN
Barcelona, Costa Brava

Asia

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai

OMAN
Moscat

Africa

TANZANIA
Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam

KENYA
Mombasa


People at work were having a conversation about their favorite places, and it got me thinking about all the places I have been. I am extremely proud of my travels. I know that I have been to more places than a majority of the people I know, and a majority of the people in Kansas. I'm blessed with parents who valued vacations and seeing new things. We went on a lot of adventures, and I can't wait to return the favor by taking them on many more someday.I get to go to Houston, Texas next month and I'm really looking forward to it. Texas will be another state to check of my list. After all these places and all these memories, you can see why I get kind of annoyed when people don't take my travel suggestions seriously.

It's also slightly annoying when friends want to vacation to places I've already been. I'm on a mission to see as many new places as possible. It is my hope and prayer that I am able to travel for my 21st birthday. It will be during finals week as always, so I think I want to go after Christmas. I'd like to celebrate the new year in a brand new place.

Appealing possibilities :

1. Las Vegas, Nevada
2. Miami, Florida
3. Atlanta, Georgia

A 21st birthday should be celebrated somewhere with good night life. I haven't been to any of those places, so it would be nice to bring in the new year and celebrate the beginning of my 21st year of life there. Hopefully I can get some loved ones to take this adventure with me.

Side Note : I'm too lazy to finish my favorite memories. I may come back and do it later.

Song of the Day: Cheerleader by Omi

Quote of the Day : “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Ninre