Liz is away in Georgia, hanging out with Tricia as she recovers from a procedure. Unfortunately, the timing of things has it so that she’s away today (my birthday).
That said – I got a surprise link from her, notifying me that a gift is en route. A bit later, there’s a knock on the door.
My talk from the last 20×2 Chicago is up. Me, along with 19 others, were all tasked with answering the same question: “What Do You Know?” The only catch is, we each had to answer in 2 minutes or less.
The Holders were away on a travel vacation over Christmas proper, but flew back in to Chicago yesterday. And so we made plans to hang out, and to have a late birthday dinner/celebration for Kirt.
After showing folks around our house (and our newly updated floors)… we decided on something for our afternoon: mini-golf.
Post breakfast, everyone gathered in the new addition (a part of the house that I still refer to as “new,” despite it being over 30 years old). L to R, it’s Stacey, Shane, Liz, me, Nathaniel, Jasmine, Jahnu, and my mom (photo courtesy of dad).
A pretty slow day, today. I was working, but everyone else mostly lazed around the house. Towards the evening, we all gathered at my sister’s house.
Stacey and Shane treated the whole family to a nice dinner at Seasons 52, over at Keystone.
With the workers coming back today, to address the various issues we found… Liz and I couldn’t stay home. So we did what we used to do in the old days – head downtown, to work onsite at our respective offices.
Late morning, several of us took Grace to the airport for her flight back to college. On our way home, we stopped off at the Grand Rapids Christkindl Markt.
Turkey-vision.
Sandy, showing us all how it’s done.
Before our trek up to Whitehall, we learned that the cabin Mark and Anna have in Michigan is fairly close by. We talked a bit about meeting up, and today ended up being a good day for us to hang out. And to check out their cabin.
Unfortunately, Anna ended up being out of town for work. But we still arranged to meet up for a tour, a walk around the grounds, and an early dinner.
Now, with us far away and waiting for some new floors to be installed… what better way to relax than to go out for a run in the brisk, Michigan air? It’s chilly out, with some decently strong winds… but no better time than now.
Running to relax. What an odd thing to do.
A few photos from 20×2 Chicago, where the prompt tonight was: What Do You Know?
After work, Liz and I headed to Journeyman Distillery, in Valparaiso. We were meeting up with family to celebrate Julie’s 70th birthday, at a unique local venue.
A travel day for us, heading back to the States after an incredible 17 days revisiting and exploring Scotland. We’re in Edinburgh, but need to head back to drop off our car rental, and catch a flight from Glasgow Airport.
A big travel day for us, leaving Speyside and trekking to Edinburgh for our last city and stay, before heading home.