Well this happened:
And no, that’s not a fruity cocktail- it’s actually Goose Island 312. Bar lighting is so silly sometimes.
It and the refill that followed calmed me down from yesterday’s “blahs”. Imagine that.
*As did your comments about how we all have those “crap” days. Thank you.
After our little location mixup on Tuesday (Tuesday! I should have known!), I suggested Houndstooth in Wrigleyville as a place to meet up. It’s a smaller area. There’s only one Wrigley Field. So uh… we shouldn’t have a problem. 
Stephanie and I had ourselves a nice little chatty chat over beers and $1 tacos.
With $1 tacos, you don’t expect much…. and these were nothing overly grand to write home about. But hey… they were decently light, the chicken was good, they came with free guac, and were $1 each. The price alone makes me enjoy them greatly.
This was the first time Stephanie and I have ever met and again, like every other time I’ve met girls from the blogs, the conversation flowed naturally and we swapped stories until I had to be lame and duck out because of a never-ending to-do list waiting for me at home.
She also confirmed that I need to act on my desire to get myself to Boston. ASAP.
Le sigh…
The other thing that helped me out, as I knew it would, was my run with my guy friend over lunch. Usually we keep it at a pace where we can talk (although between jagged breath) for the entire 2.5 miles. But as I was ranting about one thing or another, I noticed how out of breath I was- chalking it up to me not running much with him as of late and my pace getting slower.
However, he texted me afterwards and commented on how much faster we ran this time than last.
Whew. It wasn’t just me then…
Like I said earlier, I’m in a much better mood today. My weekend starts tomorrow and everything is starting to fall in place a little more as we go along.
Have a good one, kids! I’ve got about 8 hours standing between me and a mad dash home where I have 15 minutes to get myself looking respectable before a night out in the presence of a male acquaintance.
Let’s all laugh about how me looking respectable is just not in the cards.
He’ll have to deal with it.
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