i won't give up on you resolution

i made it through winter without getting sick... up until now.  i credited my luck to my extremely strong immune system, which i worked to an all time high while being sick basically all of last winter  4 year olds will do that to you.

but yuck.

i probably asked for it.  walking in the cold with a tank & boa (moulin rouge themed bachelorette party).  oh i had some gloves too.  

yeah i know i asked for it.  but they can smoke in bars in missouri.  who wants to get their coats all smoky?  not i.

but i have orange juice.  the good stuff, not from concentrate so i'll just drink more of it.

but i wasn't going to let that stop me.  i was determined to take full advantage of my 1st real day off work in weeks.

i noticed how badly i've been doing with my new year's resolutions and i refuse to be one of those people who stops before march 1st.  so today i went all in.

in one word how would i describe the pedway?

very confusing

#1 finding the entrance.  it was my first of many going down looking around and turning right back around.

these logos marking the pedway became my good friends.  

i found many things i didn't know existed underground:  2 gyms (one looking right into the pool), a mall, several food courts.  i even saw an andy's.  how have i heard of andy's before?  i've definitely never been to one.  karen-is that what amanda always talks about in springfield?

i would go up the escalator, make a 180° turn and go right back down the other way.  i'm sure i had some curious stares.  

the most confusing part was city hall.  luckily i read about it beforehand and how it seems like pedway ends, but it doesn't.

i don't mind looking silly though.

so i'm glad i did it!  it was amazing how quickly i walked across town and back again since i was cutting under blocks and not dealing with stop lights.

and fun facts:  i had cell phone service underground and the girl from glee (i don't remember her name and i don't know her glee name either... the tall blonde teacher) is from chicago and she was in second city (there was a window exhibit down there).

as i headed back to my neck of the woods i took a different street than normal and found castles houses.  they were the biggest houses i've seen in the city and they even sort-of had yards.  wow!

i hit up trader joe's and started my cooking.

i attempted to make vegan cookies (i didn't have butter), but i like to add all kinds of different things to my cookies that aren't necessarily in the recipe and i wasn't really paying attention this time so they didn't turn out like cookie batter.  so i made bars/brownies.  and they're good anyway.

then i started in on the main event:  polenta with mushroom gravy.  

it was delicious.  maybe not quite as good as when karen & i went to 1111 misssissippi in the summer, where i got a similar dish, but wonderful.  and much cheaper! =)