Oh, Chicago

I'm back! I had a really really great trip to Chicago. I learned a lot, which hopefully I can use at our new office to help grow our business. I met 29 really fantastic people... it's so interesting to be with people from all over the country, who hold the same position I do, also starting a new location like I am, with a similar background to mine. It was neat to share ideas and spend time with people who really understand what you go through on a daily basis! And they were fun to spend time with after hours too... the hotel had a bar which we spent one free evening in and we went out one night downtown also. We took the train into town on a mission to find some good Chicago pizza. We found a little hole in the wall with good drinks and yummy pizza and only a 15 minute wait for a party of 9. It was cold, but not unbearably so and I loved walking around in the city.

I got a little reading done ~ made it through 5 of the 3 magazines (**edited to correct that ~ read 3 of the 5! oops!**) I brought as well as finished a good chunk of the book I'm reading. I went swimming in the indoor pool one night but didn't make it to the gym at all, though I did have good intentions and even brought my work out attire. Oh well.

I do appreciate Denver more, though, after spending some time away. I really like Midwestern people ~ after all I'm a native Hoosier (born & raised in Indianapolis) and they feel like "my people" for lack of a better word. So Chicago feels familiar and comfortable to me.

But I love Colorado too... the mix of people here... the laid back attitude... living in a city that is big enough to be entertaining but not so big that it's daunting to drive around in... it feels safe to me too (though we do have crime here, like anywhere else). Plus we have some beautiful landscape here too.

So it's good to be back home also... but I do love Chicago and I'm glad I went!

I missed my guys a lot but they survived without me and the only casualty was the TV. Somehow it got broken but the repair man is on his way to fix it... I got to talk to them each night and hear about their days so I wasn't too lonely for them.

And now... my parents are here and on their way to my house from the airport. We're heading up to Breckenridge for a few days of snow filled fun! I'm sure I'll have stories and pictures to share once we head back down the mountain... Have a great weekend!