Last Friday, I woke up to my first Friday as a Midwesterner.
The most exciting part of the morning is I woke up to snow flurries! The sad
(but probably good part) was that the snow didn’t stick, the good part was it
was still warm enough that the snow didn’t stick.
I think I am secretly holding out hope that the weather will
be mild like it was all last winter, but even if the temperatures now are
“mild” I am still freezing. That being said, the sweaters that I thought would
at least last me into part of the winter are NOT EVEN CLOSE to being warm
enough. So, that set the tone for our first few days in Michigan.
Looking for sweaters and couch shopping. Exciting life
right?
So that is how we spent our first few days in Michigan.
Couches and sweaters.
And then there was this!
I know I have been trying to eat healthier and keep on the
healthy lifestyle kick, but sometimes, you just have to indulge yourself! And
man, sometimes those indulgences are WORTH IT! Yesterdog in Grand Rapids is, from what I understand, a city institution. You cannot go to Grand Rapids and not eat at Yesterdog. Hot dogs, steamed buns, loaded with goodness. Amazing!
Another first? Going for a run outside in weather under 40
degrees. That was interesting, the cold air made it harder to breathe, layering
up makes you get hotter faster and I found it harder to get into a running
grove…
Jason’s mom lives really close to a college in Grand Rapids
with a gorgeous cross country running course for their school, so we got to
take advantage of it on our run. It was absolutely gorgeous.
After three days of boring people with our European vacation
photos, catching up with friends and family and getting a chance to relax after
spending a week in the car, it was suddenly time to pack up and head to Chicago
to get our apartment keys and get to life in the big city!
Needless to say, it was reallllly cold the morning we woke
up to drive to Chicago. There’s nothing like coming out to a car covered in
frost. I will say, everything covered in frost is absolutely beautiful.
We were then in the car, headed back to Illinois to finally
see the place we were going to live, check out our new neighborhood and start
our new life!
The drive took forever but went by fast at the same time. Before
I knew it we were paying the toll (which paying a toll on a road that is NOT a
bridge is still weird to me.. think toll plaza in the middle of a freeway) for
the Chicago Skyway and headed towards the future.
At this point, it was Monday afternoon. Our truck was to
arrive the following day to deliver all of our boxes so we could feel like we
had a real place to live with real furniture.
Everything was happening so fast. After two years of
waiting, we were finally moving to Chicago!
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