A couple of weeks we decided to have a mini spring break vacation. I'm not in school but I can still "celebrate" spring break. I'm sooooo glad I did. It was a Friday to Sunday vacation. I had initially wanted to spend the vacay in Chicago. My goodness! I never realized how expensive it could be to spend just a couple of days in Chicago. We scratched that idea and decided we would spend a day and an overnight stay in Brown County. We L-O-V-E visiting Brown County. It's just so cute and calming. We left Bloomington Friday around noon and first stopped for lunch at Hinkle's. Yum! Great local joint for burgers and fries. Off to BC!! Carmund and I very much enjoy walking through the little shops and seeing what they've got to offer (typically the stuff is pretty cheap...to me). I ended buying a card game called Flinch. I've never heard of it and Carmund and I are still trying to figure out how to play it. It's a bit complicated but we'll figure it out...eventually. We had dinner that evening and stayed at The Seasons Lodge. The weather was absolutely beautiful and I knew it was a great start to our vacation.
I was still considering for Carmund and I to go to Chicago on Saturday to hang out with a friend and have fun but when I checked the weather forecast it said SNOW! I said NO! We were off to a great start and no way was it going to get ruined by stupid weather. I said, "Carmund, we're headed south. I want to go to Louisville." We left Brown County Saturday afternoon and headed to Louisville, KY. It's a short little drive (maybe an hour and 20 minutes). Carmund and I both share a love for museums and I knew that there was a center in Louisville about Muhammad Ali. As soon as we got in town we headed straight to the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY. If you haven't been there I suggest making a special trip to Louisville just for this. It is a beautiful facility. I was impressed as soon as we sat in the auditorium for the orientation video before you start looking at the exhibits. It's super cheap to get in ($9 for adults or $5 for students). You can't get any better than that and it's worth every dollar. Afterwards we checked into our hotel and then headed to 4th Street Live which is in downtown Louisville. It's just a block or so of shops, restaurants, bars, and a Borders Bookstore! We decided on eating at an Irish pub for dinner and enjoying the basketball game where we watched UNI beat Kansas. Again, the weather was absolutely perfect. It was as if Jesus was smiling on us and wanting us to enjoy our little getaway.
We headed back to Bloomington on Sunday. Pretty much the weather held out until we returned and then it started raining and getting a little nasty outside. We topped it all off by going to church that night and it was amazing! We were so relaxed on our vacation. I feel better whenever I think about it.
For our 1 year we didn't go all out but I felt like a million bucks simply because I was with Carmund all day!!! We went to church, had lunch with our favorite married couple, the Warsaws, we watched a couple of episodes of Family Guy on Hulu (fell asleep watching them), went to dinner (was suppose to go to Sweet Grass but they are closed on Sundays so we went to Outback Steakhouse...yummy!!), and we rented and watched The Hurt Locker (which I need to take back to Blockbuster today). It was a great day!
I now can't imagine my life without Carmund and soooo glad I don't have to! He's so much fun and caring, and sensitive, and loving, and understanding, and genuine, and nice, and thoughtful, and cute, and silly, and okay okay I could keep going but I won't. Did I mention he's sooo cute?! Okay! I'm sorry but you know how it goes...that's just the way it is!
I love you, Carmund!
