Weekend Haps

Today my parents came up here to visit us, which was nice.  They checked out the apartment and then we took a drive to see my school, which is still under construction.  The school is super big, but there is still quite a bit of work left.  The front (which I believe will be the cafeteria and gym) is not even close to completion, but the back of it (mainly classrooms) is looking pretty good!  I'm excited to get in and see everything, and of course get to work on my room!  

After seeing my school we came back up to our neighborhood and went to lunch on a place on Clark, right by Wrigley.  It was a neat place with a nice patio, so we sat outside.  It was about mid-afternoon when Mom and Dad left.  

I sat down and watched one of my all time favorite movies Father of the Bride and took a little nap.  Alex and I then decided we were tired of sitting around and went on a walk to see more of our area.  We walked down to the lake, which is nice, but we were a little disappointed that there isn't a beach.  We will just have to go up to the Montrose Beach which is close to the apartment he lived in last year.  (I think we may do this tomorrow.)  After the lake we took a walk down to Belmont and got a few Jamba Juices, this is our new favorite place and proceeded to walk home. 

Monday I start my week of training, and then I have the following week off!  I'm very excited for this because I finally get to go on a little vacation.  I'm heading up to Mackinac Island, Michigan with my parents Saturday for a few days.  It is a really neat place and if you have never been there I definitely recommend it!  It is a cute island in the U.P. where no cars are allowed and everyone rides their bikes or takes horse drawn carts around.  There are neat places to shop and the best fudge in the world!  I haven't been there since junior high or early high school, so I am looking forward to going back.  

Alex starts school on Wednesday and I think he is less than thrilled to return.  He has a few hundred pages to read between now and then, so hopefully he will get the motivation needed to do this. 

Sorry I have no pictures up yet, we can't seem to figure out how to get my camera to work on Alex's Mac or on Vista.  We have Lucas (the Mac Genius) on the job, so hopefully we'll get something worked out soon.  

Our First Blog

Well, with much influence from our friends we have decided to create a blog to keep our family and friends updated on our lives in the big city.  

Here is a little history lesson for everyone.

We have dated for many years (since high school) and just became engaged in April.  Alex is a law school student at The John Marshall Law School here in Chicago.  Next week he will begin his second year of law school.  He graduated from Purdue in 2007 with a degree in management and because of his background in business he is wanting to pursue corporate law.  His expected graduation date will be the spring of 2010.  

Jackie is getting ready to begin her first year of teaching kindergarten after graduating from Purdue in 2008 in Elementary Education.  She is teaching at Archer Heights on the southwest side of Chicago in a brand new double elementary and high school learning complex.  School for Jackie starts on September 15 because the cafeteria and gymnasium are not completed.  She will have to complete three weeks of training before the grand opening of her new school on September 12.  Good Luck, Jackie!!!!!!

That is all for now.  Sorry we don't have any pictures to put up yet, but the camera won't work on a Mac.  Add us to your favorites and check up on us every once in awhile!!