Well, I haven't been very good at updating this thing in a while. Something about being at a computer for 10 hours a day just doesn't make me feel like getting on the computer when I get home at night!
This weekend was lovely!!...well, not weather-wise but in regards to fun, yes! My parents and I drove up to Chicago to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and friends. I got up to Chicago on Friday and met Colleen for lunch at Whole Foods. The Whole Foods in Lincoln Park is HUGE! And it has all these food stations with all sorts of different kinds of food. I got so overwhelmed that I just ended up getting tomato basil soup. What I really should have gotten is the butternut squash and crab bisque that I found later. Oh well, the first soup was still good!
After lunch, I went home and found that Damla was pretty much done working so we decided that it was 5 o'clock somewhere and popped open a bottle of wine! Mommy and Daddy must have heard all the giggling because they came back from their walk just a few minutes into happy hour. At 5, J.B. was able to join us and we just had the usual banter until it was time for the Purdue game! Damla started to get dinner ready and once we had secured a Purdue win (barely!) we sat down for a DELICIOUS lasagna that Damla had made. As I write this now, I wish I'd thought to get a picture.
After dinner, we went back to living room to chit chat and just enjoy some family time.
Saturday morning I got up bright and early to meet up with everyone. J.B. dropped me off at Colleen's where Kamm, Kylie, Colleen, Stacey, and Titus were ready to go! After breakfast we headed to the LaSalle Power Company where we met up with Julie and Michael (visiting from London!), Jess and Brian (future residents of Indiana), Liza, and Greg! And we STILL weren't all there. A few minutes after we got in the bar Laura, Gina and Avery showed up. Plus we ran into some other Sigma Chis and Fiji's. It was great having such a large group because there was always someone to talk to!
We stayed at the bar until 3ish and then headed off to find some food. We lost some people in the shuffle but ended up with a group of 12 at Rock Bottom. After some food (and a devastating Purdue loss!) we decided to find a new bar. So we went to Parrot's in Lakeview. Angela met us there and then her and I dominated the pool table. I was having an "on" day so we actually did pretty well! Sure we won two games because the other team scratching on the 8 ball but we'll take what we can get.
After a while it was time to head back to Stacey and Colleen's apartment where we hung out for a little while longer and then headed to bed by 10 pm. When you start at 8am, this isn't so bad. I woke up in the morning fully rested and ready to start my day! Well, the treats that Colleen made us helped me get a good start.
Damla had requested that I be home for breakfast at 9 am. Apparently she meant pre-daylight savings time because when I showed up she looked REALLY sleepy!! But she was a trooper and we decided to take a walk to Starbucks since we were up. After that we came home and got breakfast ready. After breakfast, the family decided to take a drive to Evanston and the other suburbs north of Chicago. We looked as some of the beautiful house and also saw the Baha'i House of Worship which is a pretty amazing structure.
On that note, I have resolved to become a vegetarian for the month of May. I'm not sure how well it will go but I'd like to see. If anything, I think it will give me the opportunity to be creative in what I eat. The good news is that my staples of granola bars, oatmeal, and milk are still within my limitations so I think this is a very do-able goal.
In other news, I still continue my search for the perfect car. I just can't seem to make a decision which is fine because I don't see myself getting a car right away but when the time does come, I would like to think that I have a good idea of what I want. I attribute to my apprehension to be parallel to my hatred of things marked "final sale". Do you think I could return a car if I didn't like it? I wish they still had those 72 hour test drive things.
No upcoming trips at the moment but spontaneity was a new year's resolution! I joined the United Way Committee at work and will be doing my first official duty as KKG House Advisor (for the Butler Chapter) in a couple weeks for room picks! And last I checked, I was planning on doing the Susan G. Komen walk in Indianpolis in April. So lots of fun things to come!!
No comments:
Post a Comment