James and I took a mini babymoon to Chicago this past weekend. It was great, except, it was one of coldest weekends of the whole season which made it kind of a crummy time to be walking around Chi-town. We made the best of it, bundled up tight and headed for the big city!
Well, let me start at the beginning...
I am the lucky lady who's been very rarely sick at all during this pregnancy. Sadly, Friday night before our trip to Chicago- this mama bear was sick! I blame it on our local Chinese which I will not be revisiting any time soon. Needless to say, I didn't get myself prepared on Friday night and just kept telling myself, "it's fine. Get up early and get ready on Saturday." We got up at 7:30 with the intention to leave the house at 9am and we did okay but it was a real whirlwind for 90 minutes :)
Whirlwind is a great way to characterize it because we had to come back to the house twice because I forgot something that we absolutely needed to make the trip happen. One being- leave the door open for my mom who was en route. Out of habit I locked up like normal and as we're driving out of town realized what I'd done. We started off again and just like the first time, hit the edge of town and I remembered that the hotel had given me specific instructions when I booked the room, "Bring the print out of your Groupon voucher. We cannot redeem it from your phone". So back we went...
50 minutes later, yes 5-0, we were en route. We had allowed ourselves a total of 40 minutes to travel almost 100 miles to pick up the Metra. Not gonna happen. So thankfully we could drive a little further and catch a train just a hour later than planned. It felt great to board the train and know that we were finally on our way. It was then that the anxiety started to hit, "did I lock the car? Did we park in an appropriate spot? Did I leave the lights on? Will our tires be missing when we return?" For those of you who know me- you know I'm a worrier, but I think this baby brain has kicked my anxiety into turbo drive. We kept going though, and I just resigned myself to the fact that we'd deal with whatever we needed to on Sunday.
We got to Chicago and immediately grabbed a cab to head over to Second City to see a play, "Love, Sex and the Second City". I thought this was a parody of Sex and the City but really it was making fun of repeat date offenders. It was funny! We hope to see one of the stand up shows next time we're in Chicago.
After the show we again grabbed a cab to the hotel (did I mention with wind chill it felt like -10 at times?) made our way to the 17th floor and passed out on the bed watching The Big Bang Theory on TBS. Thank God we came to Chicago to do things we could never do at home in WI!?! Ha ha, travel takes a lot out of us old folks.
We finally got up around 7 and decided to grab some dinner. We packed VERY lightly and decided after my illness the night previous that we were not in the mood for dressing up and a fancy schmancy dinner so we walked over to the Cheesecake Factory expecting a 45-60 minute wait. 1hour 45-2 hour wait!?! Yeah, mama bear couldn't wait until 9pm to feed the baby so we walked over to Water Tower Place thinking we could find something there. The concierge recommended Mity Nice.
Mity Nice is mighty nice and we had a delicious meal. It's tucked away behind what has got to be the nicest cafeteria-style mall food court I have ever seen, but it's worth the extra walk and the little bit of wait (only 20 minutes) if you're looking for a great meal and amazing customer service on Michigan Ave.
Sunday we had a chance to visit with my friend Stacey, Rob and their sweet little man Henry! We had a great afternoon visiting with them and playing with Henry (practice makes perfect, ya know) and really wish we lived closer to them. Love you guys!
So I know what you're all thinking, "Abbey, what state was the car in when you got back off the train?" Well, thank you for asking! I am pleased to report that I actually did none of the stupid things I was sure that I did when we exited the vehicle. Started up just fine. No tickets, All four tires still in place. All that worrying for nothing. Isn't that what just annoys you about worrying?
We had a great weekend and owe a huge thanks to my mom for dog sitting the pup while we were napping in Chicago. Here comes week 15 tomorrow, watch out!
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