Sharing some pictures of springtime in Chicago! There are so many tulips here. I thought they were only on Michigan Avenue because that's where all the tourists are, but I went running on some side streets further north last night and there were tulips everywhere there too! The weather has been a bit of a roller coaster with hot and cold and rain and sun (often all jammed into one week), but we've generally been getting all of our nice days on weekends and all of our bad-weather days on weekdays so there hasn't been much to complain about.
As for some other life things/thoughts...
- Joe went home for the week since it's his spring break. In his absence, I've been going to bed later than usual and drinking more rosé than usual. That's about all.
- Joe and Maggie and I went to Heritage General Store this weekend and sat out in the warm sun for awhile catching up over coffee (and delicious scones).
- For some reason I've had a really hard time getting myself to read lately. It's been two or three months since I've finished a book and I'm wondering when I'll feel like reading again. I'm hoping to read Big Little Lies once I get off the eLibrary waitlist and Liane Moriarty's books always manage to get me back into reading whenever I'm in a slump.
- I'm rewatching Gilmore Girls! With its girl power/quirkiness/small town charm/fast-talking, it's one of my favorite shows ever. I watched it for the first time 2.5 years ago, and despite pretty much having withdrawal once I finished it, it's embarrassing how little of it I've retained.
- About a month ago I read an article about the dairy industry. I'm a vegetarian, I've thought about these things before, but said article really turned me off from it, even though I still eat a little a few times a week. This is the article in case you're interested.
- I keep having weird street interactions with strangers. I got asked out by a stranger..., I somehow got convinced by a woman wearing all green to help her out with a few small purchases since her employer didn't pay her that day and ended up buying her $15 of only green-colored products at Walgreen's. Wal-GREEN's!!! A heavy woman walking behind me noticed that we were both looking at ourselves in the same shop window as we passed it and was like, "Look at us, both checking out our asses!" Lol.
- While I was running yesterday I saw some guys making an amateur rap video. There may have been a stack of money involved. I may have laughed for the rest of my run.
- I booked a plane ticket to Trail Days! I'm so excited to see hiker friends and be hiker trash again. It's in three weeks and it'll be my first time renting a car ever!
- Joe and I booked tickets to New York for Mother's Day! It's been awhile since I've seen my family and I'm really excited. I'm also excited to go on a run or two where I grew up. It's been awhile since I've been able to do that.
- Work has been work. Nothing overly exciting or boring to report. I guess one thing is that in addition to pharmaceutical products, I'm now working on a project for a cosmeceutical product. It's a fine line decreaser that contains snail slime. Yup.
- I should really try baking this weekend. It's been a couple weeks since I've made anything fancy and that should change as soon as possible.
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