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Where was I? Where am I?

Written by Wendy on September 20, 2006 – 8:41 pm -

Since I last checked in things have gotten busy with the onset of football season. I’m going to attempt to do a text and photo bulleted-list update. Let’s see how edited I can make this:

Friends with children: I went to my friend Natalie’s baby shower at the end of August. She’s having her first daughter in October, possibly on my birthday. I got to catch up with all my girls from Ankeny that I’ve known since high school. It was great to see where they are all at with their lives. Natalie was the lucky friend for whom I managed to finish her baby blanket before her baby was born.
Look, she’s still pregnant and has the blanket!

I’ve seen the Roethler clan a lot lately and I’m starting to accumulate a lot of pictures of the fabulously cute Lindsey (shown here with a bit of Jerry):

Speaking of Jerry (and Sara)… last but not least, I had the priviledge of meeting (but not yet holding) the beautiful Antalya Gwendolyn Steele on Friday. Congrats to J&S! What a lucky girl Antalya is. (shown here with Diane):
Hawkeye football: I’ve managed to survive the first three games of the season. My mom and I are adjusting to having new people around our seats in the stadium. The opening season game v. Montana was just a lovely day at the newly historic Kinnick stadium. I got my proper first-game sunburn and peeled twice. I watched the Syracuse game with the Rothlers and the Steeles in North Liberty. Lindsey is cute and Domino is still hyper and that all that needs to be said about that game. Heart attack much? Iowa v. Iowa State was this past weekend. As the weather went so went the Iowa play. It started out dark and overcast and then after halftime the sun came out and we beat the Cyclones into submission and all was right in the world again. Here’s a fuzzy camera phone picture from the end:
Where I’m at this week: I’m currently in Chicago at my friend Scott’s apartment downtown. Here’s the view out his window:

I’ve been here since Sunday night. I’m attending a week-long class for work and he’s been gracious enough to take me in for the week. After my class on Monday I went to the Apple Store and bought a new iPod and then we went out for Ethiopian food. I had a sampler platter of chicken, beef, lamb, and spinach. I really liked it, especially the beef. Tuesday night we managed to win part of the daily raffle for tickets for ‘Wicked.’ For $25 a piece, we got 3rd row tickets on the left hand side of the stage. We had a slightly blocked view of the back of the stage, but for $25 they were more than worth it. I can see why its such a popular musical and I’d totally see it again. It was great to see the actors close up and see all their facial expressions. Tonight we had dinner at a cute French/American place. They had Pimms cups! The food was fine, but I was much more excited about the drink. Tomorrow we’re going to see King Tut. I’m so excited! There will be a ton of photos, assuming they allow photography.