Monday, June 30, 2025

Last night we went to bed at 10pm, I got up once at 5am, finally waking/getting up at 7:15.

Yesterday my daughter had her baby shower that her best friend JoAnn threw for her. JoAnn is pregnant with her first baby, also a girl, and they are both going to have babies about the same time.

The day before was her husband, Jacob’s, 36^th birthday:

We left the apt at 8:30 and had a nice breakfast in the Sugar Bowl. I chose this restaurant because it’s across the street from the train station. We each had eggs with hash browns and coffee. Coffee tasted a little bitter to me today.

I thought I would have trouble finding a parking space but I found one in the first lot I tried. (I think I forgot to account for people now working at home.) The lot had a payment machine similar to the others I’ve dealt with and it was only $2 for the day.

As we approached the train station, I could see the lights of the train heading our way which gave me just enough time to go inside and buy two one-way tickets for each of us for $20.

We arrived downtown about 40 minutes later.

I asked for directions then we walked basically straight ahead and outside to the Wendella dock where I bought 2 senior one-way tickets for each of us for a total of $20. The boat left right after we boarded. It was about a 15-minute ride to the Chinatown pier.

We basically just followed others the 3 blocks to the Chinatown entrance.

We stepped into a Chinese shop, AJ Housewares & Gifts where Teresa bought some bracelets as gifts for $26.50. We walked around the area and finally decided on lunch in Veggie House. I ordered vegetable spring rolls and Broccoli Soy Beef to share and it was all delicious. With 2 Cokes the check was $36.55 and I tipped 20%.

We returned to AJ Housewares & Gifts and Teresa bought a few more bracelets for $31.94. (I saw my first Caleb Williams Chicago Bears jersey.)

JERSEY

We returned to the dock as our boat was just leaving but another arrived about 45 minutes later and we returned to Union Station.

After trips to the restroom, we boarded our train and it soon left.

Back at the Des Plaines Station I was happy to see I didn’t have a parking ticket.

We stopped in Walmart and bought some needed supplies for the apt.

I stopped in a Walgreens and bought a newspaper.

We left at 7:30 and drove to Potbelly. Teresa had a small chicken pot pie soup and I had a large chili (spicier than before). We sat outside for a bit enjoying the nice weather before returning to the apt.

I have $10.50 in unpaid tolls. I tried paying them online from my laptop but ended up in a loop. I downloaded the Illinois Tollway app and could see my unpaid tolls but when I tried to pay with my Mastercard it told me it failed and to try again later. ☹

 

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