Loved the 3 Day Weekend

Even though this week is only four days long, it seems like it’s taking forever. I’m not sure if it’s the summer weather, Steve’s bar study, my poor eating habits and struggling gym motivation, or our trip to California at the end of the month, but something is making me super antsy.

Memorial Day weekend was fun. I love three day weekends. I wish that every work week was only four days long. It seems so balanced that way. On Friday after work I went to the gym and then headed home for a semi quiet night in with the Fiancé. Saturday morning we had plans to play tennis with our friend from Law School Ben, and his med student girlfriend, Annalisa. The weather was great—a little windy, but super sunny and 78ish. Both Steve and I came back with sunburns. I had cleverly covered my shoulders with sunscreen, but the back of my calves got the brunt of it. We grabbed a slurpee and went home to rest before heading to our friends’ house to watch the fireworks at Navy Pier from their rooftop. Navy Pier will shoot fireworks off every Wednesday and Saturday, and thanks to our friends’ new apartment, we have a killer place to watch it from!

Sunday was more tennis (and even more sunscreen), followed by lunch with our good friend Katelynn in Lakeview at Wilde. We had some great artichoke dip and mac and cheese. We finished Sunday off with dinner at a delicious thin crust Pizza joint with Ben, Annalisa, Julian and Julia and snagged some Berry Chill on the walk back home.

I wish I could say Monday was uneventful…but it wasn’t. I headed out to the suburbs to do some shopping, which was pretty successful. I was heading home and not quite sure of the turn I needed, so when I was stopped at a light and saw that I needed to make a right turn to get on the street that I wanted, I did it. Unfortunately, I (honestly, I promise) did not see the small sign that said “no turn on red.” It being Memorial Day, there was of course a cop that saw the whole thing and pulled me over. As I saw his flashing lights I KNEW that I had missed the sign. Luckily the guy was nice, and although I could have got a $200 ticket for the moving violation, he just gave me a $50 ticket for having a license that was out of state even though I had lived in Chicago for 2 years. I guess it COULD have been worse, but still sucked.

The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning house and doing laundry. Beach Volleyball at Cision has started up on Wednesdays, throwing a bit of a wrench into my workout schedule (as VB and the semi-mandatory boozing at Durkins afterward is NOT that great of a workout), but I’ll figure something out. I might give swimming a rest for a while until my allergies calm down. I usually don’t have them that bad, but I notice that for about 2 days after I swim, my allergies are about 5 times worse. I think it’s because the chlorine from the pool gets in my nose and makes my nasal passages raw and more susceptible to pollen and such. I’m determined to stay motivated this summer and get some good exercise in to at least balance the crap I’m sure I’ll eat.

Steve's grad ceremony is on June 12, sadly the same day as my brother's is from COCC. I feel bad for not heading back home, but Jared's probably transferring to a 4 year college to get a BA so I should be able to catch is next one. Steve's family comes to visit on the 11th, and I am looking forward to visiting with them. Then, life resumes as normal until June 25th when we take off for my cousin’s wedding in Monterey. Here’s hoping the weather is AT LEAST nice on the weekends so I can have some fun in the sun.