What another beau­ti­ful day in Chicago … and appar­ently we hit a record high 83 degrees in the city today.

Let me tell you, it was ver­rry dif­fi­cult to want to stay focused at work today. Not only because I had been work­ing on these reports; which were strictly data dri­ven (and bor­ing as h*ll) … but because I would have rather been out­side enjoy­ing that incred­i­ble weather.

Rest assured, I got outta Dodge as soon as pos­si­ble and met Hubby down on Michi­gan Avenue. And appar­ently, the rest of those lucky stu­dents and fam­i­lies that get an Easter Break were on the Mag­nif­i­cent Mile as well. After an entire win­ter of stra­gler tourists, I for­got how nuts it could be once the weather turned nice.

Any­way, Hubby & I took advan­tage of the nice day and did a lit­tle explor­ing. We ended up in the Old Town neigh­bor­hood of Chicago and had a nice din­ner at a small French Bistro. Then we walked next door to the pet store and oogled over cute pup­pies. Which of course had us miss­ing our own menagerie of furbabies.

So we headed back home and decided to go for an extra long walk with our Kozzy-​​girl. All of us, dog included, need to lose that Mid­west­ern Win­ter weight that we all put on these past few months.**

Our poor Kozzy … She was so excited to go for a walk. And even moreso when she real­ized we were walk­ing much fur­ther than we nor­mally do. Except … well, except then she real­ized that she had to walk that same amount back home. That’s when her pace slowed down con­sid­er­ably, her tail slunk down a lit­tle lower, and her tongue started hang­ing out of her mouth. And when we finally got back home, she lapped up all the water in a bowl in a man­ner of seconds.

Now … well, now she’s crashed on the rug right next to our couch, snor­ing. Loudly.

So. Adorable!!

The thing is, that I know today is just an April Fool’s joke. Because even though tomor­row is also sup­posed to be nice (three days in a row … woo-​​hoo!!) … the rest of the week­end is going to drop back down to the 50’s and be a bit rainy.

Well … must enjoy it while we can!

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I’m com­ing up on the last days of Lent. Can’t believe it’s almost the end …

Good Deed of the Day: I spent some time today with a co-​​worker who was dis­ap­pointed in the out­come of a pos­si­ble oppor­tu­nity. Pre­vi­ously, we had talked about how things hap­pen for a rea­son. And this dis­cus­sion today; well, it was just a recap of that prior con­ver­sa­tion. I hope it gave her some comfort.

Grate­ful Thought of the Day: I love warm weather … it puts a lit­tle spring to my step. I’m so thank­ful for days like today. It always makes me look for­ward to more days like today.

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** Seri­ously! I put on a skirt that I hadn’t worn since late Octo­ber and … well, let’s just say it was a lit­tle snug. Grr …