Days 6 & 7: Chicago

Today is yucky and rainy, and I didn't find that out from a little card under my door because there was no little card under my door this morning! There was also no little card under my door on Sunday morning or yesterday morning either. This is outrageous. I'm going to recommend to my godfather that he suspend his membership until they fix this problem. What they obviously don't realize is that they're not making my life that much better on the days when they do slide the little card under my door. They're just leaving me disappointed on the mornings when they don't. Previously, I was perfectly content relying on the window, the news, my iPhone, or other primitive weather-communicating methods to find out the forecast. Now I've become dependent on the little card, and it's just too much to ask for me to come up with an alternate plan to find out what it's going to be like today. Ugh!

Yesterday the weather was absolutely gorgeous. I woke up early, got an almond muffin from the farmer's market across the street, and then went for a 3 1/2 hour bike ride along Lake Michigan. It was awesome! Here's a photo I took while taking a break on the Navy Pier.

After my bike ride, I got some lunch at Wow Bao. Mmmm. We really need one of those in DC.

After that, I took a nice, long nap.

In the evening, I went over to my friend Alex Lee's house in Wicker Park. Alex is a friend of mine from high school, though we didn't actually go to high school together. We met through mutual friends, but I can't remember exactly when or how. He's hilarious. We went to dinner at an Asian fusion restaurant called Rodan. It was super yummy. Then we went for a walk with his dog, Spanky, who is SO cute, but sadly I don't have any photos of him. Then we watched Family Guy.

I'm having a very difficult time motivating today, probably because the weather is so gross. I ran some errands this morning and had lunch at Wow Bao again. This afternoon, I'm supposed to get together with Sarah McCarron, a friend from college who I haven't seen since I graduated. We're going to go to the Art Institute of Chicago and then grab some dinner.

I hope everyone is doing well!