God Bless America

Well, I'm back in France! So the exciting blogging will continue. But in the words of the infamous Lee Corso (ESPN College Football announcer), "Not so fast my friends!" Before I go into France, I wanted to share what I did during my month "vacation" in America. For some reason, despite living in America for the last 23.5 years, I decided it was necessary for me to get as much Americana as I could in this month. Things that I can't do in France. Here are the things I did for that taste...

Ate as much fast food as I could. Highlights include:

• A 460 cal. Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks (I don't know why I needed this...I haven't had one in 5 years)
• 4 trips to Chipotle
• McDonald's visit in which no one behind the counter spoke English (not that much different than going to one in France)
• A burger from Max & Erma's that had 5 slices of cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms, guacamole, and marinara
• Ate 3 Dunkin' Donuts for no apparent reason. I just had breakfast 2 hours ago.
• 2 Deep Dish pizza nights
• 1 day without drinking a beer
• Ate at a restaurant where girls come to your window to take your order
• Ate in the car
• Had an ice cream cake
• Watched a movie with a tub of popcorn and a tub of Coke
  

Shopped at Wal-Mart, hated every second of it, but saved a bunch of money.

Tailgated at a White Sox game

Painted a frat room, then proceeded to lay in bed for 2 hours that night hoping the music would die down from the room next to mine.

Sweated my ass off giving my dad free labor

Complained about the President

Spent an entire day(s) watching TV

Made a huge deal out of watching a Preseason football game

Shopped at Costco, twice.

Went to a high school football game 40 minutes away and then waited another 1.5 hours to see it because of a thunderstorm...and I knew no one on the team

Tailgated at said football game

Went to my alma mater and watched eager freshmen move in with their nervous/eager parents. Then I nearly cried driving away knowing that I won't see the love of my life (Butler) for an entire school. The first time in 5 years.

...and of course, spent lots of timing with my amazing family. I couldn't have possibly laughed more in one month because of them.


Here's to the next 8 months in France. I'll miss you, America.