Rain Rain Rain

I spoke too soon in my last post. It's been raining non stop lately! I haven't been able to go to the pool at all. Hopefully the rain won't follow us to Mexico next week!

In better news.....Angel and I found an apartment in the city, we move August 1st!

HOT HOT HOT

It's finally summer! (Although spring was nowhere to be found this year) We've been having record heat for this time of year (95 today). I hear it's going to get over 100 tomorrow! My mom and I ran a 10k Saturday, and the heat was miserable. I drank more water then I ever have before while running, and ran through as many sprinklers as I could find. Later, I found out that someone died and 10 people were hospitalized from the heat while running in a race downtown that same day. I don't think I've ever been so miserable running before, and I'm glad drank so much water while I ran. I bought a season pass to the pool this summer, and I'm so glad I did! I've been going almost every day now that the school year is over.

13.1

Sunday May 15th I ran my first half marathon. I was 2 hours and 16 minutes which was just at a 10:30 minute mile pace. I seem to always be able to go faster in races then I do in training. (I guess that's normal.) I was nervous because I really hadn't gone much further then 10 miles in my training, so I wasn't sure if I could make it! 

Luckily the weather was perfect for running (not so much for watching). It was in the low 50's, cloudy, and slightly misting. *not sure if misting is a word :)

The first 10 miles were not bad at all and went by rather quickly. Not gonna lie, the last three were a little tough. It did get very windy and cold running on the bridge coming into downtown Cleveland. Although the race wasn't as nearly as tough as I thought it would be, it definitely was a great feeling to be done!

My Mom, Angel and I with our medals on.

Milwaukee....the trip home

We packed up and left Milwaukee on our third day but we had a few stops on the way home we planned to make. 

Our first stop was the MYERS CHEESE CASTLE. Nope, not a castle made of cheese but it was full of cheese (delicious cheese inside!)

We bought some great jalapeno cheese bread and cheddar cheese cubes.

Next up we stopped at the jelly belly factory, but it was the day before Easter so the place was crawling with screaming babies and hyper children. We didn't feel like waiting an hour to take the tour (plus its just a distribution plant, no production) so we just bought some jelly bellies and left. 

We stopped at an outlet mall and then cruised on home. 

Later that night we dyed some Easter eggs. Angel doesn't eat eggs, and I forgot about them so now they're rotten. Ooops. 

Overall I think we had a great trip in Milwaukee. It's not a place that I'd want to go back to many times, but it was definitely worth seeing.

Milwaukee Day 2

Our second day in Milwaukee was our biggest day. 

We woke up and went to the Pabst Mansion. 

http://www.pabstmansion.com/

 ( I'm actually in this picture, can you find me?)

It was an amazing mansion and we had the cutest little 75 year old woman for a tour guide. The house was beautiful and Captain Frederick Pabst was an interesting man. 

(These pictures are all from the website; you weren't allowed to take pictures inside.)

At the end of the tour the little old lady said "PBR got a bad name for awhile, but I've heard it's becoming quite popular again". Angel and I just looked at each other and smiled, because it's obviously the worst beer ever. But laughs on us I guess because the Captain made millions off of the disgusting stuff. Nice mansion though. 

Our next stop was the Miller Brewing Tour. 

 

I'm trying to lift a keg, unsuccessful. 

The tour itself was ok. Unfortunately production wasn't happening because the plant was closed for Good Friday. I was disappointed we didn't get to see all those bottles go by. 

This warehouse was filled and filled with case after case of beer. This picture doesn't due it justice at all. The best part was when the tour guide said that this warehouse provides ten states with beer, but 60% percent all goes to ONE city to the south. What city was that? You guessed it..... Chicago!

After the tour they sit you at a bar table. (We were sat with a very nice couple from Milwaukee.) Then out comes the free beer! I was expecting samples...but they give you 3 ten ounce beers, EACH! I was definitely feeling a little tipsy when we left. 

Our tickets to the Pabst Museum also included admittance to two other places, so that's where we headed next. The Charles Allis Art Museum was the strangest "museum" I have ever been to. It was an old house full of random things. Plus, Angel and I were the only ones in the place.
We couldn't think of anything to do other then take strange pictures

Angel plays the "museum" piano 

What the heck is this??

Reading a book...

This museum was so weird and boring so I took a nap on the couch

The last house museum was the Villa Terrace. Not nearly as good as the Pabst but definitely better then the Charles Allis.

While we were at the last museum we saw a brochure for the distillery nearby. We headed over there right away. The tour was informative and the guy definitely knew his stuff. We paid 3 dollars for a tasting afterward which basically meant a quarter shot of everything they produced.

Bloody Mary before the tour.

I totally forgot what kinda drink this was. I know it tasted good :) 

We went back to the hotel to shower and get ready. We wanted to do some walking around/shopping before dinner but it was POURING rain. We went to dinner at an ok restaurant but it wasn't great. We were going to go to a comedy show that night, but we were so tired that we ended up just stopping at the casino for awhile before going back to our hotel. Originally we really thought it would have been fun to go to a Brewers game, and tickets were only 4 dollars. However with the rain we decided we didn't want to be wet and cold. It wasn't until later while watching the game at the restaurant we realized why the people in the stands weren't even wearing coats. THEY PLAY IN A DOME!!! Haha there was no need for us to consider the weather! Oh, well.

Milwaukee Day 1

I think the most succesful part of our trip was the fact I learned how to spell Milwaukee! (It's hard!) 

Last weekend Angel and I traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin (or Wiscahhhnson depending on where you're from). 

My adventure started before I left Naperville actually. I walked to the train station and planned on taking the metra to the city where Angel works because it's on the way to Milwaukee. I show up at the train station and they announce my train is canceled, but the next train (coming 15 minutes later) is going to stop at the first trains stops. Okay, no big deal just 15 minutes. The train arrives and I get on. Once it starts to move the ticket taker comes around and I say "I'm going to Hinsdale". He says, "This train is not stopping in Hinsdale, you better get off in Lisle and catch the next one." What???? I hurry off the train. It's not until after I get that I realized the dumb ticket taker probably just didn't know that this train was following the previous trains schedule.  So I should have just stayed on! Oh well, too late for that. I check the next train schedule in Lisle and the next train isn't coming for an hour and half! There was no way I was waiting for that, so I called Angel at work and while he finished work I waited in a coffee shop. 

After that train debacle I was pleasantly surprised that it only took an hour and forty five minutes to arrive in Milwaukee.

After we checked in to our hotel we went to one of Angel's favorite restaurants in Milwaukee, Saz's. It was good, but I don't think it is one of my FAVORITE restaurants....

I can't get this picture to flip around...sorry!

BBQ

The view from our hotel

Amanda Moore Squared

Today while subbing I was taking attendance. 

I saw a name and paused...."Amanda Moore" 

I quickly exclaimed, "We have the same first and last name!"

I think I confused the poor girl.