Good friends, good times!

So we had some visitors all the way from Pocatello, ID last weekend who were not my parents. First time ever. They didn't actually come to see us, but came on business and Chad I took full advantage of the situation. The night following their arrival we met them on the 96th floor of the John Hancock building for drinks (Sprite for me) and an amazing view. The next night we had the best pizza in Chicago and went to a Bulls game. After some seriously risky ticket scalping - which involved avoiding police and undercover cop surveillance, Chad and Dennis secured four tickets. Little did they know Misti and I were unexpectedly given two tickets (row 1 seat 1 & 2!) by some nice guys who had extra tickets as we waited for our hubbies at the main entrance. Finally we entered the arena with our six tickets in hand and sadly discovered that game was already half over! Oops! We thought the game started at 8pm not 7pm! O'well, it was lots of fun anyway and a close game that went into overtime.

I hate you Dunkin Donuts!!!

Yesterday I had the worst day ever!!!! I left the house at 8am to drive out to the suburbs to visit a training site for the university I work for. At the request of my supervisor, I stopped to get donuts and orange juice to take to the site as a friendly token of thanks for the training they provide to our students. I found a street with open parking...yeah! I went to feed the meter and saw that it would not accept payment until 9am...yeah! I head into the Merchandise Mart where there is a Dunkin' Donuts, no line....yeah! I place my order, pay, grab my donuts and juice out of the cooler and head back out to my car. To my unpleasant surprise, my car is GONE! What! I was only inside for about 10 minutes. Immediately I realize the car was either towed or stolen and I started bawling. I go straight to the meter and read 'No parking until 9am'! What! How could I have misread that? After a trip to the impound and fees totaling $344, I was off to my appointment for which I was 30 minutes late (with donuts in hand). Very bad morning!!! Thanks for your help and support, Chad. Thanks for your sympathies Mom and Trish - they helped tremendously!