A List

Back in April my dearest Aunt sent me an email with an entire list dedicated to reasons why I should come back to America. Apparently there was some concern I would stay down under. Now that we are two weeks away from my return I thought it'd be nice to reflect on her list, and maybe even get a giggle out of it!

Picture thanks to Jerbear from our adventures in Chitown

Reasons to come back to America:

Lake Michigan
Real Pizza
The Greek Islands
The Obama Presidency
Abundant Water
Black soil
Massive Diversity in cultures
Real Mexican Food
Spanish soap operas
Truly Diverse Cultural experiences
The darling students of the West Side of Chicago, Elgin, Aurora, Detroit, New York...(I could go on and on...)
Cardinals’ songs
Coyotes
The Grand Canyon
Harmless insects, snakes and spiders
Fireflies in the corn and alfalfa fields at dusk, looking like stars on Earth
The Chicago skyline
Second City
A biker bar (we went to one yesterday — with REALLY GREAT food!!! Smelts, cole slaw, tator tots, the best BLT I have EVER had)
Italian Beef Sandwiches
A Polish Sausage Sandwich near Maxwell Street
The “El”
The Prairie Path
The Fox River, the Rock River, The Des Plaines River
The rock on Mom’s grave
Squirrels
Women’s Liberation
All of us
Brandon — he’s a very nice fellow that one — and likely to be a great partner in adventures around the planet 

Auntie J, no worries you'll be seeing me soon.

Cheers, from a "just visiting" gal