It's been a while
It's been a few days since I last blogged, so I have a little catching up to do, I guess. Let's see. On Thursday I went down to Georgetown to visit Amy (after a 5-hour drive that shouldn't have taken more than about three, due to traffic, traffic and more traffic). I'm so glad I did. I don't know if Amy reads this or not, but if so, thanks so much for everything!! We chit-chatted a lot, reminisced about Florida. Watched 13 Ghosts at midnight, at her house which is arguably kind of in the middle of not a lot but corn, and it was freaky. Heehee. On Thursday, she showed me around Georgetown and Danville and we went to see Austin Powers: Goldmember which was pretty funny. I still like the second one better, but this one had me giggling quite a few times. After the movie, Amy's parents took us out to dinner at the Beef House, which was very tasty. We ate a LOT. A whole lot.
I drove home Saturday, and then Jess, Hollis and I went into the city to visit Jill and Mike. It was the Air and Water Show at Navy Pier, and Jill and Mike live RIGHT on Navy Pier. Like, directly acrss the street. So we had an excellent view of the planes and the fireworks. Jill and I got to catch up a little, which was great.
Then yesterday, Mom, Jess and I went to the Long Grove Art Fair, which was so, so much fun. I love art fairs! Mom bought a beautiful watercolor for the family room, which I totally fell in love with. Too bad I won't be living in this house much longer. After that, I went to Tammy and Dorothy's birthday barbecue. A lot of people I hadn't seen for a very long time were there. It was great to see everyone again, and Artie and Scott are coming down to Champaign for a Bears game in early September, so I'm going to see her again! Yay!
In less happy news, Dad printed out the listing of expenses I'll have when I move out, and we went through and assigned dollar amounts to each of them. Basically, there's almost no way I could survive on Disney pay, even if I cut out all entertainment (movies, going out with friends), vacations, any weekly savings, "new" furniture, etc. And scratch going to grad school. <.sigh> Not that I necessarily want to work for Disney, at least not doing a theme park job, but it's an easy starting point, honestly. Eeek. I'll have to do some thinking.
So. That's what I've been up to the last few days. <.g> Today I'm just bummin' around, doing not a lot. Going out to dinner with Jamie, Craig and Tammy tonight, but that's not until later. I'm gearing up for a lazy day. Woohoo!