Yesterday evening, as my plane climbed into the air above Chicago, I got a great view of the skyline and Lake Michigan.  (I didn’t take this picture because my camera was buried, it’s courtesy of Google Images.)

I looked over the buildings poking up into the sky and the lake and, quite unexpectedly, I BEGAN TO CRY.

Ugh.

I never used to do this.

Anyway, there I was sitting on a chair in the sky (an undeniably weird feeling to begin with) and as I saw Chicago get smaller and smaller, I remembered all the ridiculously fun things I had done over the weekend, and all the delicious people I had been with, and I didn’t want to leave.

So I cried really subtly for awhile, until I could tell that the loser in the seat behind me was trying to spy on me.  Then I dried my eyes and got out my iPod so I could watch three episodes of Hogan’s Heroes.

Weekend’s Best Things:

• Not getting killed or lost on the El on Thursday night, but nearly dying of starvation
• Seeing baby chicks hatch at the Museum of Science & Industry on Friday with my MIL
• Walking a ridiculously far distance with MIL because we thought the condo was way, way closer than it actually was.  But on this long walk we got sweet pictures of the Bean, and we didn’t perish from cold, but we thought we might.  It was a long, windy walk.
• Playing card games with the Woestman Women, and looking out on Lake Michigan from the condo.  GREAT view!
• Stephen made a delicious breakfast for us all on Saturday morning, and I did not know he had pancake-making skills.  He does.
• Sister and I found a lovely dress for her on Michigan Ave, but we were super tired by the time we found it
• We all ate at Flat Top Grill on Saturday night, and The Kid had his stir-fry turned into Mu-Shu, which none of us realized was like a giant stir-fry egg roll.  That place was tasty.
• Later on Saturday we watched fireworks at Navy Pier from the condo with the Woestman Women, which was on the 26th floor of the Lake Pointe Tower, so we had a bird’s eye view!
• Easter Sunday we went to Sister and Stephen’s church, where we had a great Resurrection Sunday service, and got to hear Sister and Stephen do a reading.
• I made it to O’hare on the El again, not getting lost of killed that time, either!
• JOEY WAS WAITING FOR ME AT LOVE FIELD!!  I really missed him. 

It was a great weekend, and I’m so glad I went.  It was super fast and super busy, but it was great to hang out with my MIL and Sister and Stephen and The Kid.

Back to reality now…