I woke up at 4am and realized my phone was dead. I spent the next few hours trying to charge it in various outlets to no avail, so when the girls woke up I let them go swimming for a mere 35 minutes before we had to head out to the T-Mobile store to see what was wrong with my phone. They were so happy and grateful to be in Chicago and swimming that neither of them complained about how little time they had to swim.
When we got to the store, it turned out that all I needed was a charger, which I promptly purchased. However, since my phone was not charged I don’t have many photos from this day.
That is a tragedy because this was the best day of my life, second only to my wedding. I adored every single second of this beautiful day. After we got the charger, we went to the river to go on an architecture river cruise with Clark and Swathi, who also happened to be in Chicago this weekend for a wedding.
We loved the architecture cruise and learned so much about many of the buildings. There are also now kayakers on the Chicago river! I had never seen that before.
Then we walked with Clark and Swathi to Lou Malnatti’s on Michigan Avenue, ordered pizza, and walked to the Water Tower and popped in for a historical brochure. On the way we examined the stones in the Tribune building and determined that we all need to go to the Philippines together in January of 2023. Swathi and I decided we should start looking for tickets.
After our stroll down Michigan Avenue, we walked back up to Lou Malnatti’s to get the pizza, which we ate in a plaza. The plaza was shady and filled with plants and flowers, and we had a great view of the Tribune building and the river.
After the pizza we walked back down Michigan Avenue to a bike shop across from the Art Institute, where we rented bikes. This was the absolute highlight of my day. I love Lake Michigan, I love biking by Lake Michigan, I love my daughters, and the combination of all three was heaven on earth. We biked up to Lincoln Park Zoo and then down to the Shedd Aquarium. The weather was gorgeous. At the Shedd we stopped for ice cream cones, after which we headed to Buckingham Fountain before returning our bikes.
Did I already say I loved this day? Because I can’t say it enough. I was so grateful to be alive, have consciousness, and experience this incredible life that is amazingly my own all day long. I loved every minute with my daughters in Chicago.