Kind of a nutso weekend. I was in Wisconsin a lot of yesterday for the visitation and service for a friend’s parent. I was a wreck and am absolutely devastated for them. I’m so glad I could go to support them though.
Then the evening was our venture to the Auditorium Theater in Chicago to see Love Actually in Concert. We stopped to try vegan döner at Dmen Tap.
Fun to try but not very good. The search continues!
The movie was amazing with the live orchestra! They sounded so good we sometimes forgot they were even there!
I’d never seen Love Actually in the theater, and it was fun to see it with so many people who love it (except for the two ladies behind us who talked the entire time, kindly, stfu). The audience was super engaged. Lots of laughing at scenes I never LOL at at home, which made it more fun. And the orchestra was phenomenal! I definitely want to do this again.
We got home so late. Late for us. Past midnight! Worth it. (But whoa, what an emotionally draining, long day. I was in cars for over 7 hours.)
I was really happy to see the sun and clear skies today. I took advantage of it by resining some painted rocks and going on a short run. My run felt great. High 40s, lower wind, and sunny skies feels wonderful after a couple weeks in the teens and 20s with ALL THE CLOUDS. I’m grateful I got to run in shorts and a long sleeved shirt on December 8th.
We had a flight (in N378MA) scheduled at 3:00. Unfortunately one of the marker lights was broken on the plane so we couldn’t stay out past sunset (4:19), but we still went to the practice area and did some slow flight, a stall, a 360, and s-turns (hence the “& literal ones too” part of the title).
Ha, Steven asked if I wanted to do a power-off stall, and walked me through it all, but it was still a bit of a shock when the plane lost lift and we started to fall forward. Kind of like being on a rollercoaster. I’m so impressed he knows how to do all that… stuff. Just, wow.
I guess it’s a good thing our flight ended early cause we both had a few hours of Fake Meats work to do when we got home.
I’d like another weekend day off please. Er, and I even had Friday off this weekend (but it was so full, UGH). Christmas is going to be here so soon AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
The funeral part of your day was definitely a downer. I’ve only seen Love Actually once, and it’s not something that I would rewatch on my own but I’d be down to see it in the theater with live music. That sounds like fun, and worth staying up until midnight.
Yes, I’ll take an extra weekend day anytime! If someone could make that happen for us, that would be great.
I would recommend it, if you get a chance to see any movie you sort of or really enjoy that way. Such a different experience!
We should get them every weekend in Dec at least LOL.
I love the idea of the “live” concert, how fun is that? And that photo of sunset from the plane? Sigh, oh how I wish. And hopefully you’ll get you break sooner rather than later.
It was so cool! We liked it so much we got tickets for The Holiday next year.
Thanks! I do have Friday off next week so maybe I will chill!
Oh, lucky you on both counts.
I’m sorry for your friend and losing a parent during the holiday season. What a hard time to lose someone. <3
On a brighter note, how fun to see Love Actually with live music. That would be such a delight! But ughhh to the women talking behind you. Why do people do that?!?!
Thank you. One of the absolute worst times 🙁
I loved it so much! I recommend doing a movie in concert if you ever get the chance.
Sigh. They were acting like they were watching it at home and talked through the ENTIRE movie. I could hear the orchestra and audio but it was so distracting 🙁 A little talking is fine but COME ON.
Time to get back to reading your blog. I got caught up from the last few months. I love that you and Steven fly so often. It is great to see that. And the places you have visited. Your days in Seattle were filled with so many cool things.
Thanks, we love it too! It brings me so much joy. Thanks for reading!