American in Norway

So while the kiddos were having a great time with family and friends in Kansas City I escaped to the Windy City for a little "mommy time"   after ending my marriage this year.. I think I went a little crazy with the trips home.. I was like a child in a candy store.. ... After years of only once a year.. I made it home 4 times in 2014. But is was much needed Tressa time..  time to make a plan.. reconnect with friends..  be surrounded by family and the people who love me most.   it really is amazing how.. after almost 20 years you can (almost) pick up where you left off.   I headed to Chicago, to reconnect with my college friends.. sorority sisters..  and even "bumped into" the college sweetheart.. most of them are still there... lives have moved on.. some married, some divorced.. kids, no kids.. principals, cops, aritists scientists.. didn't matter.. for one fantastic weekend it was like we were all our 20 somethings s...

Yippee.... I am going home... Not right now, & not forever... But soon... soon enough to start counting down... & dammit... I am E X C I T E D! 6 weeks... & counting.. I have kept myself from getting too excited thus far... because home felt a long way off... but now...Woo hoo . (I know I am a total dork) Everyone at work has been asking about my vacation... (most of Norway shuts down during July so everyone can take a vacation...) When I talk about going HOME... I just start beaming. We are flying into Chicago to stay with my baby sister. This will be a first time trip for my hubby & kids, & I need to plan some things to show them besides all of the really great bars mommy used to hang out in . I am meeting up with my BESTEST friend from college Sean... who is going to host a little gathering of all of my buddies from WIU . Then it is off to beautiful Kansas City.. (the city of fountains... only Rome has more)Where I will get to see the rest of my family & the...