Monday, October 1, 2007
Cemetery Walk
This past weekend I went to Normal( my hometown) for the Evergreen Cemetery's " Voices of the Past" cemetery walk, wich is an annual mother-daughter event for my mom and I. I know it sounds a little creepy, but it's really fun and it's something I've been looking foreward to all year. I'm totally in to history and this is like history come alive. The "Voices of the Past" players and the McLean County Historical Society come together and do research on early members of the town who are buried in the cemetery and then the actors dress up in period atire, stand next to or near that person's grave, and gives a perfomans as if they were that person. This year was pretty cool because all the people being portray had something to do with the local college, Illinois State University, because this year is its 150th anniversary. The day wasn't entirely spent lurking in a graveyard, though, we also shopped 'till we dropped! We went to the library's book sale and I got four books for $1.70! I also got some cute Autumn and Holloween stuff for our apartment. It was so much fun to be home and hang out with my family and do special stuff with my mom. It was fun but hard becuase we hadn't seen my family in a while and the visit just wasn't long enough. Back in Indy and getting ready for work this morning I felt so homesick, more than I have for a long time, or maybe ever, since we got married. *sigh*
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I completely understand how you feel about being homesick! I got to see my mom for an hour this week because she had to drop off someone at OHare so we met up for coffee...it made me miss family even more!!!
Sounds like you had a fun time in Btown! I haven't been to the cemetery walk in a long time...but it is pretty cool
That sounds like a neat day to me, not too morbid! Plus, you did shop too after all! I am glad you had a fun time. I hope the homesickness gets better, it is not fun at all to deal with.
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