Right, so how did we spend the weekend?
On Friday, we went to bed early. Wasn’t that exciting?
On Saturday, we bummed around the house in the morning, then headed down to Schaumburg to stay at the Amerisuites Schaumburg. You see, back at Midwest FurFest 2006, r_bear won a certificate good for one night at the Amerisuites at the charity auction, which he then presented to takaza. We were finally able to take advantage of his wonderful gesture this weekend, and had a nice, relaxing time there. We met up with linnaeus, datahawk, aureth, and mirkowuff at Big Bowl for dinner. The food was just delicious, and the two pitchers of sangria were pretty darned good too! It was a very enjoyable meal and I’m glad we could all get together. After dinner we headed back to the hotel and took advantage of the lovely swimming pool and hot tub before stumbling up to bed.
We took advantage of the tasty free breakfast at the Amerisuites before checking out on Sunday, heading right across the parking lot to the Hyatt for the Midwest FurFest board and staff meetings. Everyone has already seen the results of the board meeting. The staff meeting passed uneventfully, and there was some good discussion afterwards as well. The group got a late lunch/early dinner at Potbelly before heading out separate ways. Dan and I were exhausted and pretty limp Sunday evening, and we wound up heading off to bed a little before 9. This lingering cough is kicking my butt, and the cough syrup, while extremely effective, makes me quite fuzzy in the head, so early bedtimes are good to prevent any lingering morning fuzziness.
And here we are with a new week! We have a game night coming up later in the week, and on Wednesday I have an appointment with my doctor to discuss the results of my latest blood test (standard stuff), and what to do about the fact that I probably have enough cholesterol in my blood stream to make some butter. Not too much planned for this coming weekend (for all that I tried to talk Dan into driving to Pittsburgh on a whim), though I believe there is also a birthday get-together or two in the works. Big fun!
I <3 Big Bowl!
Oh my, their kung pao chicken was to die for! And the barbecued pork bao was sex in a bun. Yum!
Was good to see everyone again from my point of view too. But, when I saw the staff meeting notes, I got rather upset at how you had refered to me as Him. I am a Her, legally, and mentally, and partly physically now, as you may have noticed. I would very much appreciate this not happening again. Thank you.
Here’s a free clue: don’t shit on your friends. Take the chip off your shoulder and realize that I was taking notes on the fly and yes, when you do that, mistakes happen.
You have my e-mail address. Shit, the staff notes were mailed from my personal e-mail address. If you have a problem with me or something I do, how about you have the courtesy to address me personally?