Relaxing weekend

David is in North Carolina for the weekend (really just today and part of tomorrow) so I get to have a relaxing weekend alone in our apartment. Although I love his company, sometimes it is just necessary to have a little alone time. I was a little productive doing dishes and such, and I plan on doing some more cleaning tomorrow morning. I am trying to decide if I want to go to church this weekend, or wait until next weekend. I should probably go ahead and go tomorrow, but I don't really want to go alone! I am not sure that many people from work (other than the pastors) go to church, so I might not know that many people there. However, that shouldn't prevent me from getting up and going to church. Hopefully it isn't snowing so the walk up there won't be too bad.

A lot of things have happened since my last post, which I will quickly wrap up here. I went home for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it was very nice to see my family and enjoy the holiday season. David and I threw a New Year's Eve party which was super fun and it was nice to finally show our apartment to our friends. I have now survived my first Christmas season at work and I learned so much during that time. I believe I am finally getting the hang of the job and I am glad that I enjoy being there and becoming friends with my co-workers.

I decided not to really make New Year's resolutions this year because I always seem to keep them up for about a month, then totally forget about them. However, I am hoping to eat healthier (sadly as I eat some Mint M&Ms) and work out frequently. I have already lost a few pounds simply walking to and from work each day (it is about a mile each way) and ideally, I would like to lose about 10 more pounds before the summer. 

I have exciting news! David and I are planning a vacation for February to leave the cold weather of Chicago. We found an amazing deal and are headed to Mexico the weekend before Valentine's day. I just bought a new bathing suit and will be super excited to embrace the sun in Mexico. One thing that I realize I really miss is the sun. Even during the day up here in seems like the sun is never shining like it did in North Carolina. Hopefully I will remember to take some pictures in Mexico and will post them here!

At the mention of pictures, here are some recent pictures taken with my phone:

 Smores (we had an entire meal before this dessert as well) at this awesome Japanese restaurant.

 Shedd Aquarium to see the jellyfish exhibit.

 

Cool blue frogs.

 I was greeted by this lovely fish, who pretty much scared the crap out of me.

 Snow from my office window.

 Shadow picture on our walk home from the aquarium (out of order).

 (Old) Roommate picture on New Year's Eve.

 My first Chicago Bulls game!

 Accumulation of snow over the work day. Snow angel on Michigan Ave. below.

  Snow!!! View from our balcony after the first (real) snow this season.

I hope to blog more often so that each post won't be so long, but who knows if that will happen. 

Hope everyone has an amazing weekend and yay for having Monday off of work!