So Wednesday morning I manage to get myself to a session bright and early that is being put on by the National Collegiate Honors Council. It was pretty ok, I guess I was expecting more. Interacting with colleagues from all across the country and the world even was enlightening. It was interesting but I think I was hoping for more application and less theory.
After that it was lunch time and so a few of us meandered over to Corner Bakery and Cafe. (Note: This will become a very, very frequent habit, My wallet did not thank me, but I am sure the company's stock did...) It was yummy. The place is kind of like if Einstein Bagels and Panera Bread had a love child...
After that I had the whole afternoon free since I only had pre-conference sessions in the morning. I did a lot of walking, but it was fabulous to see so much and be outside getting fresh air. I came back to work yesterday and I saw the sun at 7:30am and 5:30pm. Yeah, that's it.
First up was the Art Institute of Chicago. No, I am not talking about the slightly shady school that seems to pop up in every metropolis( Did I say that??? Lol...) Though I did think that was what every was referring to when the mentioned it at first. No, it is a fabulous Art Museum. It is so amazing to me that these things, i.e paintings, vases, glasses, survived so long and through so much. Very enlightening.
Next up we decided to walk further down and we happened upon the Shedd aquarium. So cool, so many neat things to look at. I particularly liked the giant Starfish and even better the HUGE stingrays. I mean huge, they reminded me of giant pancakes or flying black saucers. They were fascinating, seeing a snake so large you could not find its head was not. That was absolutely frightening. It makes me shudder to think those are somewhere in the sea..but since all I have is Lake Mead I apparently have no worries...because I don't even know if fish can survive in that ever shrinking lake. Want lake front property move to Las Vegas.. we get new islands appearing every minute..
Ok that was bad and I have work to do..so i will update about the evening at a later time...
Tah Tah for now...
After that it was lunch time and so a few of us meandered over to Corner Bakery and Cafe. (Note: This will become a very, very frequent habit, My wallet did not thank me, but I am sure the company's stock did...) It was yummy. The place is kind of like if Einstein Bagels and Panera Bread had a love child...
After that I had the whole afternoon free since I only had pre-conference sessions in the morning. I did a lot of walking, but it was fabulous to see so much and be outside getting fresh air. I came back to work yesterday and I saw the sun at 7:30am and 5:30pm. Yeah, that's it.
First up was the Art Institute of Chicago. No, I am not talking about the slightly shady school that seems to pop up in every metropolis( Did I say that??? Lol...) Though I did think that was what every was referring to when the mentioned it at first. No, it is a fabulous Art Museum. It is so amazing to me that these things, i.e paintings, vases, glasses, survived so long and through so much. Very enlightening.
Next up we decided to walk further down and we happened upon the Shedd aquarium. So cool, so many neat things to look at. I particularly liked the giant Starfish and even better the HUGE stingrays. I mean huge, they reminded me of giant pancakes or flying black saucers. They were fascinating, seeing a snake so large you could not find its head was not. That was absolutely frightening. It makes me shudder to think those are somewhere in the sea..but since all I have is Lake Mead I apparently have no worries...because I don't even know if fish can survive in that ever shrinking lake. Want lake front property move to Las Vegas.. we get new islands appearing every minute..
Ok that was bad and I have work to do..so i will update about the evening at a later time...
Tah Tah for now...
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