April showers bring May flowers

I'm really glad I made a pact with myself to not wear a coat for the rest of the spring season. For many reasons. #1 being that ever since I made this pact, Chicago's weather has vastly improved. On Friday, it was 80 degrees. No joke. So you know what we did? A group of us from the singles branch got together and played sand volleyball at the beach. Three silly boys even jumped in Lake Michigan. I dipped my feet in. It was freezing. They submerged themselves. And then Amanda and I went running around the Lake. The Lake was to our left, the city to our right. It was almost midnight and people were out and about strolling, watching movies on the grass on their laptops, bike riding. It was so fun. I think the best part is that the trail we took led to the AMC movie theaters. The plan is for the rest of the summer to run the Lake and then see a movie at the end. Motivation? I think so. The above and all the below were taken with my camera phone. Sand from the beach is what is contributing to the grainish of the image (perhaps the poor quality of the camera phone as well). 

Amanda and I (self photo) during our run. I was so SO SO happy about the warm, beautiful weather. I don't even mind the incredible frizziness of my hair, because that frizz tells me that it's summertime. 

And then Saturday night was way rainy and thunder storming. It was a little bit of a bummer because my sisters came down for the night and we had big plans to go to this one area of town, Wicker Park, with lot's of cute shops and restaurants and just walk around and shop. Instead, we ended up going to Ed Debevics. Have you heard of it? It's this 50s themed restaurant, with hamburgers and milkshakes and rude waiters. No joke. They give you a hard time, you give it right back. We enjoyed ourselves throughly. 

Sisters are the greatest. 

Can you believe it's almost May?