Here In Chicago

Besides seeing a lot more tall buildings and a lot fewer cows, I've noticed one major difference between home and the Windy City. Here in Chicago, people live a completely different lifestyle. Before I thought it was just fast paced, but seeing it up close, I know there's a little more to it. People here live in a outgoing way that you just don't see in laid-back Idaho, even with the rednecks during a truck race. Vibrancy in life is displayed in such and open way that makes the city an exciting place to be. You can almost feel it. It's interesting because Chicago is known for it's danger level and crime records in that environment, but when I see lives like that - so full and robust and compare it to my own slow, more reserved life, I sometimes wonder what I might be missing out on.

But I think most of you are probably wondering what happened with my aforementioned "meeting the biological family" outing. I had a really good time, as did everyone else I think. We actually spent quite a bit of time with the family and all got along really well. We're all really alike actually. Genes definitely carry more than facial features with them. I think there's a good future there for all of us. My cousins and I could turn out to be good friends.