Vacation

It is almost time for vacation. Adam and I will leave when I get off work Wednesday. I can't wait. Adam and I have not seen each other since last Saturday. He will get into the city Tuesday night. I can't wait to see him. This is a much needed vacation. I have not had a Saturday off since April and Adam has not had a Sunday off since I moved to Chicago.

I am slowly crossing things off my to do list. Today I am finishing up laundry. Tomorrow I need to go to the grocery store before I go to work to get the rest of the ingredients I need to make Chex Mix. Monday before I go to work I need to clean the apartment and make the Chex Mix. Tuesday will be the busiest day. I have to be at work early for a management meeting. When I get home from work I have to finish doing laundry, pack, empty the fridge and make brownies.

It will be a busy couple of days, but it is worth it. A week with Adam, away from work. :-)

Comcast-Part 2

I blogged earlier this month about Comcast. They were late for my installation appointment. I got over it because the service tech was a nice guy and did his job as quickly as he could. I got an e-mail few days ago telling me that my bill was ready. This seemed a little strange because I have only had cable for 2 weeks. I finally got around to viewing me bill today and was SHOCKED to see that my balance due was $192.94. You are probably thinking in your head "what kind of cable package does she have". I ordered internet and cable for $66 a month. I added some upgrades and monthly bill should be a little less than $100.

I was charged $179.97 for one-time charges. These one time charges were not mentioned to me when I placed the order. I AM NOT HAPPY. Apparently the charges are for the installation. WHATEVER!!!!! I contacted customer service and the lady I talked with offered to take 50% of the charge away. I accepted, but I am not done yet!

Beware of hidden charges with Comcast. I didn't sign a contract or anything so I tempted to take my business elsewhere.

Is it time for vacation yet?

Today is my last day off until Adam and I leave for vacation. I should be doing more but right now I am procrastinating.

Comcast

Up until today, I was impressed with Comcast. I have putting off getting cable and internet in Chicago, but with the Olympics coming up, I felt the need for more than 2 tv channels. I ordered the new service last week and the technician was supposed to be here between 8am and 10am today. It is now 10:33 and the tech just got here. It annoys me because I could have slept in longer. I also hope he is quick because I have to leave for work soon. Hopefully this is not an omen of bad things to come.

Drive or Fly.....that is the question

Adam and I are debating whether we drive or fly to Colorado next month. We started pricing tickets last night. It is never easy getting to his parent's house in Carbondale. We usually fly to Denver and then either rent a car for the day ($100) and make the 3 hours drive through the mountains or his parent's come to get us in Denver. I feel bad asking them to do this because it is a 6 hour round trip for them.

Frontier has flights from Chicago to Denver to Aspen for $360. We usually fly United, but the tickets would be over $400.

We are thinking about driving this time. I know it sounds crazy with gas prices, but we did that math last night. Gas would be around $450 for the entire trip. It would take us about 18 hours to drive out there. It makes sense to drive because there are two of us that can share the driving. There is also a really awesome table that Adam's parent's have been trying to give us for a year now, but we have had no way to get it to Chicago. If we drive, we can bring the table back.

We need to make our decision soon. First, we have to get vacation approval from our employers.

He is great!

Adam is so great. He came into town on Tuesday night because he had Wednesday off. He picked me up from work and we had a a late dinner. On Wednesday he took me to Target because we needed some stuff for the apartment. We went downtown and picked my mom and Jen up at the train station. We headed back to the apartment to drop some things off and then headed to lunch. After lunch he took us back downtown for the musical. While we were at Wicked, Adam surprised me and went to Costco to buy another AC unit for our apartment. He then picked us up at Navy Pier and we all went to get pizza.

He spent his day off doing stuff to make me happy and the make my life easier. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I can't wait for him to move here.

Wicked

My mom and my brother's girlfriend Jen, came into town yesterday and we went to see Wicked. IT WAS AWESOME. I have always been a lover of Broadway musicals and this one did not disappoint me. Jen had never seen a Broadway show in person, so this was a new experience for her. If you have not seen it yet, you must go. The production will end its run sometime this fall.

After the show we went to Garrett's Popcorn. Jen had never had and thought the idea of mixing caramel corn and cheese corn together was gross. She loved it. After Garrett's I took mom and Jen to see my store at Navy Pier. Then we went to get deep dish pizza.

It was a great day. I get very lonely here by myself so it it nice to have friendly faces come for a visit.

I Love Ikea!

The new bed is here. Adam and I went to Ikea on Wednesday and picked up our new bed. This is our first big piece of furniture we have purchased together. It took about 2 hours to put together. Adam has lots of experience putting furniture together, so it went pretty smoothly. We only made one mistake, but we quickly realized our mistake and resolved it.

The mattress smells a little weird, but that is supposed to go away soon. :-)

Hopefully in the next few months we will get the matching night stands and dressers to go with it.