Waking Up Me!

On the day of my accident , a week ago now to be exact, I was having quite a lovely day and a beautiful trip down memory lane. Memory lane was quite full with things of the past and questions about what might be going on in the lives of the people that are more in my rearview mirror nowadays. For whatever reason, road trips (when I don't bring along an audiobook to listen to), always put me in a pensive place. And when I think, often times my thoughts end up on SAM. This time was no different. Sometimes, I go back through our different communications to see if I can register times when it was him and times when it was someone else, but this time I was thinking more about the "what If's". I am sure my upcoming trip to Chicago put him once again into my thoughts. I wondered if I would see him on the flight or in the airport. I wondered if I would know him if I saw him or if the photos I had seen were also of someone else. I know there are some photos that no one else ...

Tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning, I will be flying with 3 other co-workers to Chicago. I love Chicago. I have only been there twice for a few days, but both times were amazingly wonderful adventures. The first time I was flown in by my ex's company to spend a few days with him before the big plastics show kicked off. We had deep dish pizza, walked everywhere, ate at the Cheesecake Factory in the bottom of the John Hancock building, walked the Navy Pier , and just enjoyed many mini-adventures. I was pregnant with Noah at the time. The next time I went was for my friend AL's bachelorette party. We stayed at Hotel 71   and walked into town to this liquor store that was supposed to be not too far away, but it was a HIKE. We bought a ton of booze and took a cab back to the hotel. We stated in playing games in our hotel room and drinking the first night, shopping during the day on Saturday and then went clubbing that night. We were SPENT by the end of the trip, but so ...