So, you are coming to Normal?

When I moved to college, I didn’t know there would be so much walking. I do not have my own car, so if I can’t get a ride from someone, I have to walk. There are buses, but if you don’t have time to wait around on their schedule, you might be out of luck. I never realized how big the world was until I came here. When your world is limited to where you can walk to, your world becomes incredibly small.
We have been asked to write a blog on what we would suggest visitors to Normal should do. However, I don’t really get around much in Normal. My roommate and I sometimes take the bus out to Wal-Mart, and sometimes we can con her boyfriend into letting us take his car shopping, but I realized that I don’t really know what there is to do in Normal.
Every once in a while, a friend from back home comes up to visit. Since Decatur is not exactly a booming city, Normal has a lot of things to do that we don’t have available in Decatur. However, I am pretty sure that only people from back home would find them interesting in Normal. For instance, the mall in Normal is probably three times as big as Decatur’s. When my friends come up, often the first thing we do is head to the mall. Plus, did you know the mall has that glow in the dark put putting? How awesome is that?
Also, our movie theaters back home are pretty small. They might be able to hold a hundred people, but those hundred wouldn’t be too comfortable. There is a movie theater here that is huge. I think it is actually in Bloomington, but it is probably the biggest theater I have ever seen (except for the one in Walt Disney World). The armrests go up and down. Genius invention.
Campus events are pretty cool, too, but you have to plan trips around ISU’s scheduling. If you want to be spontaneous, there is a rock wall place called Upper Limits. I haven’t been there yet, but my boyfriend loves it. He swears that it is the place to go for rock climbers in Illinois.
In all honesty, I don’t really know a lot of things to do in Normal that you couldn’t probably do in your own hometown. But my friends and I like it, and at least you will never truly get bored.