Party on Friday night went pretty well. I think we had enough food for the handful of people that showed up. Didn't bring any food up to the sun deck, but we did eventually make it up there. Pretty nice, brought up speakers and a cooler. Saturday wandered over to Pick Me Up with Tracy, and Lisa and Ryan, who were houseguests, as they're in-between residences, sort of on their way east to Maryland. After a brief respite in air conditioning, we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest down at River East. I was disappointed with it. Doesn't make sense to me that it would make more than Spider-man in opening weekend. Just odd. It's also definitely the second of three, which means there ain't a whole lot of closure. Tracy and I then wandered downtown to wait for Venetian Night to start. We had an early dinner at Lizzie McNeill's Irish Pub, off the river. Who knew bees liked bacon? Anyway, we did some more walking around, looking at all the housing that's way too expensive, before heading down to find a spot to sit. Everyone else seemed pretty well organized for the festivities, while we only had the shirts on our backs, no blankets, no chairs, no picnic food. Didn't actually see many boats, but had a great view for the fireworks. Took the long way home, stopping at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers for a bathroom break and way too expensive cocktails. So much for my idea of hotel bar hopping. Sunday we eventually made it out to Lisa's Mom's house in Minooka, since they have a pool, for some swimming. We stopped at Oakbrook Center on the way out so Tracy could get a new swimsuit. Got to play some pool volleyball, which was fun. But that definitely tuckered me out, and I'm actually sore today. So that didn't leave any time to work on the new MacBook, which will probably happen some time this week and I'll end up staying up way too late playing with it. Can't change the inevitable.