This is going to be sort of a reverse blog post. My friends in Italy have asked that I keep them up to date while I'm back home here in the States. So all of you people stateside may be bored!
Wednesday was a really long day! I arrived at the airport in Torino and went through security with my purchases for Stacey and Ian's wedding. As it was pretty early and I had only a few hours of sleep I was not "using my brain" as part of their wedding gift should have been in my checked luggage as it was a corkscrew. So at six in the morning I am opening up their nicely wrapped wedding gift and giving the corkscrew to the security woman. The flight to Germany was not bad and I did not have a long layover so I grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to my gate to board the plane. I get to my seat and there is a man by the window and a six year old or so boy in between us. I can not accurately describe the chaos that ensued for the next twenty minutes. People kept wanting to change seats, they changed without asking, people didn't have seats because someone had changed to their seat and the boy next to me was described by his mother as a "vomitter" (good thing they found them seats together). Best of all they collected boarding passes from everyone who had switched seats (total of about ten people) to determine where everyone should be sitting and they couldn't find one woman. They had her boarding pass so she had to be on the plane but she was nowhere to be found. Ten minutes later they finally found her as she was feeding her child in the bathroom. Finally the plane takes off (phrasal verb) and eight or so hours later I arrive in Chicago. My mom met me and it was so nice to see her! My dad was waiting outside with Cork and I am pretty sure she was happy to see me! It was so exciting to see my family.
Cork was pretty happy to see me she almost sat on my lap!
After a great lunch at Flattops with my parents and sister, we headed to Aidan's baseball game. He is such a star! Five for five...two triples!
Aidan warming up
Look at that swing!
Cork watching Leila eating (Leila likes to share with Cork)
It was great to see the Chapman kids again, although Kai was not a fan of me Leila and Aidan were!
Snuggling with the Aidan and Leila
Thursday I headed down to the QC for my friends Stacey and Ian's wedding. It was such a great time. The entire weekend was wonderful and I am so lucky to have such great friends. Stacey looked like such a princess.
The rehearsal dinner
Stacey the princess!
Stacey and her brother Jake
Stacey and Ian's first dance
Sunday and Monday were spent relaxing and trying to catch up on sleep at my parents house in Lake Geneva. It was so nice to spend time with them and I especially loved the pot roast my mom made for dinner on Sunday!
Cork doing what she loves
Her tongue is huge!
Tuesday I headed back to the city for a doctor's appointment which of course was cancelled! Oh well, I got to have lunch with Noelle and Chris! It was so nice to see Noelle after so long. Ever since college she has pretty much lived next door so being away for that long was pretty tough. Tuesday night was another fun night with the Chapman family as Chris grilled some good 'ole Wisconsin brats for dinner. Cari made a great fruit salad and Aidan picked out a tasty chocolate cake for dessert.
Wednesday was my first day back in the office and it was so great to see everyone! After work my parents came down to go to the White Sox game but we got rained out. We still had a great time at dinner though! It was raining so hard here but when I got off the bus I didn't have my trusty daisy umbrella or any porticci to walk under!
For the record the shirt is to make my dad happy!
I hope all is well back in Italy! I will see everyone in about a week!! Eliana, I hope you have not had the baby yet! Cristina, Veronica, and Elena is the office quite without me (people here have told me it has been quite while I have been gone)?
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