Thanksgiving pt 1

SO,

after finally clearing the backlog of work that resulted from thanksgiving (give thanks for HW!) at 3am last night, and after a rather full day of activities (such as calc and bio) our intrepid hero finally returns to relate the tales from far, FAR, Away. So here begins the 5 part series that is my life since last wednesday. First let's begin with the beginning, where all things start:



It was good. It was VERY good. It was stand up and boogie with old ladies while waving hands in the air good. It was sing songs (softly) while marvelling at the voices of the cast, hum to the songs which you know but forgot the lyrics to, and sway a lot while drinking in the music good. And who else better to watch Mamma Mia with than another rabid ABBA fan? (^5 Adela) The atmosphere was great, the seats were decent, there was snow in the air outside, and the holidays had just begun! Perfect. And we had no problems getting to the theatre on time this time.

Old lady in the seat next to us, musingly: "Are you guys ABBA fans?"
Me: "Oh yes, huge fans."
OL: "When was ABBA really hot?"
Me: "80s?"
Old lady no. 2 next to her:"I think somewhere along the lines of the 70s.... 1974 maybe..."
Us: *muted laugh and a woah*
*Insert stuff about how ABBA music transcends all generations and is truly evergreen*

So we enjoy the show. Exeunt stage right. Still raining, damn, nevermind, the path is clear and the way shines brightly. We blue-line it, and eat lunch at 5pm on a moving train while standing up. Funky skill to learn, everyone, it'll serve you well one day... And we discovered that bartlett food is probably MADE to be eaten 5 hours after it's been made, tossed around in a bag, and put thru REALLY cold rain and stuff.

Long story short, we were completely amazed by the snow

on the way to O'hare which made everything fresh and white and pristine and crisp and COLD. man, when the train doors open and the wind and snow blow in on your quesadillas, that's something else.

And luckily we managed to get to Ohare, RUN and navigate and figure our way to the bus stop (ooh christmas tree take picture take picture) and in the end, managed to catch the right bus in the right direction (which is probably something of a minor miracle) and all went well, which brings us to the 2nd part of our story.....