What a crazy couple of days. Not necessarily in a good way, either.
I'm trying to think of where I left off, and so much has happened in the past few days that I can't think straight. Friday night I just hung out at the apartment and tried relaxing. Saturday was date day. Jon and I walked over to 31st street beach to start off the day. The air and water show was this weekend, so there were planes flying over the beach to and from Navy Pier. It was really neat to see, especially since the beach really wasn't crowded AT ALL. We threw around a frisbee for a while and then we dug holes and buried our legs in them. When I got bored with that and was just laying in the sun, Jon decided to dig as deep of a hole he could with his hands. It was crazy because the way he dug it, it was almost perfectly round. It looked really cool!
After the beach, we walked back to my apartment. We made a frozen pizza (and it was actually REALLLLLY good) and just relaxed for a couple hours. I was having issues with my hair and I couldn't get it to do anything that looked decent, so Jon actually managed to put it into two little pig-tail bun things for me. It looked really cute! Around 4:30, we left for Navy Pier. On our way to the bus, he picked a flower and put it in my hair, which actually made my hair even CUTER! It was very sweet of him.
Forrest Gump is Jon's favorite movie, and he really wanted to go to Bubba Gump's, so we decided on it for dinner. When we got there, there was about a 2 hour wait, so we put our name on the list. Then we just walked around the Pier the whole time and went into all of the different shops. There was a juggler that we watched for a bit, and we sat in the garden for a little while, too. After the time passed we headed back to the restaurant. When we got there, neither of us could decide what to get. We decided to each order something and share it 50/50. He got a BBQ cheeseburger and I got a Cajun grilled chicken sandwich. We cut them in half and each took half. We also got a coupon for a free smoothie, and it was REALLY good. The picture I attached is of Jon attempting to finish dessert (it is literally called 'That Chocolate Thing'). Apparently it tasted just like this brownie dessert he used to get at Applebee's when he was younger that they stopped making. He was so full and I told him not to attempt to finish it because he would get sick, but he didn't listen and sure enough, he felt really nauseous for about 2 hours. The picture of the two of us was taken in the garden prior to dinner.
All in all, Saturday was a GREAT day!! I love spending time with Jon.
On Sunday we went to church, and after church, Jon, Shea, and I went to Subway. It was delicious. After lunch, Jon and I headed back to his place to hardcore clean. We moved all of his furniture in order to sweep, and once we swept we wet 'Swiffered' the entire floor. While I was doing some sweeping, Jon did his dishes, cleaned out all the moldy food from his refrigerator, organized all his shelves (and threw out a bunch of old papers), and took out the trash. We also washed all of his clothes. When I went to clean Lola's cage (our dwarf hamster) I realized there were bugs in her bag of fresh food, so after we threw it out, Jon walked over to Petsmart to get new food and I washed the bathroom. It probably took about 3 hours total to clean everything, but once it was clean the apartment looked GREAT. I felt very accomplished after.
I didn't come into work yesterday because my friend Tasha was coming from Ohio to drop off Marsala, her old/my new cat. I cleaned my room and some of the apartment, and Tasha and her mom got in around 2. We moved Marsala into my room and shut the door, then Jon, Tasha, Tasha's mom and I all left. We went to Jewel first to get the two of them a 1-day pass, then after Jewel we walked over to Millennium and Grant parks. Tasha took lots of pictures with this stuffed camel that her sister (and one of my best friends), Heather, got her. We went all over Chicago, to the Bean, Buckingham fountain, etc. After walking around for about 2 hours we went to Giordano's for dinner. After dinner we went up to the Magnificent Mile and just walked around for like 15 minutes. We left for Garret's popcorn and after that headed to Chinatown. Tasha looked at the little turtles there and bought a bubble tea, and we went back to the apartment.
It was a good and busy weekend. There were some sucky areas that I intentionally left out, but overall I can't complain.
Classes start Thursday, so we'll see how that goes. Sophomore Leadership Retreat for me is this weekend. I'm nervous about being gone all weekend, but it should be good.
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