I regularly find myself traveling through several states in one weekend. This weekend was unusual, but so worth it.
After work on Thursday I drove from Louisville to Waukegan in northern Illinois to see my younger brother graduate from Navy boot camp (also, read about his Navy cruise here). I also got to see my parents, my older brother and his fiance, and her family.
We woke up at 5 on Friday to get to the base 2 hours early to get good seats. The ceremony involved a lot of processional type stuff - presentation of state flags, officers, the divisions, and music. It was great, not really what I expected, I didn't get sentimental and cry, but it was fascinating. It really stirred up feelings of pride and curiosity - for the military, for my brother. I got two hats and a workout tank in the NEX. Definitely need a bumper sticker too.
We all spent time together on Friday. Got lunch at an Asian place. Got dinner at a nice steakhouse. They had a pretty dang good ahi tuna salad. Unfortunately, we had to say adios to Patrick that night. He had to be at the airport at 1 am, for a flight leaving at 6 am (yuck). My parents met him there and stayed till he left (yeesh).
The next morning we met up with Jeremy and Maggie and Maggie's family for breakfast. I had run 4 miles at 630 that morning and refueled my calorie deficit with gluten free pancakes (omg), sausage, eggs, and fruit. Oink.
After that, Jeremy and Maggie headed off to a cake tasting and I went back to the hotel with my parents for a little bit. We parted ways and it was my intention to go home to Louisville and have a relaxing remainder of the weekend.
A couple hours into my trip while talking to Joe, I decided to just drive to Troy (same distance) to see him and go to the Strawberry Festival. We had not seen each other in nearly a month. Horrible. It was a great decision, but that meant I had to drive three hours back to Louisville on Sunday. So ready for this to be over!
Strawberry festival was typical. Partially rainy, partially hot, crowded with obese people. Joe biked 34 miles with his sister on Sunday morning and I ran 4.37 miles. We spent some time planning out our honeymoon. We. can. not. wait.
So, now I'm back at work. I'm actually working on things to help prepare my coworkers for my impending departure! Alleluia!
After work on Thursday I drove from Louisville to Waukegan in northern Illinois to see my younger brother graduate from Navy boot camp (also, read about his Navy cruise here). I also got to see my parents, my older brother and his fiance, and her family.
We woke up at 5 on Friday to get to the base 2 hours early to get good seats. The ceremony involved a lot of processional type stuff - presentation of state flags, officers, the divisions, and music. It was great, not really what I expected, I didn't get sentimental and cry, but it was fascinating. It really stirred up feelings of pride and curiosity - for the military, for my brother. I got two hats and a workout tank in the NEX. Definitely need a bumper sticker too.
We all spent time together on Friday. Got lunch at an Asian place. Got dinner at a nice steakhouse. They had a pretty dang good ahi tuna salad. Unfortunately, we had to say adios to Patrick that night. He had to be at the airport at 1 am, for a flight leaving at 6 am (yuck). My parents met him there and stayed till he left (yeesh).
The next morning we met up with Jeremy and Maggie and Maggie's family for breakfast. I had run 4 miles at 630 that morning and refueled my calorie deficit with gluten free pancakes (omg), sausage, eggs, and fruit. Oink.
After that, Jeremy and Maggie headed off to a cake tasting and I went back to the hotel with my parents for a little bit. We parted ways and it was my intention to go home to Louisville and have a relaxing remainder of the weekend.
A couple hours into my trip while talking to Joe, I decided to just drive to Troy (same distance) to see him and go to the Strawberry Festival. We had not seen each other in nearly a month. Horrible. It was a great decision, but that meant I had to drive three hours back to Louisville on Sunday. So ready for this to be over!
Strawberry festival was typical. Partially rainy, partially hot, crowded with obese people. Joe biked 34 miles with his sister on Sunday morning and I ran 4.37 miles. We spent some time planning out our honeymoon. We. can. not. wait.
So, now I'm back at work. I'm actually working on things to help prepare my coworkers for my impending departure! Alleluia!
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