So, I never really talked that much about my trip to Bloomington. The first two nights I was really busy, and the last night I was ill, then on the way back on the plane, the screw came out of my glasses and I wasn’t able to fix the glasses until I got home because there were no screwdrivers on the plane – thanks to 9/11. (I’m sure a terrorist would successfully take over a plane with a tiny screwdriver, but what do I know.)
Anyhow, Bloomington was a fiesta of favorite foods: An hour after arriving, I enjoyed a House Pizza from Greek’s Pizza. The next morning I stopped by Wee Willies where my favorite waitress harassed me and the French Toast was superb. Friday night I had dinner with a number of friends at Roots, Bloomington’s first vegetarian restaurant. Although the quality of friends was fantastic, the food at Roots has fared worse: they’ve stopped selling beer, and the menu doesn’t always accurate list what your options are—something I suddenly remembered from my last trip there last December. I need to strike them from my list.
Saturday morning I thought the jetlag was almost over, but had second thoughts when I needed to take a mid-afternoon nap. In retrospect, I think my afternoon exhaustion was due to the cold kicking into gear. Pretty much the only thing I did accomplish Saturday was a trip to Barnes and Noble, where I couldn’t find the Lonely Planet book I wanted—so I special ordered it. A few colleagues and I did do a tour of the area in the late afternoon, including a trip by Lake Monroe. In the evening, I went to a party, and then off to see the third X-Men film, and as I already noted, instead of going out, I enjoyed a hot shower at the hotel.
Naturally the longest lasting effect of the trip is something I’d kind of forgotten about until I got to the office Wednesday morning: my hair. I got highlights and they are substantial. People who had not already seen me with the highlights were surprised—including the baristas at the coffee shop.
Where did you get your highlights? Could it be Mondo, world class salon? Sounds like a good time overall. Could a picture of new look be posted?
I go to Be Hair Now…
The photo will come later, once I am feeling better. Right now, while I feel like crap, I am not messing with fixing up my hair.
My Uncle and Aunt visited Indiana last week. They both got sick and my Aunt Ruby had to enter the hospital for 3 days. Several people here are sick to their stomachs and have kidney infections. I think something is going around. Maybe something in the water. I am not sure what your symptoms are. If you caught something here in Indiana I am sorry we didn’t mean to mistreat you. Wishing you to get better soon.
No, I read your new blog each day Chris. What do you mean all your…oh Sorry…I feel like such a fool.