Ah long time, no write. Lets see...took a 14 hour train ride home to NoDak. Em got picked up in Miller town and we rode the train together. We sat in the lounge car most of the night, watching movies and chatting. Made the ride go faster having someone to talk to and hang out. In Minny, a bunch of drunk Vikings (losing team) fans got on the train so we got to listen to that for a few hours...highly amusing. We made a few "train friends" along the way...they were good guys.
Got into NoDak around 540 am..dragged my dad out of bed to come get me...he was so growly he didnt even give me a hug!! hahaa!! Then it was a good week of hanging out at home, seeing friends and eating good meals. We drove to my grandma's on Saturday and had Christmas Eve with my mom's side. Wild night...20 people, 4 small children under the age of 4 all screaming and hollering and crying...aahh, good times. Christmas Day was spent at the farm with my dad's side. It was great to see my grandparents again. Grandpa looks really good after he quit the chemo and he's getting some of his hair back. My psycho aunt was there...made for an interesting, tension filled afternoon (we haven't seen her in 3 years) so yeah...we survived anyhow, albeit very diffcult.
Took the train back to Chicago...a long 17 hours. Got back in before Rumba called so I took all my shit back to my apartment and waited for his call. His flight was a half hour late and he lost a piece of his luggage!! Damn Air Canada!!! So he was messing around with that. We met at a Blue Line station here in downtown...ah it was so good to see him again. Came back here, went grocery shopping, ordered pizza and exchanged gifts. My honey did good; unfortunately, my 'big gift' was in the other piece of luggage....sooo hopefully it shows up soon.
On Tuesday we went to the Field Museum for the day. Really cool museum, kinda spendy but we spent the whole day there so it was worth it I think. Wandered around downtown and came back for dinner.
On Wednesday we slept in way late and went to a Chicago Blackhawks game. They were playing the St Louis Blues. I had never been to a pro hockey game before so it was loads of fun..great to be amongst hockey fans again. They lost 2-1 which was unfortunate because the Blues are at the bottom of the league this year, but it was still a good time.
After the game, we were walking from one bus to another when I stumbled off the curb in front of the Daley Plaza and fell. Didn't see that it was a curved sidewalk. Sprained my ankle and landed on my knees. Scrapped the shit out of my knees and my ankle was swelled up to a baseball. I didn't break it thank god; the swelling has gone down, but its really black and blue and my knees are scrapped open. So Rumba has been a good man to me; he carried me back to my apartment, got me iced up and comfortable and has been helping me around the apartment. Today he made lunch, washed the dishes and went to the pharmacy to get me a bandage. He hasn't complained about sitting around all day while I rest and stay off my feet. Ah, thats love..what a good feeling.
So now the rest of our week is up in the air...we had plans but now that I am not very mobile, they might be changing. We were going to go dancing on NYE but well...more like hobbling now. ;) We'll survive. Its wonderful having him here with me, thats all that matters right now.
An injured but happy Tiger.
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