Home Sweet Home???

I drove back into the mitten state on Monday with mixed feelings. Most of my friends and family still say "hey you're home" but I don't know if I feel the same way. On one hand I'm enjoying being back where I grew up, I get the chance to go to family graduation parties, attend our annual father's day picnic (though it is a week late). But, part of me misses being in a state where I can just be me. I feel like I have to conform to be the person I used to be because that's what people here remember and it's exhausting to try and get them to realize I've changed and have grown into the true me. Plus, my parents have gotten used to living without me and I without them, so it's a lot of learning and compromising trying to figure out how to fit into each other's lives and routines. Am I really home? I guess I don't know the answer just yet, I still feel like I'm on vacation and that any day now I'll be driving back to North Carolina or even Chicago and establishing my home base there.

Things I like about Michigan:

Yummy Breadsticks and Italian food from our local restaurant

The Fenton House

Yes I know it's like walmart, but they have the best prices, and it's just so much better than walmart, target or some of the other grocery store/box stores out there.

My niece Molly!!!!!