I have been wanting to write this review since the first weekend I got back to Houston, but that didn’t happen. During that time I quit my job, took 5 weeks off, and been working at my new job for a month already. While being off for 5 weeks I was working out, took a fiction writing course, and just recently got power back due to Hurricane Ike. This trip review will be different from my usual ones mainly because of me simply putting it off. However, this will be a true reflection of what happened and where I am now in my thoughts and in life in general because of the trip.

The Minnesota trip happened around July 11. I was there for 4 days for my girlfriend’s cousin 30th birthday party. The reasons why I went was to spend some time with my girlfriend in a different place other than Houston and see her in a different element, have a great time with her cousins that are really cool down-to-earth people, meet more of her extended family, meet new people in general, and see what Minnesota is all about.

Story Time…(In Oke’s head during the trip)

Work was just there. I wasn’t even thinking about it much. I did do my work to the best of my ability, but I felt that it was never ever going to be good enough. But hey I was going on a trip to a state and place that I have never been to before. It is 4 p.m. and I dash out of the building via the stairs and walk quickly almost running to my car and turn on some music headed towards I-10. Pick up my girlfriend, head to the airport, and wait…wait…wait. Our flight was delayed 2 hours or something like that and then we had to spend the night at the Atlanta airport. While I was sleeping my girlfriend takes pictures of me…I smell myself and notice that I smell like sweat and piss mixed together. We finally arrive in Minnesota…get to our hotel and relax. Oh yeah the car is a turtle like speed Nissan Sentra or some other small car that should have gotten 45 mpg instead of 30 mpg.

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