Dinner with an Old Friend

Last night Adam and I had dinner with an old friend. My former roommate Joel was in town to meet with a client and we were able to meet him for dinner before he headed back to Indiana. It was great. We went to Lou Malnati's and ate some pizza and just caught up on everything that was going on. I miss seeing Joel and his wife Terri. Luckily I will be home quite a bit in August, so hopefully we will get to see them a few times.

Summer is Busy

Summer is here.....I think. The weather has been really weird. Is it summer.....is it not summer. Here is a rundown of what has been going on with my life.

• It finally felt like we were getting our summer traffic at Navy Pier yesterday. We were busy most of the day and I was beat when I got home. The stupid Red Line decided to run super slow and it took FOREVER to get home.
• Last Thursday Adam and I went to see the Cubs beat Milwaukee with my brother, his best man Jeff, his friend Tim and Tim's girlfriend Natalie. We had a great time and it was actually a really good game.
• Adam and I were both off on July 3rd. We spent most of the day watching Lost and just hanging out. It was a much needed day of relaxation. In the evening we hung out with our friends Joe and Jen.
• I had to work for a little while on July 4th. Adam and I spent the rest of the day watching Lost and hanging out with Charlie. We had no desire the brave the crowds and head downtown for fireworks. We had enough entertainment watching Charlie look at the window and try to figure out where all the loud noises were coming from.
• Today I have to go in to work for a few hours. Adam is going to do all of our laundry while I am working, then we are headed to Old Orchard Mall in Skokie. This is my favorite mall in the area. Build-A-Bear needs to put a store there. It is an awesome outdoor mall. I have to get a gift for my future sister-in-laws Personal Shower. Her Bachelorlette Party is this weekend here in Chicago.
• CJ and Jen's wedding is quickly approaching. Adam and I are putting together a slide show to play in the church before the wedding starts. I am working on the pictures and Adam and trying to figure out what songs to play. It should be pretty cool.
• Adam and I are falling in love with Charlie more and more everyday. This cat is awesome and has such a great personality.
• My mind is on vacation planning. I am saving some vacation days for October. Adam and I will probably take a road trip out to Colorado again.

That is all for now. :-)

Finally Home

Adam's plan landed at O'Hare around 2:45 am. He didn't check any luggage so we were home by 3:30am. I was exhausted but Adam was still wired from his long day of travelling. He unpacked a few things, gave me my gift and showed me some pictures. I tried my best to stay awake, but that didn't work very well. I went to bed around 4:30 and Adam came to bed when the sun was coming up at 5:30. I woke him up around 8:30 by running the coffee maker and I headed to Petco to get Charlie some cat food. Adam left for Indiana around 10am. At least we got to see each other for 7 hours.

He will be back on Tuesday night. We both have Wednesday off and don't have any plans except to put in the window air conditioners. It is pretty warm in our apartment right now. I put some ice cubes in Charlie's water bowl and he seemed to really like that. Charlie was pretty excited to see Adam.

I am headed to work now. We are open until midnight. Hopefully I will be home by 1:15.

The power went out an hour ago. The disc of Lost I could be watching right now is stuck in the DVD player. Adam is on standby for a flight. Let's hope he makes it and that the power comes on soon.

Weather

I am a girl who loves a good thunderstorm. I love watching the lightening and listening to the thunder. However, I don't like thunderstorms when they cause Adam's flight to get cancelled. I got a phone call around 5pm that his flight was cancelled. He was in the car with his parents on their way to the airport. It is a 3 hour drive and they have very unreliable cell phone service because of the mountains. I called United and they informed me Adam could get on an American Airlines at 5:45, but Adam would not be at the airport at 5:45 because his original flight wasn't scheduled to leave until 7:30. I called United again when I got home and had to be on hold for 25 minutes before I was connected to an agent. While I was on hold I searched the internet to see what flights I might be able to get Adam on. When I finally got the agent I told which two flights I wanted to get Adam on standby for. She told me she couldn't put him on standby over the phone. GRRRRRRRR!!!!!! I am not sure where he is right now. He is supposed to call me soon. He has to be at work in Elkhart tomorrow at 1:30. We will see what happens. I am super bummed because we really haven't seen each other very much the last 3 weeks. I was hoping for a few moments with him when he got home tonight. He he makes one of these standby flights he will arrive in Chicago around 1:30 am. He needs to leave for Indiana at 9:30. Keep your fingers crossed.

CJ

My baby brother is growing up. I called him tonight to get the low down on his bachelor party. He and 16 friends from high school, college and work rented a house boat somewhere in Tennessee this past weekend and it sounds like they had a blast. I can't wait to see the pictures.

On Wednesday he and his fiance Jen are going to look at a house for the second time and if all goes well, I think they are going to make a bid. He is such a grown up. It is so weird to think that in 2 short months he is getting married. IT IS CRAZY!!!!!!

The above picture is one of my favorites from their engagement pictures. If you are looking for an AWESOME photographer check out Amanda Fales Photography. INCREDIBLE!!!!! If you want to see more, check this out.
http://amandafales.blogspot.com/2009/05/jen-cj.html

House Wife

I felt like a house wife today. I cleaned the entire apartment from top to bottom, make a chicken pot pie and baked some cookies. I wish I could afford a maid to clean my apartment every week. I love the way to I feel when it is clean.

Tomorrow I head out to the suburbs for a meeting with all the managers in my area. I made cookies to take to the meeting. It is nice getting together with all these people. We talk on the phone every Monday, but get together only 2 or 3 times a year. Hopefully we will be able to get some work done, but eating and gossiping will also happen.

I talked to Adam a few minutes ago. He made it through Day 1 of Ride the Rockies. He got a flat tire and finished the first leg right before it started raining. His dad is driving their camper along the route and they are camping at a site that is not with the other 1998 riders. We didn't get to talk very long because cell phone service is a little unreliable.

Charlie is currently trying to help me type this blog entry.