Sat in a car for two hours (four round trip) to get to a graduation party for a family member I’ve met once, in Kenosha, Wisconsin today. I dreaded it the whole car ride, thinking about how many people there would be, how uncomfortable I’d be, etc.
There were only a handful of people and they were all marvelous. I went ‘adventuring’ around the area and wow. It’s really nice to visit, but the small town feel of it was very strange to a big city girl. It was practically silent except for talking to my adventurous sidekick (and always the distant hum of lawn mowers??) and there were barely any people out.
All-in-all, though, I’m glad I was able to go and it was a lot of fun. (:
(We did get lost after walking for over an hour, though. Fortunately, we weren’t terribly far from the party.)
