alright, here we go - vacation

for my pastor's wife's blog i can only do one post. for my own i can do however many i want. aren't you girls lucky?!
my vacation started out on sunday in wisconsin visiting army cousin and his family. nothing too exciting, but it was good to see them, and while i was there i got to go to the softball game of their two oldest girls, which was nice. i miss doing those kinds of things with them.
tuesday morning i drove to mirabelle's in chicago. that evening we went out for supper with her hubby and daughter, then she and i went out for drinks. it was a red velvety place with white tablecloths, and i felt sure that it was either run by the mob or there was a person in the balcony taking pictures, catching somebody in an indiscretion. it was very movie-set like. and the martini was yummy.
the next day she and i went to the museum of contemporary art, which was fun, since neither of us like contemporary art. we greatly enjoyed finding the hidden meaning in things. we then headed up to the john hancock signature lounge where, instead of getting drinks like planned, we both got something caffeinated, as we were sleepy from the night before. very classy of us.
wow, i almost just wrote 'aprés ça,' instead of 'after that.'
so alright, aprés ça she went off to her writing circle and i headed for auto's. we were soon joined by chelleybutton, and the crazy excitement of leakycon began.