Summer Weekend

It wasn’t a bad weekend. Caitlin has been stable the last few days. She did have an eight-minute seizure today, but she was seizure free the day before. It was nice to have her be so strong and vocal again.

The rest of the weekend was mostly friend-palooza. I did some more work on the secret Mad Norwegian project on Friday. I love working at Panera. It’s clean, quiet, and has unlimited coffee and wi-fi. These are very good things.

Friday night was gaming night. We pretty much finished Kevin’s wonderful Persian themed campaign. Next up is Cason’s Exalted game. It’s going to be fun taking a break from D20.

Saturday was a day spent with Leanne and Drew. We watched baseball, the men drank beers, the women talked lactation, and we all ate bratwursts from a local butcher (Imboden’s). It was really nice spending time with them. We’ve all been so busy recently that we haven’t really had this chance since they found out that they are expecting. It’s cute watching Lynne and Leanne getting so excited about things like how to battle clogged ducts.

Today the men of the gaming group took Kevin out for his birthday. It was a trip into Chicago for Dim Sum in Chinatown at The Phoenix Restaurant. It was simply divine. You really forget how good Chinese food can be when you’re out in a place like DeKalb.

Kevin is a magician, so we took him to the world-famous magic shop Magic, Inc. It is an amazing little hole-in-the-wall store on the north side. We watched some neat tricks, and Kevin glowed like a kid in a candy store. It was a long but enjoyable day.

All in all, it was the kind of summer weekend that we have been waiting far all summer. I am not looking forward to tomorrow’s return to reality. I am especially dreading dealing with my jungle lawn.