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Jayden was awarded the trip to Chicago through 4H.  She had to interview and fill out an application in order to go. She boarded a Greyhound bus along with seniors from several counties  at 1:00 on Thanksgiving and arrived home Sunday at 7AM. She was a little sad to miss out on Thanksgiving. She drove to Fort Dodge to meet the bus. On the way home, the kids rode the bus through the night and arrived in the wee hours of the morning. Jayden called me from the Williams stop and told me everyone on the bus had rides but her. I felt the guilt and crawled out of my bed at 5:50 AM to go get her. I could not get Mark to join me in getting her so he could drive her car home. He gets up all week at that hour, so I am not sure why it was so hard this time. I got ready in 15 minutes and was out the door. Luke heard me up and wanted to go along too. We met Jayden at McDonalds and got breakfast. She told us all about her trip on the ride home. She had a great time and was glad she went. The bus trip out, she sat by herself and was a bit lonely. Once in Chicago, she hooked up with 3 other girls that were "her kinda people." She said they were all into Starbucks, make-up, and shopping. One was Olivia M from our county who Jayden knew. The girls stuck together the whole time and had fun. The schedule was crammed full so they were always doing something. During their time they went to a comedy, a dinner theater, the Blue Man show, Navy Pier, The History Museum, The Sears Tower, and lots of shopping. She likes the big city and was glad she went.



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