Back in late November/early December, I decided to put my spring break to good use, driving across the Midwest (well, Illinois and Wisconsin) making professional connections with student affairs people I’d been in touch with and visiting friends & family (& Lambeau) along the way. A class project for a campus visit and some internship potential worked their ways into the schedule before I left, too. By the time my schedule was set, Google Maps estimated I’d be spending 17.5 hrs in a car over the week of my trip, and that’s not counting the wandering I’ll be doing once I reach my destinations. People thought I was crazy for trading warm Florida weather and beaches for tundra, but I had my mind set and was Chi-town bound. Hence, the inception of Mission: Midwest.
I’m (usually) queen of documenting life events, but for this trip, the food far upstaged everything else we did (what else is new for a Cheryl-planned trip?) and thus dominated my Facebook album & David’s group check-ins. With all the campus visits I’m doing and amazing food I’m eating, I started to think documentation via blog instead of just pictures made more sense. Henceforth, Mission: Midwest shall be blogged Doogie Howser-style (minus the old school blue screen and innocent-looking NPH). Chi-town and U of I posts are pending, but I’ll try to keep subsequent posts on a daily schedule before my memory starts slipping (hazards of old age…).
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