Easter

I spent Friday afternoon and Saturday in Milwaukee with my girls. The weather was as almost as bad as it could be, so we didn’t bike together as we originally planned, but we spent a lot of time together, which was very satisfying, especially after the last week as it was.

I packed several egg coloring sets and three boxes of cookies I baked last Sunday and decorated on Thursday.

After my escorting shift, I picked up more pastries from Vanille before heading to Union Station and boarding the Hiawatha train to Milwaukee. The first four days of the week felt like one gigantic workday, and I was more than tired, both physically and emotionally. I literally felt my legs heavy and difficult to move. On Thursday night, I sat on the floor in front of the opened suitcase unable to pack my stuff.

I feel tons better ow, although the to-do list didn’t become shorter. We had a great time in Milwaukee, decorating more cookies, coloring eggs, reading books, and talking. It’s amazing how much you can rechange just by being together with your loved ones.

Nadia had a group violin lesson, so we all went to the conservatory, and this time, I had time to explore this beautiful building.

On Saturday afternoon, we visited the Mitchell Domes. They have an exhibit inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s art:

Then, we went to the Desert Dome.

And then to the Tropical one:

I needed to get home on Sunday early enough to get ready to celebrate Easter with my mom and Igor, so Anna drove me all the way to Kenosha to take UPN Metra train to Rogers Park. That was not an obvious decision, but in this case, it worked really well, and leaving Anna’s house shortly after 9 PM, I was at home before midnight!