Spent most of today doing some studying, some coding. I woke up early and made my way to Filter, for some breakfast and people watching. I’ve been thinking a lot about that one day when I woke up early, and how I chose to go to Filter instead of going back to sleep. Since I…
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OK. By far one of the highlights of today, for me, was the neighborhood water balloon fight. I guess this is a newer tradition that’s started to take hold, where two sides of the street go water balloon crazy. Mostly, I think it’s the volunteers who participate in this. That, and the neighborhood kids. There…
Today was an early day, as I was drafted into work last night to help with the Festival. Everyone who works as a volunteer for the festival gets a yellow shirt – and I got mine this morning. My alarm went off at 6:30 AM, and I was the first to hit the shower. By…
Liz was going to take the train down to Frankfort today, with me following later on in the evening. However, she found out (at the station) that there was a derailment earlier in the day, and her line was down. I ended up picking her up downtown, and the two of us left a little…
On our last half-day Friday of the year, Liz and I decided to spend our time at the Shedd Aquarium. It’s been a while since I’ve been here (and even longer for Liz – last time she was here was when she was a kid). I’ve got a lot of fond memories of the place,…