Thoughts from my Trip

For once, it's not good to be back home. I wish I stayed in Connecticut for much, much longer. Like the rest of my life. Haha. Here are random thoughts/happenings from my 3 days away.

Today it was actually warmer in Minnesota than it was in Connecticut. But it's abnormally cold in Connecticut at this time. Minnesota....well, it's quite a surprising state.
Let's start with Thursday:
-I was nervous that I was going to get sick on the plane, so in turn, I felt sick. I get really bad motion sickness (car rides, plane rides, you name it). But in the end, I was fine once we were up in the air. I even got a little nap in.
-Once we landed, I just knew i was home. It sounds dumb, but it was a gut feeling. My mom and i picked up a white chevy cobalt. It was actually super nice. There were even heated seats. We rocked that car with its Florida license plates.
-We stayed at the Mariott Courtyard in Cromwell. So it was an extremely familiar area.
-That night, I went to see Lorraine (my godmother and one of my mom's friends from when she worked at g.fox, a retail store when she was just out of college). She had a friend over, Gloria and they couldn't get over how much I looked like one of her granddaughters who is 11. They were like "oh, you are SO beautiful!" I had a yummy dinner.
-I had probably the worst time ever trying to fall asleep. I guess you could factor in the events of the day and how I was sleeping in a hotel bed. But honestly, I kept falling asleep and waking up. Then I looked at the clock and it was only 1230 in the morning. I thought I had been sleeping all night. Also, factor in my mom snoring and you have an awful night.

Friday:
-730 AM wake-up call. All righttt! My mom and I went out to Dunkin Donuts (& i totally just typed drunkin donuts, my bad). God it was wonderful to have that again. None of this Caribou bullshit, though it is quite yummy. They seriously make the best hot chocolate (talking about DD now).
-We headed up to Massachusetts. I got to sleep on the way there, woohoo. Oh, and since I'm on the topic of driving..well sort of. Honestly, thank god for CT drivers. I mean, I know there are some assholes on the road, but at least they can fricking drive. I noticed it when we were back in MN again today..but seriously MN drivers SUCK. I swear I heard more horns beeped in CT/MA than I have heard my entire time in MN. Because they don't patiently wait for people to realize the light has turned green, or if they're taking a long time to take a left turn. By the way, this is a positive thing, haha. Oh, and I noticed how many people from different states are in CT and MA. It's weird. I saw tons of license plates from MA, CT, NJ, VT, NH, ME, MD, & PA. If you don't know the state abbreviations, you're dumb.
-It was rainy and sleeting. Disgusting. Also, there was an accident on 91-N, so they completely closed it off. I saw tons of ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks. There was ahuge plume of dark smoke coming off of something, idk what and I saw the fire trucks spraying the fire.
-College visits. Yay! Just to note on that, the campuses were beautiful. Soooooo much better than the Midwest. & you know what I realized once I went back to CT? The people are actually friendlier. Like I know we can come off as snobby, but seriously they are a lot friendlier than Midwesterners.
-As a comparison, I loved seeing New England again. It's so beautiful compared to Minnesota/Wisconsin (the midwest states i have been to). It was a cloudy day, but in Massachusetts where we were driving in a certain part it got really mountainous/hilly..whatever it was, but the clouds sort of covered the trees, but not fully. It was gorgeous. Also, I LOVED SEEING TREES AND HILLS. Ah!! So much better than the flatlands out here. I loved going down the highway and being surrounded by trees. And the roads were familiar and ah! I can't get over it. It was absolutely surreal being back home. 3 years is along time.
-Also, Friday night I got to see ALI!! Omg, it was great to see her again. We met at Bertucci's (um fricking yum!!!). We caught up on the old times and wow, she hasn't changed. I realized how much I missed her when we were talking. When we got back together, I was like we are going to stay the same around each other, no matter what.
-Another terrible night of sleep for me. I don't know why!!!!

Saturday:
-Woke up at 730...again. This time, we met Bethany & Ingrid for breakfast at Bob's Coffee Shop (best place EVER in rocky hill, my hometown). I knew Bethany better than Ingrid, but they both worked with my mom in CT. Bethany got engaged and I got to see her ring. Ingrid is German and she has an accent, it's so cool.
-Sinec I'm talking about Rocky Hill. Wow, there have been some changes. New restaurants and stuff like that. But it's still the same, ya know? I drove by my old house....oh, god. Nostalgia x1000. They changed the color of our shutters and door, but it's still the same. I loved going down my neighborhood. My mom said it looked so old now, but I love it.
-We checked out of our hotel then went to West Farms Mall. Best mall ever. Met Grace & her mom. It was awesome seeing Grace again!!!! We walked around the mall a few times, stopped in some stores. Haha one time, we passed this creepy kid who I swear like growled at us. What a weirdo. I'm glad I got to see my two best friends again.
-My mom and I headed to the airport. We hung out for awhile there since we were a bit early. Um, the Bradley airport is sooo much safer than the Mpls/St. Paul one. At the security check-in, you had to stand in this little thing where it puffed air at you and made sure you didn't have anything on you. Plus, it's a lot nicer, I think. I was eating at McDonald's and there were some Harvard kids sitting next to me. They went to see Cirque du Soleil which was in town (I saw the tents).
-I fell asleep on the plane on the way back listening to my music. My iPod surprisingly lasted both ways...YAY!!! Btw, if you haven't checked it out already, listen to "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hasard. It's from "Once". Beautiful song.

Ok, I realize this is super long, but I don't fucking care, ok? Haha. I missed CT and this was an amazing trip for me, albeit short. I seriously like cried when I was back in MN. I don't want to be here. If i could transport my friends I made here and the MN Wild team back to CT, I would do it in a heartbeat. But this is my "home" now, and I have to accept it. I have for 3 years, but not sincerely. New England is so different. There's so much history. I fit in there. I love it and I'm almost 98% sure I'm going to college back there, even if it is in Red Sox Nation. Because there's a history there nobody can take away from it. Good night all. I'll be at the Wild game tomorrow, having a blast.