I miss my sisters

So, I would really love it if my sisters lived closed to me. I call one or two of them every day. It's probably getting annoying, but I think they're so much fun to talk to and hang out with. Unfortunately we are spread out all over the country. I vote we initiate a sister's weekend in Chicago...who's in? Chicago is lots of fun! We could always go to Utah and visit Ashley and Shelby, but Chicago would be so much cooler!

Anders is dead

My betta fish died last week. I had his funeral this morning (I flushed him down the toilet). I'm starting to lose track, but I think he was my 5th fish. Muteki was my first, followed by Lubomere, and then Blue-bomere. I feel like thre was another one in the middle, but can't remember. I used to give them all names in foreign languages that meant invincible. I didn't do that with Anders, I got his name from the host of a Swedish sing-a-long show, Allsong. Maybe I should have named him invincible in Swedish: oövervinnlig. The question now is whether I get another fish. I really want a dog for some reason, mom says I should get a cat. That means that dad could never visit, he's allergic.

Half Marathon or Bust!

Caitlin and I have decided to run a half marathon in October, October 18th to be exact. Indianapolis had a great marathon/half marathon every year. That means we have 10 weeks to train, and today is the first day of training. Caitlin has me on a rigorous schedule of running, strength training, stretching, cardio and resting (my favorite part). What I want to know, is whether my Wii Fit counts as strength training and cardio...there are yoga and strength training activities on the Wii!

When I say Caitlin has me on a rigorous schedule, I mean she made the work out schedule on her fun computer programs that she knows. I would have just made something by hand. I'll let you know how the training is going. Maybe I'll have to figure out how to put some kind of ticker on my blog. Heck, if Marisa can have one for her pregnancy, I can have one for a half marathon!

Quilt Top, anyone?

It seems that all I do lately is work and quilt. My roommate Tiffany makes fun of me because I come home from work everyday and work on my quilts! With mom in town we found lots of quilt stores in the area, and I am super-motivated to make more and more. The trick will be acutally finishing one. I am really good at making quilt tops, but I never actually finish them. So, if anyone is in the market for a quilt top, I am your girl. If you want a finished quilt, I am not your girl.

Clarification

I drove to the Chicago suburbs and picked up Tina. Rather than paying to park in downtown Chicago we toook the train from the suburbs in. That's why we had to take a cab from Union Station to our car.

Union Station needs better signs!

Well, I can't exactly say that life in the states is boring. I went to Chicago Friday night to go on a blind date. My friend Tina wanted me to come along on her date, so I obliged. We went to the Chicago Art Institute. I love art museums! The museum is free in the evenings, but 3 hours was not enough! We were in the European section almost the whole time. After the museum we wandered around Michigan avenue in search of the Hershey's and Ghiardelli chocolate store. Tina swore that they were really close...after an hour of walking we finally found them.

Tina and I took the train into Chicago, so we had to get back to Union Station by 11:40 to catch our train. We ran the last 20 minutes to get there, but got there in time...only to stand and watch our train leave when we could have easily boarded. I blame it on the stupid public transportation in the states! It was impossible to read the train schedule, and it seemed like the train was delayed. Moral of the story is, try to get on the train, just because it's at the correct platform. That was the last train of the night, so we had to take a $60 cab ride to our car at the train station. Oops! Never fear, we made it back to Champaign by 3 am.