What a weekend!

We had a great weekend! This was the first birthday I had looked forward to in quite a few years!

We took the kids to my parents' and DD couldn't wait for us to leave! We got into the city and checked into the hotel but our room wasn't ready, grabbed a light lunch and went to the show. WICKED was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved it! DH enjoyed it but not like I did - a little too much thought on his part. We went back to the hotel to check out our room - SWANKY! We don't stay in nice places so it was a treat! We stayed at Hotel Monaco - if you have some extra money, it's worth it! We got a great deal, that's why we stayed! We had a glass of wine and headed out to dinner at Morton's Steakhouse - oh my word! We had crab legs, shared a steak and had amazing desserts. It was a HUGE splurge and so much more than we should have spent but we couldn't remember the last time we'd gone out. We were SO full when we left - I almost had to crawl back to the hotel.

Sunday, we went to Corner Bakery for breakfast and took a walk. It was wonderful to be able to take some pictures without worrying about running into people walking. We stopped in Oak Park on the way home to see Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio. That was very interesting! We also took the walking tour of homes he designed in the neighborhood. Of course, it started to POUR when we started the walking tour. Figures... It was ok! We had birthday dinner at my parent's Sunday night for myself, my brother and my other brother's girlfriend. Grilled out!

We took the kids to the zoo yesterday. The weather was nice! I also accepted a full time job as a customer service rep at an ag lending facility. I feel SO relieved! Of course, now I have to go shopping for work clothes....blech!

I will post some weekend pictures in a day or 2.