Chicago, the 3-Day, and I'm still tired.
I'll try and give a short re-cap of my Chicago trip last week. Since I'm at work and someone might narc on me... gotta be sneaky.
Left ass-early last Tuesday, like 5:30am. My friend Amanda drove; got MickeyD's to wake up. Got there about 10:30 central time. Went to the Science and Industry Museum; it was the shiz-nit. They had a CSI exhibit that was hella cool. Was going to go to Shedd's Aquarium, but the stupid presidential debate was going on. So, we went to Michigan Ave and got Jamba Juice (awesome smoothies, best ever) and shopped until dark. Found some good stuff at H&M and Filene's Basement. Drove back to the hotel area and had pizza at the local shaddy bar. Our hotel was in Des Plaines, IL - location of the first McDonald's. And that was another useless fact...
Wednesday, woke up at 8am, went to Shedd's Aquarium... awesome. I could stare at those jellyfish for hours (mental note: need jellyfish aquarium at home). Then went to the planetarium, which was kinda lame and finished off at the Natural History museum for about an hour... saw the largest T-Rex fossil named Sue. Then it started raining like mad, so we drove to a mall. Oogled some designer stuff, ate at the Cheesecake factory and back to hotel to crash.
Thursday, we slept in. Had to go to 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk training from noon until 5. (I'm not walking, just volunteering) We found a great seafood place for dinner (Shedd's made Amanda crave seafood, weird) Then back to the hotel. Kinda short day.
Friday, up and atom at 3:30. Ouch. Had to be at the 3-Day by 4am to set-up. Opening Ceremonies started at 6:30. Then we had to take everything to the campsite and set-up again. The ladies we worked with were quite flaky. I hate dumb people. It's bad to say, especially at a fundraising event. All we had to do was pour water and make gatorade... it's not that hard. They had to make it all complicated. Whatever, it's not rocket science. It also took this long to get sick of my travelmate. She got on my nerves. Stating the obvious about everything gets annoying... as well as talking about her wedding every chance she got. LAME. She's still my friend, but after spending every minute with someone for 6 days straight,... you know.
Saturday was more of the same. We did get some down time in the afternoon and a chance to shower. The campsite had some good shower stations, but the port-o-potties were smelly. Felt weird not to flush. Went to bed at 10:30pm and was awaken by wind, rain, and lightning at 3am Sunday morning. Had to runaway from camp inside the local community college building nearby for an hour and wait out the storm. Cuz everything was wet, we just stayed up.
Sunday, after around 4 hours sleep, lasted forever. We got our crap done about 8:30am and left for MI. Got back about 5pm after the longest car ride. Had to throw my stuff in the wash for fear of mildew. Took a nap. Woke up, ate, and went back to bed. Long ass week. Still tired.
Left ass-early last Tuesday, like 5:30am. My friend Amanda drove; got MickeyD's to wake up. Got there about 10:30 central time. Went to the Science and Industry Museum; it was the shiz-nit. They had a CSI exhibit that was hella cool. Was going to go to Shedd's Aquarium, but the stupid presidential debate was going on. So, we went to Michigan Ave and got Jamba Juice (awesome smoothies, best ever) and shopped until dark. Found some good stuff at H&M and Filene's Basement. Drove back to the hotel area and had pizza at the local shaddy bar. Our hotel was in Des Plaines, IL - location of the first McDonald's. And that was another useless fact...
Wednesday, woke up at 8am, went to Shedd's Aquarium... awesome. I could stare at those jellyfish for hours (mental note: need jellyfish aquarium at home). Then went to the planetarium, which was kinda lame and finished off at the Natural History museum for about an hour... saw the largest T-Rex fossil named Sue. Then it started raining like mad, so we drove to a mall. Oogled some designer stuff, ate at the Cheesecake factory and back to hotel to crash.
Thursday, we slept in. Had to go to 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk training from noon until 5. (I'm not walking, just volunteering) We found a great seafood place for dinner (Shedd's made Amanda crave seafood, weird) Then back to the hotel. Kinda short day.
Friday, up and atom at 3:30. Ouch. Had to be at the 3-Day by 4am to set-up. Opening Ceremonies started at 6:30. Then we had to take everything to the campsite and set-up again. The ladies we worked with were quite flaky. I hate dumb people. It's bad to say, especially at a fundraising event. All we had to do was pour water and make gatorade... it's not that hard. They had to make it all complicated. Whatever, it's not rocket science. It also took this long to get sick of my travelmate. She got on my nerves. Stating the obvious about everything gets annoying... as well as talking about her wedding every chance she got. LAME. She's still my friend, but after spending every minute with someone for 6 days straight,... you know.
Saturday was more of the same. We did get some down time in the afternoon and a chance to shower. The campsite had some good shower stations, but the port-o-potties were smelly. Felt weird not to flush. Went to bed at 10:30pm and was awaken by wind, rain, and lightning at 3am Sunday morning. Had to runaway from camp inside the local community college building nearby for an hour and wait out the storm. Cuz everything was wet, we just stayed up.
Sunday, after around 4 hours sleep, lasted forever. We got our crap done about 8:30am and left for MI. Got back about 5pm after the longest car ride. Had to throw my stuff in the wash for fear of mildew. Took a nap. Woke up, ate, and went back to bed. Long ass week. Still tired.