My friend Meagan came to Illinois to visit!
Yes, that was the surprise.
Okay, so first, let's talk about Saturday. Meagan got here around 6:30 or so, and I introduced her to some family and we went to the mall near my house. We went around looking at all sorts of stuff and buying nothing, because we're both stingy and all that good stuff. Eventually I took her to McCarthy's, which is a chain Irish pub in the mall. There, I introduced her to the king of all sandwiches, the Monte Cristo. It starts with sliced turkey breast and ham with Swiss cheese on sourdough bread. This is then dipped in batter and deep fried, dusted with powdered sugar, and served with lingonberyy sauce for dipping. If you don't know what lingonberry sauce is, it's kind of like cranberry sauce, except cranberry sauce is made out of cranberries, and lingonberry sauce is made out of hope. Then we went to see the Star Trek movie. First time for her, second time for me. Rocked, of course. Funny thing, it was the fourth day in a row that she had been to a movie theatre to see a movie.
Then today, we went to the Civil War Days in Naperville to see Pete and Conor in the re-enactment. And here comes the surprise part: Pete didn't know Meagan was coming. (For anyone not filled in on this yet, they're a couple, and a good one at that.) It was priceless. We ran up to the side of the tent, and I walked out and said simply, "Hey, Pete, I brought something." I gestured behind me to Meagan, Pete's eyes followed hy hand, and then he stopped working. I don't mean he stopped performing a task. I mean he ceased function for a few seconds. He just kind of stared for about two seconds, and then his brian turned back on, Meagan's presence computed, and he jumped up and yelled "Oh my God!" and hugged her. It was pretty darn great.
So it was a fun time at the Civil War Days. There were all sorts of shops, with some really cool stuff. I bought a really unique pocket knife, and Meagan bought shoes, gloves, and a snood. Pete and Conor did great on the cannons, as always. North won, for the record. There were amazing home-made corn dogs and home-made root beer there, and they were totally worth the buy. Eventually I drove Pete and Meagan to Pete's house, where Meagan is staying until Tuesday. I'm glad to see them having such a good time together.
That's all for now, sports fans.
Thing I like about the past 24 hours: The visit. Whoo!
Thing I dislike about the past 24 hours: Darn it all, I fell asleep downstairs again. I seriously need to get to my actual bed more often.
Song addiction of the day: "The Steak Night Song" from Scrubs.
Number of caffeinated beverages in the past 24 hours: 0.
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