what i did during my fall vacation

I’m back in IL. After being in a very relaxing very family Texas. Let me tell you what I did in TX.

Went to dinner with Stef!!! My dearest oldest friend- we had Mexican food and it was great. We had a good conversation and topped it off with some delicious desserts sopapillas. And I didn’t really realize how long we had been friends until later that night I stayed up til 2 am looking at old family photos… I was mainly looking for a baby photo to add to matt’s baby picture we have in our apartment already.

Plus I found great pictures of my parents being young and dating and it made me so happy. Also made me realize my parents have this whole other life that existed before I was born. They once were stupid teenagers and did things before I was even a thought in their head. But I took one picture of my parents in college at a 50’s party, both with cigars in their mouths. When I told my parents I took said picture, my dad immediately went into a story of how a good friend was so drunk and passed out or something and how they also were totally sloshed and had to talk to a police officer to save the passed out friend. And they drove home drunk. Honestly! My parents were/are such bad influences. But I love them all the same.

Then I went to the lake house with my parents and we started our holiday of making and eating food and watching movies. My brother and uncle and cousin showed up later and that was our Thanksgiving. I also realized I drank more wine and beer than water. Also we burned a big pile of yard trash. Like tree stumps and leaves and such. Fires are so amazing.

So yep. Then I flew back up to St. Louis and had a big lunch with Matt's parents, sister, brother, grandparents, and uncles. So THAT was slightly exhausting. But I made it back to Urbana, IL.
It’s nice to be back but I had such a great time. *sigh*