Anything I don't understand about Illinois I have just started chalking up to being Midwest things. So far it's working and no one is arguing with me about it, which is pretty cool. It's been a seemingly busy couple days. Yesterday was a blast. I went to the roommates house for her dad's 50 birthday party. Mind you it was literally her WHOLE family, and me. That was an adventure. It was fun though, I think I had more fun joking around with and hanging out with her cousins then I did with friends the night before. But it could be cause it was a lower dose and I just focused on a few people instead of being overwhelmed by literally like 15 people.
It was a good time though, swam in the pool, played with two little boys (1.5 and almost 3 years old), drank a few beers (nothing like Portland beer), and ate some good BBQ. Overall I consider it a win. Minus the whole losing my contacts in the pool thing and now being stuck in my NOT-so-cute glasses for god knows how long.
I miss my friends though. It was hard and rewarding to get to snapchat with the Makowski girls. It was amazing to get to see their faces and the fun they were having but at the same time heart-wrenching that I couldn't be there with them. There are days that I seriously with I could either fly my friends out here or I could just teleport. No big deal, let the dogs out, put them down for a few hour nap, zap home and see my girls, be back before dinner... that would be the life. The thought of having Kelsie come visit is a really exciting one. Literally I just need my besties: The Makowski girls, Kelsie, Louis... to fly out here and snuggle for a good long while. We could watch movies, eat junk food, giggle at my middle of nowhere town with their weird conservation twinge, and play with puppies. Our lives could be complete. Maybe we'd even go to 6 flags, who knows...
Alas, they can't just teleport here and flights are BLOODY EXPENSIVE from Portland to here. Maybe, at some point they can come out cause more nights then not I wish I were having a sleep over with a friend so that someone else, that gets Portland, could understand why I really don't get here... nothing here makes sense to me. Frozen Custard makes sense... that's about all. And thank god for Target cause I still haven't figured out what grocery stores are yet. Well here's to hoping someone can come visit sooner rather then later <3
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I would say even a "Midwest thing" is too narrow. Within the Midwest we have lots of different lingo. You will come to find Illinois is very different from Ohio which is completely different from Michigan. You're not alone in still figuring out the qwirks of Illinois. :)
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