Take Me Out to the Ball Game

The whole family went to a baseball game out in Schaumburg, Illinois. Read about our wonderful time and why it doesn’t matter whether you are a Sox or a Cubs fan, and why you should take your family to a Flyers game at Chicago Moms Blog here.

Family Time to Lift My Spirits

Gadget Man has been off of work this week on vacation and since Eva started second grade on Wednesday, we decided to take Charlie on a family of three outing to the Shedd Aquarium in the big city. We were happily surprised to find a “dress rehearsal” of Fantasea, their new dolphin show which is so much more than a dolphin show now. Gone are the “don’t litter” lectures and the endless blabbing on of the marine biologists. What they have done is quite magical. Gadget Man and I speculated someone consulted Disney for this new show. Costumes, lights, a boat which flies across the pool and umbrella toting divers dressed in dolphin outfits appear a la Mary Poppins style and drop into the water unexpectedly. The belugas, hawks and penguins join the dolphins for this spectacular show. The only downer was a special pre-show film narrated by Bill Kurtis of how they had to fly the belugas to Connecticut for nine months while the the Shedd was renovated. I can’t believe they couldn’t find or build something suitable and it was better to fly the whales on a plane! I guess I’ve been watching too much Whale Wars and I’ve really come to love those guys. When Fantasea officially comes out go see it!!!

I’ve Been AWOL Again, for Good Reason

I can’t believe it has been so long since I’ve blogged. We’ve had a death in the family, Gadget Man’s father (my father-in-law). It has been awful for Gadget Man, not because he and his father were so close, but because the y weren’t. His father was not a good role model and even stole from others, including his own sons in the past. I believe it is much tougher to mourn for a “loved” one, when that person’s love is complicated. Gadget Man’s family has been terrible to him. I’m not really going to go into it all here because this is really his story to tell.

As for me, life here has been really tough. Gadget Man has been moody and unpredictable. I can’t do anything right. I’m here blogging at 3 a.m. because I get flack for being on the computer. I get in “trouble” for not moving fast enough, for going out to meetings or to be with friends. Basically, in his eyes, I can’t do anything right. I’m sad, depressed, and lonely.