my friend, julie, came to visit me the past few days. we had a great time and i stayed in the hotel with her which meant i got a big queen size bed! it was so great. she came to the show on sunday afternoon and met all the animals. she even got a picture with julie the tiger and asia the elephant. that night a bunch of people went to a tiki bar- we had a blast! monday i had off and we took the metra downtown and went to field museum. we saw sue the t-rex. it is one of two complete models to ever be found. it was pretty neat. the dinosaurs head weighed 600 pounds and was 5 feet long. we saw a bunch of other neat stuff- tombs, mummy's and a lot of fossils. for dinner we went to a great pizza place. everyone always talks about chicago style pizza and it sure is damn good. we had cheeze and spinach stuffed pizza. mmmmmmmmmmm. we went to the movie, fred claus, last night and made it back to the hotel by midnight. she left today :( it was great to see a friend though! tomorrow casey and i fly home!!! oh i cannot wait. i miss home, my family and of course my puppies. i wont even be home for 24 hours- i have to fly back here thursday evening. blah. on sunday we leave chicago and pack up for huntsville, alabama. we have a short schedule there then we head south for the winter. 6 weeks in florida. how nice......