Today was a blast not only because it was a day off but because it was the first day off that I've had in two weeks. Midterm projects are finally over and final projects won’t really start for at least another week. I just got back from my sister's graduation in South Dakota (SD for those who have never heard it, haha). It was a really long drive back and I didn't get any sleep Sunday night. Anyway, I got over 17 hours of sleep last night and it felt great. I am completely rested and plan to get to bed soon to make sure I stay that way.
Back to talking about this great day I had. Athena (my fiancée) and I went to the Adler Planetarium and had a blast. It took us a while to get there because Google Maps is the worst. It turns out that bus 146 here in Chicago goes right to it so anyone reading this and wants to go just hop on that one. Well after a long search we got there and with about an hour left but thankfully we found a day when it was free. There is a ton of cool things there that really give perspective on how big our solar system and galexy is. I'd recommend anyone who has ever looked up into the sky and wondered to just go and look you won’t regret it!
After that we went to an ice-cream shop on the south end of Chicago called Flamingo. They had a ton of great flavors of ice-cream. They even had flavors like cornbread and sweet potato pie. Athena walked away with a quart and I got a waffle cone. It was worth the long train ride to get it too. I like the variety they have but the flavors didn't seem strong enough to me. I chock that up to natural flavoring though. Guess I'm too used to the strong fake flavors I've eaten all my life!
On our way back we stopped by a nice little diner I think it was just called Melrose. We got a lot of food for less then $10 each. I got a nice big bacon cheese burger, fries, soup, and coleslaw. I couldn't help but smile at the fact that they gave me all four side dishes and didn't just ask me to pick one! Anyway great place and now I have lunch for tomorrow too!
We got back safe and sound and are chilling out. I'm writing this and watching a movie and I think Athena is doing the same. I hope to keep up on this so everyone can keep up with my life here in Chicago. If anyone reading this knows where I can go to get something to show pictures be sure to let me know! As the late-great Paul Harvey put it "and now you know the rest of the story."
Andrew Welbig....Good day!
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