Visitors
***Since my friend Kelli informed me that putting up an article I wrote for work doesn't count as a blog entry, I'm writing this one. Plus, reading her blog made me realize how much mine sucks in comparison. I need to get more on the ball.***
My boyfriend and I have had a number of visitors over the fall. Some might consider this strange, but fall is seriously a high demand season for our family and friends. See, in Louisiana, where all of our visitors are from, there really isn't a fall. It goes from hot to cold so quickly that all the leaves just turn brown and die in November-December. I never really considered the fact that Louisiana doesn't truly have seasons. It's like I knew we didn't, but because that's all I've ever known it never bothered me.
But now that Rayce and I live in a place that has a fall, it's really the only time we have visitors. His dad came up at the end of August, at the peak of Louisiana's summer right when it starts cooling off here. Rayce always finds a project for him and his dad to do when the man is up here. It's how they bond or something.
Then we had my mom and sister at the end of September. Now this was very special to me, because my family only saw a little bit of Bloomington over a year ago when they first dropped me off in Illinois. They never saw the town that I work and live in (half the week). It's a very cute town, with lots of issues and nice people. So on the Friday of their visit, I took my mom and sister to my new town for them to meet the people I work with and see my small apartment. It was nice for them to see where I spend my days, since it's hard to describe how much corn there really is through the phone. Central Illinois— you seriously can't get away from it.
It was also felt good to have them in my element. Have them walk where I walk and breathe the air I breathe. It's important to me.
Two weeks later, Rayce's mom, sister and grandmother came up for a visit. That was lots of fun and a relief to Rayce's pocketbook since they pay for everything when they're here. Rayce spent a day with them without me, b/c I was still working, which I always prefer so they have family-time. I know they love me and all, but I still think it's important for him to spend time with them without me. We went to Chicago, walked
around a state park, went out to eat at nice restaurants, and mostly just laughed together. I love that.
This weekend, Rayce and I drove to an Indiana Sonic to visit my friend Kelli (the one referenced above) and her fiancee Bryant. Kelli lives in Ohio, so we both drove to meet in Indiana. Unfortunately, I forgot about the time change, and it ended up being farther for them than us, and the trip was just not planned well. BUT I did get to spend a good two and a half hours with my former college roommate, and it was nice to share work stories and again, laugh together. We'll do it again next spring/early summer and hopefully we'll work out the kinks
.
Then (yea, I'm still not done) my friend Leigh and her husband Eric are driving up to spend the weekend with Rayce and me. I'm so excited to have them here! They're Rayce and my "couple friends," since we do things as couples. We have the weekend planned out to involve Bloomington, Chicago and Ottawa. It's gonna be busy, but I'm most looking forward to talking with them. We never seem to run out of things to talk to them about. Also, it'll be nice for them to see Rayce and I in our natural environment (sounds funny when I say it like that). I mean, this is our life together. I tell Leigh about it all the time, and it'll be great for her to see and feel it.
After that, Rayce and I get a break. In between work and visitors, we've been booked every weekend since the end of September. While I love my visitors, I also miss our lazy weekends together. But the winter's coming, and we're wimps to the cold, so I'm sure we'll be shutins once again. We just need to figure out what TV series to watch on Netflix to take up our weekends. Last winter was Lost. We need a new one this time around.
I'll take suggestions if you have them. For now, that is all.
My boyfriend and I have had a number of visitors over the fall. Some might consider this strange, but fall is seriously a high demand season for our family and friends. See, in Louisiana, where all of our visitors are from, there really isn't a fall. It goes from hot to cold so quickly that all the leaves just turn brown and die in November-December. I never really considered the fact that Louisiana doesn't truly have seasons. It's like I knew we didn't, but because that's all I've ever known it never bothered me.
But now that Rayce and I live in a place that has a fall, it's really the only time we have visitors. His dad came up at the end of August, at the peak of Louisiana's summer right when it starts cooling off here. Rayce always finds a project for him and his dad to do when the man is up here. It's how they bond or something.
Then we had my mom and sister at the end of September. Now this was very special to me, because my family only saw a little bit of Bloomington over a year ago when they first dropped me off in Illinois. They never saw the town that I work and live in (half the week). It's a very cute town, with lots of issues and nice people. So on the Friday of their visit, I took my mom and sister to my new town for them to meet the people I work with and see my small apartment. It was nice for them to see where I spend my days, since it's hard to describe how much corn there really is through the phone. Central Illinois— you seriously can't get away from it. It was also felt good to have them in my element. Have them walk where I walk and breathe the air I breathe. It's important to me.
Two weeks later, Rayce's mom, sister and grandmother came up for a visit. That was lots of fun and a relief to Rayce's pocketbook since they pay for everything when they're here. Rayce spent a day with them without me, b/c I was still working, which I always prefer so they have family-time. I know they love me and all, but I still think it's important for him to spend time with them without me. We went to Chicago, walked
around a state park, went out to eat at nice restaurants, and mostly just laughed together. I love that.This weekend, Rayce and I drove to an Indiana Sonic to visit my friend Kelli (the one referenced above) and her fiancee Bryant. Kelli lives in Ohio, so we both drove to meet in Indiana. Unfortunately, I forgot about the time change, and it ended up being farther for them than us, and the trip was just not planned well. BUT I did get to spend a good two and a half hours with my former college roommate, and it was nice to share work stories and again, laugh together. We'll do it again next spring/early summer and hopefully we'll work out the kinks
.Then (yea, I'm still not done) my friend Leigh and her husband Eric are driving up to spend the weekend with Rayce and me. I'm so excited to have them here! They're Rayce and my "couple friends," since we do things as couples. We have the weekend planned out to involve Bloomington, Chicago and Ottawa. It's gonna be busy, but I'm most looking forward to talking with them. We never seem to run out of things to talk to them about. Also, it'll be nice for them to see Rayce and I in our natural environment (sounds funny when I say it like that). I mean, this is our life together. I tell Leigh about it all the time, and it'll be great for her to see and feel it.
After that, Rayce and I get a break. In between work and visitors, we've been booked every weekend since the end of September. While I love my visitors, I also miss our lazy weekends together. But the winter's coming, and we're wimps to the cold, so I'm sure we'll be shutins once again. We just need to figure out what TV series to watch on Netflix to take up our weekends. Last winter was Lost. We need a new one this time around.
I'll take suggestions if you have them. For now, that is all.
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