Preluding the slow bike ride with the Rhyme-ese twins. I sadly did not bike in the extremely slow ride :(
I did end up hopping on this sucker. It was very hard to pedal in the grass and very unsatisfying, too. All you did was spin in circles. Maybe I didn't drink enough beer....
Best bike of the day since it was so hot!
It's not a bike, but spinning is so much fun!
Not sure if you're supposed to climb the city sculptures, but no one stopped me.
Also in July - I went to Chicago to visit the aquarium!!!!!!! Woot woot. It's been years since I've seen it, so it was nice to go. Made me crave Red Lobster though.... is that wrong? I also saw the famous shiny Millenium Park bean for the first time ever! I've been in the MidWest on and off for over a decade now and this is my first time!? What the hell have I been doing?
Can you tell their special exhibit was jellies?
Kissing my fish prince... that's how the story goes, right?
JELLIES!!!
In the ice cave
I thought these little eels were HILARIOUS.
Da bean.
Obligatory "Hey mom, look! I'm in the bean!" photo.
I'm in this one, too. But it's more of a 'Where's Waldo' theme
My new Chicago bar
No pictures, but I also hit up Six Flags with my friend Michelle (same Michelle from skydiving!) It was blistering HOT HOT HOT out (over 104!) so we opted to not take any photos since we were feeling quite moist from sweat and agreed that we had looked better...
Oh- and in case you haven't noticed on Facebook: I BOUGHT A NEW CAR!!!!!!!!!!! My first brand new car ever! I'm quite excited (though not about the car payment and the higher insurance) but I feel like it was much needed. Poor Sylvia the Silver Sable was struggling and who knows how long she was going to hold out. Now I am the proud owner of a light green Fiat 500. It's a tiny little peanut car, so I guess I get out of lugging people around town and always being the DD :P I even got the full "pain in the ass, we're going to give you a total run around" experience from the car dealership. Yea me! Although there has been no official name chosen, I'm leaning towards Kermit.
Beep beep! It's a manual, too :P
I can officially parallel park anywhere
In the front
It does have a back seat, but only for your friends who have no legs.
Well, I think that's about it for now. Things to look forward to for the rest of summer include a wedding (tomorrow actually!), Dad coming for a visit, and (hopefully) a hang-gliding trip (assuming the stupid company ever calls back to confirm my appointment. Oh - and I went rock climbing outdoors again, but I don't have those pictures up yet: so I'll try to include that next time, too! Catch ya on the flip side!
