Last night was amazing. I saw my sister, we had deep dish pizza from Lou Malnatis, tried beer from Chicago, and David got to spend time with someone other than me, and vice versa.
Seeing more family made it easier to be across the country. Plus we hadn't seen each other in over a year, minus a small visit during last Christmas.
My sister moved to Illinois about four years ago, met the love of her life, and married him two years ago this week. Even though she doesn't like Chicago, I mean we are Oregonians, and let's be real, we all like rain and sun. Two seasons, she still loves her husband, and they love where they live.
They are ten hours from our new home, so visits will be easier. Weekend visits, and so forth.
Cooper loved being out of the car, although I was afraid because my sister has cats. There is Gretel, the fattest and grumpiest cat. Then there is Khajii, the awesome cat who acts like a dog, then finally Felix, the cat who I have decided is a British Jewish kitten.
They all were up all night because they did not like the fact that a giant dog was invading their home. Really though, Cooper just wanted to be their friends, and after all, he hadn't seen animals for three days.
We celebrated my sisters birthday, stayed up until it was midnight, and then played some birthday songs, until we all became very very tired, and went to bed. Then this morning we got ready, and armed with coffee and cake, made our way out.
On our way out, we drove through Gary, Indiana and it was barren to say the least. I couldn't imagine the population was more than a thousand people. Almost everywhere was closed down, it was definitely a solve where you know not to get out of the car.
Now we are about to cross over to IOWA, and that makes me very very happy because I am ready to not ever ride in a car again!
We have run out of podcasts, the music won't play, we are at each other's throats, and just want to be home already. Six more hours to go!
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