...is by no means even moderatly overexaggerated.  We went up there for the weekend and holy cow it was crazy! On so many different levels.  We drove up Friday night after we both got off work.  Took about 6 hours to get there and when we got there we ended up in downtown Chicago and I freaked out driving.  I had to pull over and let Dan drive, every time a car flew up on me all I could think of was the wreck.  So after that switch we got to the hotel and crashed for the night.  Got up early the next morning and went to see the river dyed.  And i will admit to being a nerd but seeing them dye the river was pretty dang cool.  We got there super early to beat the crowd and there were still people,everywhere.  We met a really nice couple from Georgia and had a good time laughing and talking with them.  After the river extravaganza was over it was off to the parade which I am sad to say we did not get to see.  As soon as the river was over everyone else headed to the parade.  it was 10 deep from the street back so it was impossible to see anything.  So we headed off all sad and disappointed with that turn of events and discovered the scheduled festivities were over. So we did the tourist thing and did some shopping and lots of picture taking.  We went up the Sears Tower and saw the whole city from a considerable altitude.  The elevator ride was a bit unnerving but we arrived at the top (and back to the bottom) unscathed.  i fed the pigeons and bazillions more flocked from no where at the first mention of food, it was a little like the Birds.  Hmmm what else, ate a bowl of soup only the bowl was made of bread.  Overall though it was a pretty amazing weekend.  But for now folks it’s off to bed, if you’d like more details send me a message otherwise I may post more later.

buenos noches