Weather Comin Around

Last Wednesday I took off for Missouri in another attempt to escape spring in Chicago. (Remote working has it's benefits.) It was wonderful. It included a baseball game with my dad, bike riding with my mom, working through the normal to do list my mom prepares, and spending as much time outside as possible.

can you see the propellor plane? that's what I flew...

But last weekend Chicago weather came through!

Everybody seemed to be out and about and it was amazing!

Some highlights:

Mike & I are kind-of, sort-of, officially starting our half-marathon training for July.

We met up with Karen for a Farmers Market trip and ended up walking around Lakeview and having brunch at Dry Hop.

My friend Bryan got married! Lots of talking and dancing. (I sort-of lost my voice for the night.)

This photo. The only photo we took together. We really only took it because the couple we mostly danced with insisted. We are exhausted. But I sure am glad I remembered my flats!

We made a trip to a Chocolate Festival. Mike knew the way to convince me to go was The Beatles impersonation band. And I knew I could convince Karen the same way. Mike got his chocolate samples and we got some sunshine!

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