Hey Papa! Today is my birthday! Wish you were here but I know that you're watching over me from heaven. Let me catch you up
on what's happening in my world. Like I was saying, today is all about Mindy day. So far its been a good day. We went out and got the fixings to make my birthday cake. Triple chocolate with milk chocolate frosting. Joe hasn't made it yet but is going to. It's going to be yummy! We're making a pot roast for dinner. The house smells amazing! I got a few cards. 3. One from Rob, aunt Patty n mom. Idk what else we'll do today but it'll be great even if we just watch Netflix n snuggle.
Joe didn't get me anything but we also just got back from Chicago. I gotta tell you about that too! When we told ppl we were going to Chicago for vacation they were like, Chicago? Really?..yes really! Joe grew up there, his ex wife's family is there and his kids. Didn't go to see them. Tried to see his oldest son but he wouldn't meet us anywhere. I think Joe might have been a little disappointed but didn't let it bother him.
OK..so Monday we went to mom's to stay the night. We got there about 5 and spent the evening with Deb. We went n had dinner at this bbq place they have there in Robinson. I had the bbq sundae. Yes, you heard me right...bbq sundae. It was in this small metal bowl Joe kept saying looked like a dog bowl, but it was mashed potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw, pulled pork n bbq sauce. It was actually quite good. They could've left out the coleslaw but it was still good. We ran to Wal-mart n got phase 10 then went back to Deb's n played with her n Fred. Joe ended up winning. It was an enjoyable evening. It was the most I've ever spoken to or heard Fred talk. We then went over to mom's. I guess not having mom there the fleas were having a convention at her place. Oh daddy...um, yikes?!.. We didn't do much but try to sleep. I wanted to clean up her kitchen but the fleas were having me for dinner and Joe wouldn't let me cuz we were on vacation. Tuesday we head for Chicago. I was so excited n anxious to get there. We got there about 2 n went to the Field Museum cuz it was raining. I guess I'm just not a museum kinda girl cuz I didn't find much interesting there. Joe enjoyed it though. He felt bad that I didn't like it. Pish posh..there is gonna be plenty things I wanna do he may not enjoy in this life, ya know? To park there costs us $19! Yikes! I didn't figure parking into our budget so it was like whoa! when we saw that.
Traffic in Chicago was busy busy. I kept up n didn't get run over or anything. I was proud of me..so was Joe. :) We drove to the part of town he lived in and tried finding his kids but they had moved from the house where they lived. We ate at Portillo's. Had beef sandwiches. So yummy n tender! You'd have love them! Then we found a hotel in Rolling Meadows. That was intersting, when we pulled up there were a bunch of police there so I was a little nervous but Joe said that was normal and assured me that we'd be fine and we were. Wednesday we headed to the Brookfield zoo. We found some little hole in the wall place and had a delicious breakfast. It was the cutest place. The fried potatoes were almost as good as yours always were. Made me smile..like you were in the kitchen making them.
We got to the zoo and it was so fun. So many different animals and such a big place. Took about 3 hours to discover the whole thing. It was so fun though. We went to the Navy Pier after that. Getting there was tricky but we got there. Parking was $21! We walked along the pier for a while, went thru the little shops, went thru a stained glass museum..that was really pretty. We rode the ferris wheel. :) It was a fast trip around it seemed but so fun! We then walked downtown. So many ppl. We kept seeing ppl walking with bags that said Treasure Island and I wanted to see what it was. We asked some guy what it was and he just said, its here. Um, yeah..thank you very little. We asked another lady and she said it was a grocery store inside this building. We went in this huge building that had everything daddy. A walgreens, Ace Hardware, doctors offices, apartments. Daddy, I think you could probably exist in that building and never leave it. We found treasure island..it was so neat. Reasonable prices, a huge selection. I was impressed.
We drove back to Robinson and slept at mom's. The fleas this time were a little better. I wish mom could have been there. She's planning on coming to see us after she gets back from Utah. She went to Montana for a quilt class and then on to Utah. She saw Rob and then went to Brad's to help take care of him. He was at work a few weeks ago and his work truck ran over him. His leg isn't getting any better. He had to have surgery last week to cut out the gangrene that was setting in. April is going back to work so no one will be there for him. Mom n auntie went to help him. We spent some time with Deb n them then drove home yesterday. The trip home seemed so long but we got home safely.
Today has been great! We got up late. Went n got fixings for dinner n my birthday cake. Spent the day doing a whole lot of nothing. Took a nap, snuggled, ate dinner, had cake n now we're watching movies. In years past my birthday has been so blah, I usually ended up sad n thinking nobody cared. Joe cares so much about me. I love how he loves me. I am such a lucky lady daddy.
Hmm..what else do I know? I got in an accident on the 24th. I was making a left turn, had a green light, turned left into my lane and this idiot woman turned right, into my lane and hit me. Bottom line, they tell me it was my fault cuz I turned. I think that's crap. I had the light too. She crossed two lanes of traffic and hit me. Really irks me. I don't know much else I guess. I love you. (forehead kiss) Talk to you in a little bit.
XoXo...
