This weekend seemed like a normal weekend for most people. It wasn't long, no holidays big holidays, but it was actually very special for me. This weekend some family from my dad's side came into town. They drove about 7 hours to get to Chicago from Sheffield, Iowa. It's quite the drive, so I was thrilled that they were willing to do it in order to stay here for only a couple of days. But, even before they came, I got to do something special that I thought was really cool. I got to go to my dad's work and help him out. He works for a band called Wilco and they are going on tour soon, so I got to go help my dad get ready and prepare everything for the tour. I got to meet some cool people, too. After a hard day at work we went home and my Iowa family was already making themselves at home in our apartment! I was so excited to see everyone. Right away we ordered a pizza, watched The Hunger Games, and laughed or butts off. All of us had a big day, so at the end of it, we all crashed pretty hard. It was actually kind of funny because if you just walked in and explored the apartment, there were various family members sleeping in weird places all throughout the house. The next morning we woke up bright and early to go shopping in downtown Chicago. I found this activity special, which is strange because I live here. Funny how it takes people from out of town to get you to do something in your own city! We wanted to get out of the house at around nine o'clock, but everyone took a really long time to get ready, so we ended up leaving at about ten-thirty. We got into the city at about eleven-thirty, and everyone was hungry, so we decided to stop into The Cheesecake Factory for an early lunch. We all made he mistake of ordering HUGE meals, so we were too full to get cheesecake for dessert. My whole family was almost too full to walk, but we toughed it out and made our way over to H&M and some other stores like that. We bought some pretty cool things, like a hat I bought that I ended up wearing right after we got out of the store. After that we decided to walk to Millennium Park. We then realized that it was about 11 blocks away, and we had all been there before, so we decided to shop some more before we had to leave. We would have had more time to walk over to the Bean, but we got sidetracked by one of those "Tin Men" wearing all silver and silver paint. Once he stopped moving for a little, we started moving over to Water Tower Place. We bought some cool stuff in there, and even got frozen yogurt! Yummy!!! Our last stop was the Hershey Factory. We got some stuff for my little cousins back in Iowa, we got extra long Twizzlers, and a customized Hershey bar! After we were all chocolated out, we headed back to my dad's house. We packed up our stuff because my mom was coming to get my cousin Isabelle and me so that we could sleep over at my mom's house. We went out to a really cool sushi restaurant where your sushi comes to you on a boat. We go there every year as a sort of tradition. Then we went back to my mom's house and watched some TV and then went to bed. We were so very tired! This morning my family came to pick up Isabelle after a nice visit and breakfast of bagels and cream cheese. Now I'm doing my homework and realizing that this blog is way too long, but I have one more thing to say. Tonight is Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday, and I'm very excited!
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