Wednesday I went to an all-day retreat up north in Door County. It was in a beautiful location; the Diocese owns land on an island; with a lake in the middle of the island; they had boats available so my friend & I rowed out on the lake; very cool. Also toured a lighthouse and did lots of walking around. We had minimal requirements re: sessions to attend, etc. so there was a lot of free time for contemplation, etc.
Thursday I was running around all day; tons of errands, etc.
Friday a.m. hubby, girlchild & I left for Chicago, where we visited the French consulate to apply for girlchild's student visa; luckily her paperwork was in order so they issued it to her right away. She is now "good to go" for France in a month.
Then we walked around downtown Chicago for a while and had lunch, etc.
Then we drove up to Racine, WI, where hubby's sister & her hubby live in a beautiful home very near Lake Michigan. We spent the night and left the next morning for home; except it took twice as long as usual because we were held up in a traffic jam on the interstate for TWO HOURS. Turned out that about a ten mile section of the interstate (I-43) was blocked off in boths directions and all traffic was being diverted; we never found out why. There was no construction so we can only assume there was a major accident. Very frustrating to be sitting there for so long and not know what was going on.
Yesterday was spent just getting caught up around here and vegging out quite a bit.
And now I have to get dressed and get to rehearsal.:)