1:24 PM Monday, <July 3>, <2006>
Well, traffic was light, well, almost non-existant, and since I couldn't take the 135 (not running because it's a holiday schedule), I walked down to Belmont to hop on the Brown Line. Anyway, tough being the only IT guy at work. Weekend was pretty busy, again, but with a fair amount of downtime. Friday night Tracy and I went to the Chicago SummerDance Festival, but that was too busy, like packed busy, so we watched from the edges before walking through the Taste of Chicago. We ended up at Hackney's Printers' Row instead of the Custom House, which seemed a little too fancy. Saturday cleaned a bit in preparation for new appliances, which got delivered and installed. Best new things? Air conditioners have remote controls, timers, and thermostats. Microwave has a turntable. First time I've had a microwave with a turntable. And the dishwasher door doesn't scrape against the wall when opening or closing. Pretty nice. So, with working AC units, have to find a time to finish painting, and then after that get the carpets shampooed. After that we wandered down Broadway for some shopping. I managed to finally get an under the cupboard wine glass rack. Dinner with my parents that night along with some family friends. Watched some Entourage as well. Don't like that Dom guy at all. And what happened to Sloan? Sunday after church drove out to the Naperville Rib Fest, afternoon naps, and leftovers for dinner while watching Underclassman. On the computer front, managed to get Portable Home Directories working on Aluminum, which I rebuilt, so now it's a matter of picking and choosing what goes back on.