thanks for humoring me

So I was actually in all three cities at one point or another---and in my dreams I was getting a mani-pedi far away from tornado alley. (Thank you for the wishful votes on that one.) After a whirlwind trip to DC to find housing, I ventured on a much more whirlwindy and impromptu trip to get my nerd on in the Midwest, which led to more tornado-dodging (first in DC, then in Kansas), a lack of greens in my diet, the smell of smoky-even-though-they're-non-smoking hotel rooms and a whole lot of unanswered e-mails.

Surprisingly, I liked Oklahoma best. My image of Kansas isn't great since it's tainted by a dramatic evening of tornado warnings that left me teary, though Kansas City is surprisingly hip and chic. The nerd inside me liked Independence, Missouri the most for various historicalish reasons.

Anyway. I'm happy to be back in Mom's basement in Utah for now. I would have given my right arm for a basement during that tornado warning. Seven were spotted around the small town I was in. Seven. That's seven too many for this girl.

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