New Driver In Town

Congratulations is in order for Nolan, the newest driver in the family!!  That is both exciting and scary at the same time but I'm confident that he will be awesome.  Although it dawned on me not that long ago that there are now 5 drivers and 2 cars, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those are awful odds (HINT HINT Mom and Dad...)  Today was a good day because Olivia and Cole came over and hung out with me and Michael (Laura and Jill were at volleyball camp at Northwestern - Ben I passed your house about 8 times this past week, you probably already know this but you live REALLY close to that stadium.)  Michael and I had to take it easy because yesterday we went to the Cubs game.  Yesterday, I woke him up and we jumped in the car, drove to Elmhurst to pick up the tickets from Emily (thanks again for those.)  I quickly learned that downtown Elmhurst is one of the most difficult cities in the world to navigate.  Without a smartphone or any clue that all the streets were one-way it was difficult but with my keen sense of direction instilled in my brain at a young age and Emily's help, we found it!  We jetted back to Park Ridge, and headed to the Skokie Swift (only my 2nd trip to Skokie that day-I covered a lot of territory yesterday).  I had never used the Skokie Swift but it worked out perfect for getting to Wrigley although our train had some technical difficulties about 20 yards from Addison which was pretty much the only set back we experienced.  When we finally got inside, we were already sweating and had to take off the jerseys we were wearing (Michael let me borrow me one of his) but my hyperhydrosis reached a whole new level if you catch my drift.  We had to get up within the first 5 mins and stand under the misters set up (I'm gonna blame the fact that my hair was soaking on those...)  It ended up being $1 hot dog day (I LOVE DEALS especially on something as delicious as a ballpark hot dog!)  The other highlight of the day was seeing Lizzy on the job!  She is an intern at Wrigely (talk about an awesome job) but i felt so bad because she had to wear a polo and khaki pants in that extreme heat but it was great to catch up with her and Michael got a sticker out of the whole deal.  We had to sit on our jerseys because the bleachers were so hot (hot is an understatement, we roasted) and Michael spent the majority of the game putting ice cubes in his hat and rubbing them on his wrists but I'm proud to say that we made it all the way through the 7th inning but we just couldn't take it anymore (surprisingly we are human.)  The bleachers were an experience for Michael (they're an experience for anyone) but I think he had a blast.  Plus, I love going to Cubs games even though I'm willing to admit that we are absolutely awful.  I have successfully been to the 2 most extreme games of the season because I went with Courtney in May and we were wearing winter coats.  True fan right here.