And I Have Arrived Back:
And I am back. My weekend was overall very good. I enjoyed my time with Shannon, got to see Rachel, spent a very long time in the Field Museum (yay!), and got to see Shannon's parents again.
The Field Museum was rather good, I enjoyed most of the different areas. I really enjoyed the King Tut exhibit though it was unfortunate that they weren't able to bring his body or any of the sarcophaguses. I can understand why they would want to keep these things in Cairo though, they are really priceless and travel probably wouldn't be the greatest thing for them. I think it is interesting how there is all this new stuff coming out, like the break on his right femur, just above his knee, and that may have actually been the cause of death as opposed to the old theory of a blow to the back of the head.
They had some other really good exhibits and we made it through a great deal of the museum actually. It was rather impressive... I am sure that you can spend days in their taking in everything. They moved Sue to the main floor, right out in the middle and that was kind of cool too. They had a woman who was a "Sue Expert who was showing us where the bones in Sue's head were for her to be able to hear. It was funny because I was just discussing with Shannon that I wondered if she heard like we do or more like a tympanic membrane of frogs and other reptiles or just something completely unique. It seems to me, it is a bit of all three ;) Of course.
Shannon and I also went out to see her parents after I finished up my holiday shopping. That was *really* nice and makes me feel better about all that and so we drove about an hour and a half out to see her parents new place, it is really nice and I am really happy for them. They love it.
However, we then found out that Shannon's kitty, Ebony, died on Friday. Her mom told us when we were there, and it was really sad. It reminded me of when my kitty died and I am sure that they are raising hell together now :) I have no doubt that when I die I am going to be attacked by my kitties. What a good welcome.
Ok, it is getting late so I need to take and head for bed. I have my appointment in the morning tomorrow and I have definitely wrote enough in here for one entry. Take care everyone!
The Field Museum was rather good, I enjoyed most of the different areas. I really enjoyed the King Tut exhibit though it was unfortunate that they weren't able to bring his body or any of the sarcophaguses. I can understand why they would want to keep these things in Cairo though, they are really priceless and travel probably wouldn't be the greatest thing for them. I think it is interesting how there is all this new stuff coming out, like the break on his right femur, just above his knee, and that may have actually been the cause of death as opposed to the old theory of a blow to the back of the head.
They had some other really good exhibits and we made it through a great deal of the museum actually. It was rather impressive... I am sure that you can spend days in their taking in everything. They moved Sue to the main floor, right out in the middle and that was kind of cool too. They had a woman who was a "Sue Expert who was showing us where the bones in Sue's head were for her to be able to hear. It was funny because I was just discussing with Shannon that I wondered if she heard like we do or more like a tympanic membrane of frogs and other reptiles or just something completely unique. It seems to me, it is a bit of all three ;) Of course.
Shannon and I also went out to see her parents after I finished up my holiday shopping. That was *really* nice and makes me feel better about all that and so we drove about an hour and a half out to see her parents new place, it is really nice and I am really happy for them. They love it.
However, we then found out that Shannon's kitty, Ebony, died on Friday. Her mom told us when we were there, and it was really sad. It reminded me of when my kitty died and I am sure that they are raising hell together now :) I have no doubt that when I die I am going to be attacked by my kitties. What a good welcome.
Ok, it is getting late so I need to take and head for bed. I have my appointment in the morning tomorrow and I have definitely wrote enough in here for one entry. Take care everyone!