Saturday, July 5, 2025

Last night I went to bed at 11:30pm, got up once during the night to pee, got up again at 5am to pee and turn a heater on, finally waking/getting up at 7am.

We left the apt at 9:30 and had breakfast in Katie’s Kitchen. The ladies had their Firecracker Skillet and I had 2 eggs, hash browns, pancakes and sausage links. Teresa tried my sausage links and liked them. The total check came to $79.37 and with tip the total was $92.24.

We stopped at UPS in Mount Prospect where Laura returned the air mattress to Amazon. We continued on to Staples in Rolling Meadows where she returned the sheet to Amazon.

Next door was a T-Mobile store where I added another 5G to my plan. Unfortunately, I had to get a new cellphone number – (312) 617-1920 and sim card for $28.02. In the meantime, Laura switched her cellphone coverage from AT&T to T-Mobile and that took another 30 minutes. In the meantime, I went to the other side of the drive and checked out Parlor Doughnuts that has only been open a month.

We drove to Bristol Renaissance Faire, arriving around noon. I parked in the cheapest ($10) and furthest lot and was a bit of a hike just to get to the ticket booths. With senior discounts I paid $76 for entry for Teresa and I. We were there during the hottest part of the day.

We walked around and Teresa looked at a number of exhibits, especially impressed with the basket weaver. She liked this bracelet enough for me to take a photo of it.

I think she wants to see if she can duplicate the colorful one at the top.

A woman was making this beautiful drawing out of chalk.

This man was showing off the dragon he had slayed:

The place has grown in the 15 or so years I haven’t been here.

Just before we left I found the sweet corn stand and had one, sharing it with Teresa who loved it. I went next door and got her garlic mushrooms and she loved that too.

I guess Laura wasn’t into it as she spent most her time on her cellphone.

We left at 5pm and returned via I-294 to the apt. I made supper reservations at L. Wood for 8:15 while we rested up a bit. When I arrived at the restaurant I was surprised to get the first parking spot on the street, just like last time.

We all shared a salad then Teresa had salmon, Laura half a slab of pork ribs and I the beef ribs with a baked potato. (I should have ordered a half order.) I ate half my ribs and got the other half to go.

I got to sleep at 11pm.

 

FUNNY