Damnit.

I had a nice recap-esque post done on Saturday and then my browser crapped out on me.  So now here I am trying to capture the excitement that was my week-long trip to Chicago. ;)

Mr. Jared Eyer and I were supposed to catch a red-eye out from SEA-TAC at 12:15am PDT Saturday, July 17, 2004.  Unfortunately the plane was delayed about an hour.  So we got into Chicago (Midway -- it's cheaper than going through O'Hare) around 6:30am CDT.  Fun stuff, I know.  I had been up since about 11am or so PDT and didn't go to sleep until somwhere around 4am CDT.  So I was up for little more than a day...

It was a pretty busy week and I had a wonderful time.

Ms. Alicia Medina met up with us in Chicago and spent part of Saturday and Sunday with us.  Hadn't seen her in awhile, so that was much fun.

Uh...we got a quick driving tour of Chicago, met most of Ms. Nell Voss' friends (don't ask me why I'm writing full names...I'm tired, leave me alone), saw the Cubs vs. the Cards, went to the beach, saw Anchorman, Fahrenheit 9/11, had a couple bbqs, drank, went to Benfest and saw an awesome band named http://www.funkadesi.com/ Funkadesi, went to some parties, met Nell's co-workers at a work party, went to the Art Institute and saw the Seurat exhibit http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/seurat/seurat.html, went downtown for high tea at the Four Seasons, shopped, ate at multiple diners, went to the John Hancock Tower and drinks at the Signature Lounge on the 96th floor http://chicago.citysearch.com/profile/3668426?cslink=search_name_noncust&ulink=search__searchslot1_520__0_profile_5_1, went to the Lincoln Park Zoo, played pool, went to a couple bars, had dinner at her mom's tea room, now turned into Bistro Campagne, met Tom Melvin (May's dad) who is an awesome muralist -- saw some of his works, hung out, did lots of crossword puzzles...yeah that about recaps most of it.

It was a busy week, but a very fun, entertaining, and pretty relaxing week.  I had a wonderful time and you al should go check out Chicago.

I was expecting it to be really hot in Chicago, but turns out that wasn't the case.  I think the weather was swapped between there and Seattle.  We pretty much just missed the heatwave, except for Saturday...the deck at Ray's was hot, but lotsa fun.

Got picked up from the airport by Jared's folks, went to Ray's for dinner, went home, sleep, work the next day, went to Silverdale today to visit Sunny and I got back maybe an hour ago.   Saw Casey, Josh, and Chelsie while there.  And now I'm off to bed and work tomorrow...

Hope everyone had an enjoyable week (I know I did).  Take care and have a wonderful day/night/afternoon/whatever. *muah*