update

yep, it's been a while since i posted. been super busy again, but doing well overall. looks like my last post was from the beginning of june. since then, i've done a triathlon, a 5k, and am gearing up for my next race in just over a week.

i've also been super busy at work with a pretty cool project. heath and i have been in and out of town visiting family etc. we also took a week long trip to chippewa flowage in wisconsin to do some fishing and relaxing. it was something we both really needed and we had a lot of fun.

the annual girls' was last weekend, but it was a slight variation on the usual. pam and teri couldn't make it, so my mom, sister, and aunt ginger came down to chicago to spend the weekend. i met up with them for dinner friday night at the cheesecake factory and a little bit of shopping at old orchard mall. saturday we went down to millenium park and navy pier. we did the skyline boat tour and rode the big ferris wheel. grabbed some lunch and did a little souvenir shopping before heading back north. saturday night was capped off with an awesome concert at ravinia - lyle lovett. now, before you think that's weird, you gotta give his music a chance. we had some wine and snacks and hung out on the lawn for the whole 3 hrs. lots of fun. sunday we hit trader joe's and then they got on the road. that afternoon, heath and i hopped over to the movies to see wall-e. super cute, highly recommended.

i'm in the midst of waiting to hear back from the two mba programs to which i applied. i had an interview with one school last week and had the opportunity to observe a class there last night. the commute wasn't bad and the students were very nice. the class was interesting and overall it was a good experience. i feel like i'm a fairly competitive applicant, so i'm hoping i get accepted to both schools so that i have some options to select from. i am, however, wondering if i didn't do myself a disservice by failing to look into the other "big" school in the area... i think it is no big deal, as either of the schools i have applied to would provide a great education and experience. there must be a good reason (subconscious?) that i didn't pursue that third one, so i'm not going to worry about it. i'll keep everybody posted regarding whether i get in and what decision i make.

i'm also taking a swim clinic that meets for an hour for 6 weeks on monday nights. the first session was last monday and i think that i'll gain a lot from the instruction. at the very least, it will guarantee that i'm in the pool for an hour every monday!

tonight heath and i are going to north avenue beach to play some beach volleyball. one of heath's friends needed somebody to fill in this week, so he asked us. (well, technically, he asked heath, but said i was invited, too). i'm excited because it's been so long since i've played.

tomorrow night, we're going back to ravinia for john hiatt. should be really fun. hopefully it isn't too hot and sticky. then saturday, i think we are going on some kayak thing where we kayak down the chicago river out to navy pier to watch the fireworks and then kayak back. it's about 6 miles, so hopefully we're up for it! sounds really cool, though! sunday morning, i hope i'm not too tired to get up and watch the criterium (bike race) that is being held in evanston. they're pretty fun to watch. we can walk down and probably sit outside and eat somewhere to watch it!

overall, super super busy, but having a lot of fun.