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easter here i come!

this week i've had a bit of glum about going to my parents for easter.  i packed everything up and got a prime seat on the bus on my way to work.  as we got closer to museum campus the bus got more and more full.  signs of a very busy day.

i had a meeting in pilsen for what turned out to be the majority of the day.  i got an email saying one of the major streets in pilsen was blocked off for the good friday procession.  this got me super excited!  i didn't mind my bus being rerouted.  i also preferred that i missed the procession.  they are pretty brutal in their depicition.  easter in mexico was my second favorite holiday there (first:  dia del nino).  as i walked down the closed street with everyone walking in the opposite direction with their goodies, after seeing the procession.  i pretended i was reliving last year on good friday.  it was rainy and quite cold, but i could almost feel the strong sun on my face and sweat.  i could feel lupita (isaac's niece) and china (she has curly hair, lupita's friend) and i running hand in hand as stanchions to keep the people out of the procession and running from place to place so we wouldn't miss anything.  i kind-of wanted to miss parts, i looked away, as i said they're brutal.  i stopped and thought about my friend pool who was in it last year and is in it again this year.  (he asked me several times to come and see him this year.)  and i smiled.  with the rain pelting my face and the fact that i was late and cold (i wore a thin coat with st. louis on my mind) and sort-of tip toeing so i didn't get my pants wet.
but i smiled.  
and i soaked up the families leaving the procession's energy.

my meeting went well, i definitely felt like i contributed, which always feels good.  and i ran (literally) back to the adler because elena was covering my programming until i arrived and the meeting went way over so i was definitely late.

i rode the el to the airport looked back at the city slowly moving away from me and started feeling excited to be with my family for Easter.

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