A New Road Traveled

Last night I arrived in Minneapolis around 10:30 and was picked up by one of my mom’s best friends. We went back to her place and visited for about an hour before I was off to bed and up again at 8, only to hop in my car and head back to Chicago. Although it was a quick visit it was very nice to see her and her husband since it has been a very long time. The drive took about 7 hours and never did I feel like I knew where the heck I was. I called and caught up with some friends I haven’t talked to for a while, listened to the radio, and day dreamed about my future as I made my way across the Midwest countryside. From Minnesota I passed through Wisconsin driving by all sorts of Cheese factory billboard’s, Cheese restaurant signs and a random HUGE Gentlemen’s Club sign (Cruisin' Chubbies) that made me giggle after the intial shock wore off (Ich weiss, oder? Very tasteful! Not!). It was a bummer that it was actually a pretty gloomy rainy day otherwise I may have stopped in a few areas to roam around. I even disappointedly missed taking a picture of the “Entering Illinios” sign and almost turned around to go back out and re-enter just so I could capture it. After passing through and PAYING 4 TOLLS, ahhh, I hit the city traffic and creeped my way into Chicago. Today marked my first time driving in the Midwest, on a new chunk of Interstate and finally through my new home town. A new road traveled. LOVE IT! I made it back just in time to go to church at 5 and afterward drove through downtown, picked up some groceries and loaded all my belongs from the car up to the apartment. Time to finish getting settled in my new room now that I almost everything I own with me. Back to work in the morn.