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Attended a KU Alumni Association event at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday. We had an artist (from Pilsen) take us around to certain works of art and give her interpretation of it's meaning, which I found to be a great change compared to a docent. She was really good with our small, but diverse group of people. The museum was completely full and the exhibits right now are superb. I thought the Skyscraper rooms were particularly good! A really powerful display around 9.11. Thanks to the KUAA for putting this even together - it was so great meeting Teri and Nikki, both in from Lawrence.
179 celebrating my friend Amanda's birthday
178 out with the old pillow top mattress and in with the new tempurpedic! I hope I'm gonna like it - smells like hell right now and I kinda miss my big fluffy bed. Hoping this change will help my back pain!!
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I ventured to St. Charles for the Kane County Flea Market today with Amanda. I am not a huge fan of flea markets since I'm not really into vintage stuff. I like a little here and there, but I kind of feel like ... if I'm going vintage it should mean something to me. That said ... I will go anywhere just for the experience. And I had heard this flea market was particularly good.
I was totally impressed with the amount of vendors - LOTS! And I managed to pick up some fabulous little treasures. A vintage light meter (how cool is that for eight bucks?), a collection of "Y" letterpress blocks, a super cool handmade bag (because I need another bag like I need a hole in the head -- but it's cool) and then the steal of the show... a vintage chevron quilt. I spotted it and originally passed it by and then circled back. I have been talking with my mother about making me something like this and voila! As you can see the kitties have already adopted it. Lucy is lounging on it as I type!
I give the Kane Co. Flea two thumbs up!
Had to see if I could fit into our make-shift parking space at the office. It's doable, but wicked tight. Will take a lot of practice to make this work everyday.
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So to combat my back pain my PT and doctor prescribed me a short corse of 'roids to try and reduce the swelling between my L2 and L3 once and for all. Luck me huh? Well, the only positive today is that taking this mass of pills seemed to sit OK with me. Other than that it was a positively crap ass day. Coworker drama. Scheduling drama. Worked till 8 on a Friday night (what the heck is wrong with me?) and had to go to two stores to pick up something, neither of which had what I needed. Oh and all of that with a huuuuge tension headache that I cannot take Advil to relieve ... not my best of Fridays. But my weekend is wide open and full of great possibilities. I just need to stay clear of the city and all of the NATO madness!
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