i actually drove myself to the city this morning to visit my friends in wicker park. amber's parents (old union family) were there to visit this weekend and took us out to lunch! they treated us to some delicious pad thai (all except dan... he's doing P90X so he ordered a salad he kept claiming to love... hah!) and we all sat around watching several episodes of "Say Yes to the Dress." i have to say, if you love weddings or are married, you just might enjoy that show... it's fun. we also had some ice cream sandwiches and probably spent the majority of the time admiring nora's constant cuteness. even though i'm fighting off some sort of infection with a slight fever (i hope it isn't the flu...) it was really good to get out. i've been dying to drive to the city on my own for awhile now. now while it isn't the craziest part of chicago to drive in (the loop terrifies me to no end) it was certainly an experience that went beyond my normal comfort zone. i need to be challenged every once in awhile.... even when it comes to small things like driving on the interstate by myself in a city i'm still unfamiliar with. the GPS helped me cheat but it still felt really good.
when i got home the last thing i wanted to do was sit around. i'm not sick enough to be forced into sitting around... then all i would do is think about how awful i feel and that's no fun. so tim and i decided to have a mini celebration in honor of tim's recent part time job offer. i let him choose since i didn't have much of an appetite. we had some mexican (i had soup), grabbed some tea and a caramel macchiato from starbucks, then headed to IKEA to look for a duvet and a duvet cover for our bed. we also walked away with a couple small cutting boards and will be going back sometime soon for curtains (since we had to give ours back to the mean lady who now lives in our house). i must mention that we wouldn't have been able to do all this without the help from our old union family, who so generously helped to send us on our way with a love offering. thank you again to everyone... it's so nice to actually have one comforter on our bed, instead of four mismatched ones. rest assured, nash looks really cute on it :)
so i know this isn't super exciting or anything but it feels good to sort of journal a good day/night. these past few weeks have been hard for me... don't get me wrong, i'm so blessed and have had a lot to be thankful for... but like i've said, it's hard adjusting to this distance. winter already tries to depress me... this might be the hardest one i've had in awhile. it's cold, i feel disconnected, a bit lost and listless...
today was good though. i found lots of laughter and good company.
one more thing i have to mention... tim and i also stopped by culvers on the way home (i was a cheap date, i only ate soup at the mexican restaurant so we had a little spare change in our budget) and definitely got some ice cream. 2 servings of ice cream in one day and it's FREEZING and i'm sick. not the smartest i've ever been but it was a lot of fun!
2 comments:
We had a wonderful time-- my parents enjoyed visiting with you as well!! And I'm SO glad we checked out "Say Yes to the Dress" because now I'm addicted.
I'm glad you guys were able to make it to IKEA/dinner despite you not feeling well :-) What does your duvet cover look like? Is it one that you posted pics of a couple week ago? I bet you are loving it! yay C:
no it's actually nothing like those! haha... i forgot that it may be wise to stick with a cover that matches our sheets. it's sort of a plain gray one... i had mixed feelings when i got it home and put it on the bed, but eventually, we'd like to have a black bed and maybe a red accent wall when we finally have a house again! tim LOVES it i kept calling it metallic and he kept calling it sexy. haha
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