Funny how time slips away.
Distractions distract, routine fails to hold sway.
Until the old routine is discarded and a new pattern takes the day!
It's not like I haven't done things to talk about or been places to mention or failed to do anything interesting along the way.
My last post was on July 3rd, and on that day I already had grand plans for the next day, plans that should yield a spectacular post too I might say!


It was all about Jenni, she loves Chi-town but hasn't been there in years,
I've been on day trips to Sox games and such and even an autoshow but she stayed home (in tears).
So on the second I got up on the 2nd I was already spinning my mental gears,
a day off can give you the time that you lacked to address such problems horribly in arrears.
The solution to this, a wonderful a weekend trip with Jenni to Chicago for sight seeing and fireworks cheers!

The Holiday already had me off for the day.
So on the third I told Jenni it's your time to play.
Call the Priceline negotiator, and arrange a double day stay.
She was bowled over, and flabbergasted and hardly knew what to say.

The room would be ready for check-in at three.
Ninety-nine dollars at the Hilton for two days, we were getting one free
And in the attached garage parking was cheaper too, a most reasonable fee.
We would walk around in the rain for hours, taking photos and talking, hardly holding our glee.
To see Jenni so happy and sunny and excited and joyful was really more like a present for me.

Taste of Chicago was on in Millennium Park
A lucky coincidence for an impromptu trip taken on a lark
A day spent walking and smiling and completely hitting the mark
Would only get better when the skies turned to dark,
And the band-shell concert was turned over for a quarter hour display of firework spark.

Chuck Pace ©2009 
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