Snow Day!

We got an opportunity to head back to the Chicago area after Indiana. This time we were excited that we would be able to see our friend Dave who happens to work for the Coast Guard and is stationed in Downer's Grove. We did a few shows in the area and then headed further north for a day. On our way back to Dave's apartment, we experienced both Chicago rush hour and blizzard like conditions. You can imagine the two don't mix well! It took us 3 hours to get back when it only took 50 minutes to get there! We spent the evening after the drive feeling like school kids again hoping and wishing that school would be cancelled the next day. We woke up the next morning to the delightful news that not only would we have no school, but Dave would not have to go to work as well. So we began making snow day plans. We started off at Panera for lunch with a side of email. We then had the best idea ever...Painting Pottery at a Potter Studio, go to the mall, and then go to a Movie Grill Dinner Theatre! Our plans took a nosedive when we discovered that the pottery was not a one day deal, but that you would have to return in one week for your finished products. Bummed over our once a in lifetime bright idea we set plan B into motion...Bowling/Arcade. We unfortunately discovered upon arrival that every other snowed in kid had the same idea causing the bowling alley to be over run with kids bowling there hearts out and mom's watching Day's Of Our Lives on the "alley TVs" We then ventured down to the Arcade to discover it was CLOSED! Plan B...bowled over. Plan C...go to the mall BLAHHHH! So since the mall is always open we made our way there and wandered for a while. The evening was then spent chilling at the apartment in anticipation for Dinner and a Movie! As all things went on this particular snow day our movie didn't go as planned either. Upon arrival we found out that Cloverfield was sold out and that we would have to watch it at 10pm! So instead of Dinner at the theatre we went for some always delicious Giordano's Deep Dish Pizza. So after stuffing ourselves on stuffed pizza we went back to the theatre for our much anticipated viewing of Cloverfield, which we heard was the best movie of the year hands down! Hands down Cloverfield was the dumbest movie of the year, and I would not advise even my worse enemy to see this movie. No plot, Blair Witch style camera angles, bad acting, and the monster wasn't even scary are all reasons for this to be on the DO NOT WATCH list! To cap this day off Melissa and Dave both got motion sick during the movie, and I was in jeopardy of being thrown up on! After saying goodbye on Sat. afternoon we headed off to the dirty south!