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On Monday the family will be getting our stuff together and heading to Chicago. This means that this post will be my last post until June 5th. I know that you are all shedding tears and gnashing teeth at the thought of my not posting for a week, but I assure you, you will survive. A better question is “How will SRH survive without his beloved Internet connection for 5 days?” Honestly, I do not know. It would be one thing if I had a laptop with Wi-Fi, because I am sure Chicago has hot-spots. If a laptop were available I could check on all sorts of things. The Internet has become my primary news source, my primary entertainment source, and my favorite past-time. I am a bit disturbed at my reliance on the Internet. Maybe this will not be such a bad thing after all.
What will I do in the evenings while Little Man is asleep in the room without the calm blue glow of my computer monitor? I think I will need to get a good book. Maybe I will bring a sketchbook and get some drawing under my belt. I have not done any hand work for a while. Sketching sounds like a winner. I will definitely find a good book and a sketch book as well. Well, my evenings are planned. At least I have that going for me. Good book and some mediocre sketching will have to replace the wondrous glow of the Internet.
I also have done absolutely no research on Chicago. I know pretty much how to get there, but I know nothing about what restaurants Little Man can eat at, what kid friendly activities there are for him to do, and other such general information as that. I feel woefully under-prepared for this trip. In truth, the trip has kind of snuck up on Wifey and I. I know that I need to take him to Millennium Park, and with how interested he is in water a trip to the Lake is in order as well. I know that we should attempt to get Little Man to go inside the Aquarium (he is abjectly against going into dark spaces currently) and the Zoo is always a possibility, but I have no idea where these places are in relation to where we are staying. If I was able, I would look all this stuff up tomorrow, but I am afraid I will be too busy work-wise for that kind of in depth investigation.
Don’t get me wrong, I know that we will be able to find stuff to do. I know very well that Chicago is a vibrant city with tons of stuff to look at and do. My issue is that I have not even remotely looked into what to do with the little one. The good thing is that even if I just find a nice playground we will be golden. At least the weather looks like it will be pretty good for us. They are only predicting isolated thunder storms currently for Tuesday and Wednesday. I can handle isolated t-storms, it is complete days of rain that I am not looking forward to.
To Recap:
Going to be out-of-town and away from Internet for a week
I am sure I will have a myriad of stories to tell
Sheesh, yesterday’s post was quite the whiney one
So Little Man dropped his hamburger on his plate yesterday and calmly said, “Oh, shit.”
At least it was said calmly
I would be mortified if he had anger management issues as well as a potty mouth
Hopefully the concierge of our hotel is useful
Lately the hotel concierges that I have dealt with have been absolutely useless
I have to figure out where the heck I put my drawing stuff
See you suckers on June 5th
What will I do in the evenings while Little Man is asleep in the room without the calm blue glow of my computer monitor? I think I will need to get a good book. Maybe I will bring a sketchbook and get some drawing under my belt. I have not done any hand work for a while. Sketching sounds like a winner. I will definitely find a good book and a sketch book as well. Well, my evenings are planned. At least I have that going for me. Good book and some mediocre sketching will have to replace the wondrous glow of the Internet.
I also have done absolutely no research on Chicago. I know pretty much how to get there, but I know nothing about what restaurants Little Man can eat at, what kid friendly activities there are for him to do, and other such general information as that. I feel woefully under-prepared for this trip. In truth, the trip has kind of snuck up on Wifey and I. I know that I need to take him to Millennium Park, and with how interested he is in water a trip to the Lake is in order as well. I know that we should attempt to get Little Man to go inside the Aquarium (he is abjectly against going into dark spaces currently) and the Zoo is always a possibility, but I have no idea where these places are in relation to where we are staying. If I was able, I would look all this stuff up tomorrow, but I am afraid I will be too busy work-wise for that kind of in depth investigation.
Don’t get me wrong, I know that we will be able to find stuff to do. I know very well that Chicago is a vibrant city with tons of stuff to look at and do. My issue is that I have not even remotely looked into what to do with the little one. The good thing is that even if I just find a nice playground we will be golden. At least the weather looks like it will be pretty good for us. They are only predicting isolated thunder storms currently for Tuesday and Wednesday. I can handle isolated t-storms, it is complete days of rain that I am not looking forward to.
To Recap:
Going to be out-of-town and away from Internet for a week
I am sure I will have a myriad of stories to tell
Sheesh, yesterday’s post was quite the whiney one
So Little Man dropped his hamburger on his plate yesterday and calmly said, “Oh, shit.”
At least it was said calmly
I would be mortified if he had anger management issues as well as a potty mouth
Hopefully the concierge of our hotel is useful
Lately the hotel concierges that I have dealt with have been absolutely useless
I have to figure out where the heck I put my drawing stuff
See you suckers on June 5th
8 Comments:
Have a great trip, I hope you don't get bad withdrawal symptons from not being able to access the internet!
CG:
I am positive that by Monday evening my hands will be shaking and I will be a useless puddle of humanity on the corner of the street asking for the newest CNN.com headlines from random passers-by with Internet capable cells. "Come on man! Just a quick fix. You know I'm good for it..."
Hope ya have a great time in the Windy City. Say hi to Oprah for me.
I love when children swear. It's a sign the they really do listen when it comes right down to it.
Sometimes I miss the niceness of the people in the Midwest. Chicago is a nice city.
Alas, Chicago is not New York.
Alas New York is not Paris.
This is my life.
I'll stop now.
I hope your having a good time in Chicago i managed to survive three days in the south of france without the internet but there was a beach.
Hi...stumbled upon your site when searching for a lovely "I fling poo" sticker. Sorry if this sounds negative, but I guess I just don't understand blogs all that much, especially for the short on time. Couldn't you, for instance, locate the Chicago aquarium and zoo and several kid friendly restaurants in less time than it took to construct today's blog entry?
That said, I do hope you and your family have a great and spontaneous trip!
Cheers-
adam
Kimmyk:
If I saw O, I would have told her the sob story that is my life, for hope that with her Angels network she could give me a life of luxury. Alas, no O sighting.
Peefer:
Yes, he is quite the listener
NYM:
If they were all the same Paris would not be so wonderful.
Peachy:
By Thursday I had forgotten what the Internet was. I was blissfully unawares of the heaven that is being connected, then we went into a bookstore that was a hot-spot. It all came crashing back to me. I started shaking. We had to leave.
adam:
Ummm...
Number 1: I am a bit disturbed that you were actually searching for a bumpoer sticker for "I Fling Poo..."
Number 2: As soon as I was done with the post I looked a bunch of stuff up and went to AAA to get maps and such. All that work was completely worthless, as you will see in this week's post
Dustin:
Hello Dustin, we all have an issue with the net.
All:
Good freaking lord, I am more popular when I don't post
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