So I couldn't let the beauty of today's weather go away in vain, so a nice rollerblading trip seemed like the thing to do. Rollerblading up and down the lakeshore path is actually quite fun, even if the northen wind is howling to a paint where you're lucky if you move forward with each push. The people watching it quite fun... dare I say, I think it's more fun than the diag back in A2. I think it's the plethora of people that aren't just college students racing to class or 'studying'.
Anywho, I decided to take a break at the water fountain out front of Navy Pier. There was one family with two cute kids running around the fountain, trying to get wet and not get wet, screaming and running their piggy little legs off. Ahyway, one of them screams when the water shoots up from the ground and runs to mommy. I chuckle a little bit, and I even may have made a three word comment of some sort in the direction of the mom and child. She looks back and sees me. She smiles...
And the next thing I know I'm hearing their family life story for the next 15 minutes. Husband works for the Navy at the Great Lakes training base north of here. Used to work for the Marines for 13+ years, but was laid off right before he was supposed to be promoted. One kid was born in Arizona, the other in Michigan. The USO office in Navy Pier does a lot of stuff for families at the training center, like free or discounted transportation to/from the center, tickets to shows and plays, and a shit-load of other cool stuff. 3 years, 4 months and some number of days before he retires with full benefits. Brother turned down a $91k signing bonus to join the Navy's nuclear program about 15 years ago, but currently works at some government-funded nuclear lab making more money than should be allowed. Didn't realize that Navy Pier was an expensive tourist trap until they got a $20 lunch at McDonald's.
Ohhh kaaaayyyeeeeee..... Buh-bye now.
<Apu Accent>Thank you. Come again!</Apu Accent>
Posted by Austin at June 15, 2003 05:33 PMIs your keyboard broken? You really do sound like the immigrant with the craaa-zah english.
Posted by: Janine on June 16, 2003 06:14 AMIt's probably just me... for some strange reason I was having problems typing yesterday.
Posted by: Austin on June 16, 2003 08:22 AM