Two Sundays ago, I booked a trip back home to Chicago on a whim....Maybe because Sofia was here and telling me about how excited she was to go home to see her family and friends. Maybe it was because I really haven't felt the Christmas spirit here yet. I miss the houses being decorated with Christmas lights (and not taking them down until the following year.) I miss the anticipation building up to Christmas - figuring out the Christmas menu, Juanie's kids making their Christmas lists, and just the overall Christmas feeling. Maybe because I just wanted some really good Mexican food....
Whatever it was, I decided I was going to come home for Christmas and I really made my aunt's day! While I am excited to go back home, I am also nervous. I wasn't supposed to come back until Easter. I wanted to give myself enough time to get used to living in London. I figured six months would be enough time to miss Chicago. It'll be 3 months on January 2nd. I think I'll be alright. I still have many things to accomplish in London and in Europe overall. Today I was just invited on a ski trip in February to the French Alps. That would mark one item off my To Do list.
So while I'm home, I plan to do some major shopping. This Saturday, I'll head to my favorite mall - OakBrook to check out the post-holiday sales and buy some works clothes. I am treating myself for Christmas and my birthday (I have to justify it somehow) to a MacBook.
I'll hit the Mexican food store and get Mesca and a few dozen tortillas. I'll then swing by Walmart or Target to get my beloved Dove body wash and facial products that they don't sell here. I also have to pick up my summer clothes from my mom's friend's house because I am definitely going to take a Beach holiday soon.
I can't wait to have some great food! COMIDA MEXICANA....Rosie's mom is cooking Tamales and posole. I love her mom's cooking. I may have to stop by Zaca T's in Berwyn for some good tacos.
Whatever, I decide to do, I'll be home for Christmas....(as Kanye West's song "Homecoming" is playing through my mind)
2 days and dreaming....I'm coming home again....
Week in Review
9 years ago
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