Labor Day Weekend

When we left Eau Claire in July we took an entire house worth of stuff to Illinois with us. After coming back from Europe and unpacking our boxes we realized that, with no basement storage space in our apartment, we were not going to have enough room for everything. As a result we had a number of boxes filled with various items, from childhood keepsakes to a belt sander, for which we had no space. This was the whirlwind weekend to take care of all of this.

On Friday we piled ourselves and our boxes in the car and headed up to Eau Claire for the weekend. We left at 6 PM and arrived around 1 AM. Luckily Nobu was nice enough to let us crash at his place. This was great for two reasons: he stays up late so arriving at one in the morning was not a problem and we hadn't seen him for several months. Upon arriving at Nobu's we stayed up until 3 AM talking and drinking wine. It was great to catch up.


The next morning we went out for breakfast and then hung out during the day. Nobu left for the Twin Cities around 5 PM for a party and Kaia and I went to her mom's house to drop off some stuff and pick up our house plants. We both felt like 19 year old college kids again and we piled all of our boxes in the basement. After dinner with Carole and Randy we headed to the Joynt where we met up with Chris Hahn and Mike Renneke. It was great to catch up with those guys and we even went to Burrito Express at El Patio as a treat afterward.

Sunday morning we woke up at Nobu's house, then had lunch with Kaia's dad and Gail, and then headed to La Crosse to visit my parents. They took us out for dinner and we spent the night there. Today we awoke in La Crosse and returned to Champaign with our car loaded with plants, apples, beer, maple syrup and clean laundry. Yes, I brought my dirty laundry to parents' house and washed it there. Like I said, we are 19 again.


It felt like a whirlwind this weekend but it was great to see everyone. The next time we are back in Wisconsin it will be Thanksgiving. I can almost taste the turkey now...