Traffic Court

I had to be at the Joliet Courthouse at 9:am on Tuesday morning. I had to park 3 1/2 blocks away and walk in 15 degree weather. The line to get in was backed up down the stairs and around the front of the building. Finally got to the scanners and the police officer said I couldn't come in because my cell phone has a camera on it. I walked 3 1/2 blocks back to my car, threw my phone in and walked 3 1/2 blocks back, stood in line again. Arrived at the court room and checked in with the baliff and she said "Oh, you need to go to City Hall". I walked 3 1/2 blocks back to my car and drove to City Hall. When I got inside the lady directed me to the payment window to pay for my parking ticket. I said I don't want to pay for it, I want to contest it. She said the hearing date for that is tomorrow (Wednesday at 9:00 am). I decided that I wasn't coming back and I placed a written contestment and I will hear the outcome by snail mail. My husband said I should have gone to plead my case in front of the judge but oh well.

Cheer Competition at UIC

What a joke - Angie's cheer squad didn't have anyone else in their division so they went unopposed. Guess what?? - they took First Place! Not bad, one out of one. We left at 10 am to get there by noon, paid $10.00 to park, $15.00 to get in. She performed at 4:00 pm (for 3 minutes) and awards were at 6:00 pm. Drove home and arrived by 8:30 pm. Woo-hoo what a good time - not. Needless to say I wasn't happy.

I forgot to remind everyone that I have handicap parking traffic court at 9:00 am on Tuesday morning. So I will be in shortly after it is all done. Not happy about this either. Not a very happy,happy kinda weekend.

Exam Day

I was involved with tiNet today scanning in all the final exams for semester 1. I saw the perfect t-shirt for finals week:

"I put the Stud in study"

. . . from Beauty and the Geek

I am feeling better everyday but this is a wicked flu bug and I still get waves of dizziness and nausea.

Diagnosis: Bronchitis

Wow - what day is it? I ended up in the doctor's office on Friday morning. I had bronchitis, ear infection, sore throat, headache & fever. What was that flu shot suppose to do for me? I want my $18 back! I am feeling much better today, I think the antibiotic has started to kick in. I will be back to work tomorrow - did anybody eat my bagel? (j/k)

Back To School

Back to school today and under the weather. Even though the 50 degree weather was nice, I think it made everybody in my family sick. I am the last one to get it and of course it's time to go back to work. Hopefully it will be short-lived. Thank goodness it is a short week this week.

It's nice to get the kids back in a routine and a decent bedtime hour.

Welcome 2007

Our New Year's Eve party was quiet and safe. We were down to just one kid so we had sparkling white grape juice and noise makers. We watched Superman Returns and ate junk food all night. Watched the Navy Pier celebration countdown on tv.
New Year's Eve and 50 degrees - unbelievable.

Ham and Blackeyed Peas with rice for New Year's Day Dinner.
Gotta have it for luck.

A Day In Chicago

Angie & I, my girlfriend Jill and her daughter Jenna spent the day downtown Chicago. We intended to go to Shedd Aquarium but since King Tut was sold out at the Field Museum everybody else had the same idea. The line to get into the Shedd was 3 hours long. So after paying $15.00 to park for 35 minutes we decided to go to plan B. The girls wanted to go to Ed Debevic's for lunch. Our waiter was great. He put a hat on my head because he didn't like my hair. He wouldn't take Angie's order because she had on "too much mascara". He told my girlfriend Jill to go back to her cornfield. Angie and I had our picture drawn before we left. After our insulting lunch, we left to find an IMAX movie. We wanted to see Happy Feet but it had already started so we settled for A Night In The Museum. The movie was just ok with a few funny parts.