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It's summertime in Chicago

Today was the perfect summer day in the city. The weather has finally warmed up, and I think it's officially summer now. Nina and I went to Berry Chill, a frozen yogurt place we'd been wanting to try. As I walked to the Borders on Michigan Ave eating my frozen yogurt with raspberries, it was one of those moments where you think, "It doesn't get any better than this." At Borders, I reserved my copy of Breaking Dawn and signed up for the midnight release party. I'm so excited! Nina and I then had a late lunch at some bistro on State St, but our consensus was that it was not very good and overpriced. But still, it was a fabulous day.

I am so glad to be done with school. Yesterday was our last day. To celebrate, I went out to The Violet Hour last night with some of my favorite friends who are also teachers. The drinks were delicious, as usual. It was nice to be able to go there on a week night; it's really hard to get in on weekends.

Not much else is going on. I'm just enjoying the down time. Well, the little that I have, anyway. I leave for Cedar Point on Saturday. So tonight, I'm going to do a little cleaning and read one of my new books. I can't decide which one to start first; I'm excited about all three: When You Are Engulfed in Flames (the new David Sedaris book), unChristian, or Welcome to Temptation.

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