Alright, here we go!
Until 4:00pm, well, I guess it was TECHNICALLY 5:00pm on Sunday, my weekend was AWESOME! I mean, Friday was alright. I had things I Had to do but I already sorta told stuff about that. Saturday was fun. Because Eric had to work in Skokie, which is pretty much in the City, we decided that it would be SILLY for him to go to work in Skokie, come all the way back to pick me up (it's almost an hour drive) and then drive ALL the way back out there to get on the interstate to drive to Michigan, so I decided to go to work with Eric. This meant that I had to find stuff to do for 6 hours. Actually, this proved to be EASY! I went for a LONG walk down Skokie Blvd, went into Old Navy and saw some clothes that might be okay for the summer at work. I didn't buy anything because I didn't want to have to lug it around, plus Eric's sister works at Old Navy so she might be able to get me a discount. Then I went to a mall and walked around there. It was really nice outside, and this particular mall is an outside enclosed mall. It's really neat. So I walked through there, browsing in some stores, and found myself a STARBUCKS. I was extremely HAPPY to discover that the green tea frappuccino was back, AND it has a friend named BLACKBERRY green tea Frappuccino. YUM. So I sat there with my ginormous frappuccino, outside, and read my book for awhile. Very relaxing. After that I browsed some more, walked back through the mall and headed across the street to some other stores. I looked at cosmetics, DVD's, shoes and pets. Very much fun. After that I decided to go for lunch so I went to a yummy sandwich place, sat in there and read my book a bit before heading back down the LONG road towards Eric's work. It was about 2:00 at this point, so I found a nice little quiet park, sat there and read my book some more. Then I went to 7-11 to get a yummy slurpee, and then went to say hi to Eric. Then I sat in the car and waited for 4:00 to come so we could hit the road. It took us just over 5 hours to get to Detroit, we checked into our very nice hotel, and went to sleep! We got up in time to have our free continental breakfast, checked out of our hotel at noon and walked around looking for something to do on Easter Sunday (nothing). So we sat near the Theatre, and waited anxiously for 2:00 to arrive!!!Les Mis was as amazing as ever, and I LOVE that show!!! Randall Keith is AMAZING (Jean Val Jean).
After the show we went and got our car, and found our way to the interstate. In Michigan we got stuck in traffic due to road work, and then when we finally made our way into Chicago we got stuck in road work again. It took us over 7 hours to get home. That sucked. But we made it, and I survived getting up for work, so it was all worth it! Thanks Mom!!! (she let me know about the show!)
My one disappointment of the trip: We saw NO Tim Hortons in Michigan. I guess we didn't know where to look!
posted by Jo @ Monday, April 17, 2006
3 Comments:
I'm soooooo glad that you had a good weekend. I am still verrrrrry jealous of your trip!!!! Too bad it took so long to get home again though. Imagine, the road crew working on Easter Sunday!
Anyway back to your Saturday, how many times did you have to go searching for a bathroom? tehehehe!!! All that liquid you consumed!!!!!!!
Love to you both :) :) ;)
Sounds like you had a fantastic weekend, Miss Joanne! I'm so glad that you got to go and see Les Mis. I still have the book, which you gave to me years ago. I had the pleasure of going to Abbotsford this weekend, and also the pleasure of seeing some of your family! Jill and Ryan were on both of my flights and your Momma was at the airport in Edmonton when we got back! So I need some Jen and Trev and...ummm...oh right, YOU! Move back to Canada! Hee hee. Love you much.
sounds like a good day and fun weekend! What book are you reading?
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