Over the weekend, Jordan and I took a little road trip to the Columbus, Ohio area for the Pretty Muddy mud run (more on that tomorrow). Originally, we were just going to go for the day, but a couple of weeks ago we decided to make a weekend out of it. You see, before I moved to Indiana, I lived in Ohio for five years — basically all of my elementary school years. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to visit where I grew up, especially since I hadn’t been back to the area since we moved, over 13 years ago!
After the mud run, we went back to our hotel so I could shower and get ready to go out. We didn’t have time to eat lunch before the race, so we were both starving. After getting ready, we headed straight to UNO’s for an early dinner.
We ended up having half of a pizza left over, but everything was good! After dinner, we drove to Hilliard, the city where I used to live. It was kind of strange being back; I couldn’t remember where anything was. When I lived there, I wasn’t old enough to drive, so I guess I never learned how to navigate my way around the city. Our first stop was my old house. We probably looked like creepers, driving by slowly and stopping to take a picture, but oh well 
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They completely redid the siding and put up a fence, so this didn’t even look like “my” house. Nothing stays the same! It was fun to drive around and show Jordan where my friends lived and where I used to play. After driving around my old subdivision, we headed to my old elementary school.
It looked exactly the same to me. I went to elementary school for one more year in Indiana, but I had a very difficult transition into the new school district — I loved my teachers and experience at J.W. Reason Elementary School! All of my memories came flooding back when we visited my old school — games I played on the playground, Girl Scout meetings, my favorite teachers, my time spent as a sports anchor on the morning news — I had some good times .
After circling the school (and again, probably looking like creepers), I took Jordan to see my old dance school.
It looked exactly how I remembered it. It’s still hard for me to believe that Miss Peggy, my old dance teacher, is still teaching! She was a little bit older (or that’s how I remember her) when she taught me years ago. Ah, memories 
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After driving around Hilliard for a while, we decided to head back to Dublin, where we were staying, and look for an ice cream place where we could get dessert. We eventually decided on Graeter’s, and I’m so glad that we did.
I had a scoop of pumpkin and a scoop of toffee chip, and they were both so good! We can buy Graeter’s by the pint here in the grocery store, but we don’t have actual an Graeter’s store — it was a nice treat!
After eating our ice cream, we decided to call it a night. It was a long day for both of us! We slept in a little bit on Sunday, and then we were on the road again.
It was nice to get away for a weekend, but now it’s time to get back to reality. Lots of laundry and cleaning to catch up on today! Have a great first day of October!
What did you do over the weekend?
If you’ve moved away, have you ever visited where you grew up?
sounds like such a fun weekend!
awww it looks like you had a great weekend! I love going back to hometowns and taking a walk around. I just moved back in with my mom to save money for my wedding and I went for a run around town and it seemed like everything was soooo different! haha.
I love going back and visiting my old school! My parents still live where I grew up though so I’ve never experienced a move like that
I can only imagine the reminiscing you must have done!! I’ve lived on the same street my whole life (we moved in when I was a month old, and moved down the street when I was seven), but I moved to a different city for university. It really made me appreciate just how beautiful Ottawa is, and how much I love living here. Did it feel like going home when you were in Ohio? Or did returning back to Indiana after the weekend feel more like home?
I love your ice cream flavour choices. The idea of combining fall flavours with something as “summer-y” as ice cream is curious — but I like it!! I hope you enjoyed every morsel!!
Ps. What does the hot pink tank say? … I think it says something about not being able to drown in your own sweat — if so, LOVE IT!!
No, because I was born in Michigan, and that actually still feels like home to me when I go back, since all of my relatives still live there!
Yep, the shirt says, “No one has ever drowned in their own sweat!”
Ahhh Katelyn did the Pretty Mud Run this weekend too! I’m jealous, it looked like such a blast!!
Yes, she did! I didn’t run until 1:30 though, and it looks like she was there bright and early! It was fun!
Sounds like you had a fun weekend! I live in Columbus and LOVE Graeter’s! I might have to stop to get some pumpkin ice cream now.
Oh my gosh. I literally saw that salad and I was like oh that looks like an UNOS salad…and I realized it was ha ha. It is the one I always get with salmon.
Glad you had so much fun in Columbus!
Mmm, it would be really good with salmon!
That salad looks yummy! I love revisiting places I haven’t been in awhile, but it’s certainly a little difficult because things do change. I just revisited my elementary and middle school for the first time in a little over 10 years this past summer, and it was definitely weird to see all the changes. It sounds like you had a great weekend reminiscing!
I love seeing pictures of everything! The house does look different, but also the same in some ways. I remember playing pumpkin patch with you on the front lawn during the fall:) I can’t believe Miss Peggy’s is still open. The school does look the same! I loved that school:(. I don’t know about you, maybe it was our ages, but Hilliard felt more like home in many ways than Indiana does.
Yeah, for school at least, it felt much more like home. Brownsburg’s way too competitive.
You know what is weird? I dream about J.W. Reason all the time! I’m serious. I rarely dream about high school, it’s always J.W. – not sure why?
Looks like you had a fun trip to Columbus. Glad you had a good time!
BTW – I think we were in the same girl scout troop too
I don’t know why either! I liked that school, though
. And yes, we were! I have old girl scout pictures and you’re in them!
Aw, I love that you went back to all of your old stomping grounds! How cute to show Jordan where you grew up!
AWWWWW!!!! Your old house!! I bet that trip was really fun for you! And that pizza looks absolutely deeeelish… oh ya so does the ice cream : ) I’m a sucker for a sprinkle dipped waffle cone!
It was really fun! And I’m a sucker for that too
. You’ll have to get one this weekend on your trip!
Love Graeter’s!! Such good ice cream!
We used to get it all the time when we were living in Ohio!
Congrats on the run! OMG! That pizza looked so good! And, Miss Peggy’s reminds me of Miss Patty’s on the Gilmore Girls!
Thank you! Haha, she actually was a little bit like Miss Patty
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Our ice cream cones were a lot alike!