mdw 2009

memorial day weekend started off rather long and boring. it started on friday in maui where we cruised up and down front street in maui and had a nice lunch before heading to the airport. the flight from maui to honolulu was nice and short and island air clearly had the youngest pilot ever... i chose to try and ignore that he probably didn't have loads of experience. anyways, we were walking to the presidents club in honolulu and all of a sudden i heard my name. hunh? i look up and it is leah caldeira! i knew she lived in oahu, but i thought she was still going to be in nyc so i never expected to run in to her. turns out she was already back from nyc and headed to maui herself to visit her parents. we caught up for a few mins (she had to get to her flight, we had about 2.5 hours) and snapped a quick picture with the promise to see each other in sept 2010 which is the next time we have the time share in maui. we then boarded our flight to houston and 7 some hours + a few screaming babies later, we landed. pat and i had another 3 hours to kill there and mom and dad got to go home. before they left, dad got us in to the president's club. pat and i had a nice time chatting and it went relatively quickly. it was then time for me to head to chicago and another 2.5 hour flight and pat headed back to north carolina. back in chicago, i grabbed my bag and made my way to the cabs so tired i could barely stand it. i finally got home and made my way promptly to the couch to catch up on all those dvr'd shows i'd missed. then it was nap time and that was pretty much the rest of my afternoon. of course i went to bed rather late as i couldn't sleep and then i woke up nice and late at 1. in hawaii, i'd been waking/getting up around 6ish every day....grrrr... time change sucks!

anyways, now on to the fun part of the weekend: sunday! sunday afternoon/evening ish a bunch of us gathered for some fun at megan's house. trish, me, megan (duh, it's her house), katy (a new friend), heather (trish's sister), kyle, ellen, becca, and kristen for a bit were all there. we sat around drank beer, chatted, gossiped, and played some bags. then someone thought it would be smart to play a drinking game... so we did... ala college years, we played kings.

me and kyle up close:


me and kyle jump in to katy and megan's pic:


after we were good and drunk, we decided to head out to the bars. becca had to go to a going away party and so she left and kristen needed to get home b/c her parents were in town and staying with her. so the 7 of us started by walking to sheffield's located conveniently a few blocks away on sheffield. we hogged a booth, knocked over a few beers, and had a blast...

all the ladies in the booth: ellen, kyle, megan, me, katy, trish, heather


ellen, kyle, megan, and me:


after sheffields, we ambled on down to trader todd's and drank a couple of beers we'd all stashed in our purses. oh yes, ghetto style! some got drank in the bars, some on the way.

megan and kyle show off their beers:


all of us had at least one or two or three in our purses: trouble!!

trader todd's is kinda a margaritaville/fl/jimmy buffett theme with karaoke. there were some good singers and some really wretched ones...

ohhhh boy... here shows that we've had too much to drink:


from there, we kept walking down sheffield and went to kirkwood where we stayed til they kicked us out at 2. being quite toasty and not ready to go home, we piled in the car and went to burton place, a favorite after hours spot. ellen decided to ditch out and go home. i only remember 5 of us in the cab. hmm... someone else must have left... i'm sure i'll remember... side note added on: there were 6 of us in the cab. 4 in back and trish on top - so 5 in back technically and then megan up front. packed cab!

anyways, on to burton place!
dunno who took this or why, but here is burton place:

at burton place, we ran in to a couple of guys kyle knew. well now it gets interesting... this one guy miller and i started talking and boy this guy is cute and i remember thinking he reminded me of someone... of course i have no memory of who i thought that was exactly now, but whatever. he was cute. and the self proclaimed #2 hugger in chicago. i tested it out... i'd have to go with #1 hugger... only b/c i have never been hugged by a more ripped guy. my lord this guy had some nice muscles and not an ounce of fat that i could feel! yes, nice hug indeed. then, kyle being the good friend she is warmed me about this guy as apparently he has quite the player rep, which i could see that being the case. hot guy... knows it... good banterer... clearly clearly there was no way i'd be lucky enough to find out he was a fine upstanding guy. but whatever, i'd been drinking since 5pm and didn't really care. i was having fun flirting with the hot guy and so i continued to do so. some of the girls left... i have no idea when. i know i said goodbye though! kyle and i (i think) were the last to leave and miller left with us. we all got in a cab and went to kyle's where she wasn't having any of it and we weren't coming up - miller wanted to go to my place and i'd already put the kabbash on that. so then he asked if i wanted to go back to his. ummm, ok! kyle tried to warn me several times throughout the night, but i didn't really care at that point. we ended up going to his place and talking a lot... in my drunken state, i asked him all the tough questions - none of which i remember at this moment nor do i remember his answers. all i do remember is that he and kyle's old friend (can't remember why they aren't friends anymore) leigh tend to hook up quite a bit. and that he's a writer/consultant and he's 38. wouldn't have guessed that, but i saw his license. he also has a cat that he swears isn't really his, but kinda is - apparently he got it with his roommates several years ago and now is with him - it's a beautiful russian blue named captain. a big fat guy. he clearly gets enough to eat. he lives in the gold coast and has a very nice 1 bed condo with a great view. we talked until 6ish. oh yes, i watched the sun come up. then it was off to bed. and yes, i slept in my clothes. i woke up with captain on my stomach. all we did was kiss make out. nothing more i swear! i'm not that easy of a girl... a guy's gotta work for it! and esp since kyle issued a warning... anyways, we slept until about 11ish and then he had to get up and go meet his buddy. he was quite the gentleman - i expected to just cab it or el it back to my house. since we'd dressed casually (i had no idea we'd be hitting the bars) i was just in a tshirt, jeans, flip flops and fleece (yes, it is still chilly here), i wasn't concerned about the walk of shame. but, he said it was time to get up so he could drive me home and then get back in time to meet his buddy. so we get to my place and before he says goodbye he asks for my number - again - wasn't expecting that considering what kyle had said about him... but i gave it to him. i mean, he's hot! he tried to tell me how kyle really didn't know that much and that come on, he's 38 - has a past, but doesn't everyone?! and kyle apparently dated his buddy (also at the bar) but it didn't end so well apparently. and well, he was a pretty darn fantastic kisser... and those abs. do i expect a call? nope. but it sure was a fun night! and when i got home, i decided to make it a couch/lazy day as it was rainy and yucky out. perfect weather to be a loaf!