For the last hour or so, Jen, Chad & Quinn joined me, but mostly I just sat in the sun and read, took dips in the pool and people watched.

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On Wednesday Stephanie and I ran some morning errands, grilled corn and zucchini for lunch and then were finally able to go to the pool. We were at “open swim” until 3:45 p.m. and then had to get out for an hour of “parents and tots swim.” We used that time to go and get [...]

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On Tuesday, Stephanie and I went to the farmers’ market. I don’t know if she’d ever been to a farmers’ market before. She wasn’t too terribly interested. Vegetables are not cool, apparently. Although, I must admit that she did try some things I doubted she would. Thank you baba ganoush for all of that. Back [...]

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Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago
Yesterday I spent a lot of time reading outside. Some of that time was at Hamlin Park where there were 3 baseball games going on. I watched the games, read a little, walked around. I think it’s nice that Hamlin Park has so many activities throughout the summer to keep kids occupied [...]

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Erin got a new job and she works from home now. Since her home is a 5 minute walk from my home, on Thursday we made plans to lunch on salads from Robey’s while sitting outside in the sun. Nice time. Erin had her bike in at Roscoe Village Bikes and while we were waiting [...]

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