Chicago, Chicago….

Posted on | April 13, 2008 | 4 Comments

Friday I got up very early. DH decided not to exercise, but was still up at 5:00-ish. So he jumped in the shower and turned on all the lights, ran the hair dryer, etc…

So, I got up and showered, dressed for a day of volunteering for Cochlear at the Devonshire Senior Center. They were having a health fair. I was to meet Melanie, another volunteer, at the center. Melanie is lovely. We met last month at a volunteer luncheon and we hit it off. She uses cochlear implants and is as happy to share her story, as am I. We had a lovely time and met many people. By 12:30, I was exhausted. I knew I still needed to finish packing and I had to have lunch. The senior centers do offer us some lunch, but with my food allergies (and there are many!), I usually can’t eat what they are kind enough to offer. I brought a protein bar; it was just enough to hold me for the time I was there.

I came home, ate a salad, and finished up a drawing (sorry, can’t share it. You’ll see it on the creativeTherapy blog (link in the sidebar!) this evening!) and then I went to finish packing. I finished and had a quick dinner with Dave.

We went to bed early so we could catch a 7:20 flight. That was a rather short trip – 3 hours, much of which we both slept through. Arriving in Chicago was a shock to our heat-of-the-desert bodies for the first time in over a year I saw my breath. Egads! What were we thinking?

We had reservations for dinner at Bice Ristorante with a group of friends and colleagues. Habing been cooped up in a plane and then a taxi, we chose to walk the short distance. There were a few flurries, but at our brisk pace, we didn’t feel too much of the cold. Dinner was lovely – good food, good friends, and good service.

As we headed out, our unhappy surprise was that it was sleeting. We hailed a taxi and went back to the hotel.

This morning we had a quiet breakfast together and Dave went off for a day of directing his neuromuscular course. I plan to take a walk later and to have a day of relaxation, drawing, and window shopping!

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