Emily Hope: This is a good life

Precursor: My apologies for the long, windy post :)

I just had an awesome trip to see the Fiance. He just found out Friday that he officially got a web design job in Cleveland starting after he graduates in May! We are excited and praising God for how He provides. To celebrate, we went to Ikea and picked up a few things for our future home, now that know at least what area that will be in. I love Ikea so the curtains and nick knacks were such a treat. We also went to Gameworks, which is a glorified Dave and Busters. We hardcore played games and then won ourselves a 18 inch whoopee cushion. If that's not class, I don't know what is

On Sunday we spent some good time with Seth's dad and stepmom at church and out for some good brunch. In the afternoon we went to a mall. You know those semi shady looking massage places in malls? Yeah, we both got a 22 minute chair massage. That was super weird.

ANYYYYWAAAAYYY, after that, I treated Seth to Medieval Times because we are just that cool and lame of a couple. But for real, it was awesome fun! We were in the section that cheered for the Green Knight. The Green Knight was a hardcore rebel and was basically the star of the show, telling the king what he thought was up. But I suppose good always triumphs over evil, so the Black And White Knight won in the last second, saving the Prince and all that goodie two-shoes knightly stuff. Green Knight was way cooler anyway. At Medieval Times, you get to eat your food without utensils. Seth would be the first to testify that usually eat my food more like a waif or a serf and less like a princess, so I fit right in, gooey hands and all.

On Monday, we went into downtown Chicago for the day. May I say, we were in one of those super good moods. The kind of moods when you say to yourself, "I can tell this guy anything! And he loves me! And it's all so good and I'm gonna marry him!" I dunno if that's a legitimate way to describe a mood, but it fit mine. And the unusual February sunshine and warm breeze, and the calm of the lake as you sit on the outskirts of a bustling city, they all reflected our good mood. And we frolicked around the Alder Planetarium and threw melting ice chunks into Lake Michigan. And then he dropped me off for my trip home on the Megabus. But it's all alright. I won't have to do that for much longer.

Sorry for the multitude of pictures. We finally had a visit together where we took a lot of photos. And I'm sparing you from any Instagram pics, so be thankful! (Seth gave me his old Ipod touch, and I was all "WOOOO! Instagram overdose!")

So pumped to cheer on our Green Knight.

Some dudes fighting.

That perfect, sunny, warm Chicago day when all was right in the world.

Navy Pier!

Checking out the world.

So, if you're still patiently looking at these pictures, I commend you and think you're weird. To reward you I will tell you about the above picture. I have an autoimmune disease called Raynaud's. It's really not a huge deal. But my hands are always super cold. This was a heat sensitive camera in the planetarium. Do you see how icy blue my fingers are? We were obsessed and thought it was the coolest thing ever.