April 2017

Hello! It's May, and We're here to talk about April! The semester just ended this past week so I was a little to wrapped up with school to get the monthly blog post out. And it's still pretty chilly here in the Windy City. We had a pretty mild winter (though Lawrence would probably say it got too cold, which is true, we had some sub-arctic temperatures for a couple of weeks), we didn't get too many snow storms and we had quite a bit of sun despite the frigid temperatures, and then by January and February it started warming up again. But now it's like February and March temperatures just don't want to leave.

But the trees have finally blossomed!

That aside, we've tried our best to get back outside and enjoy the fresh air. We returned to the Lincoln Park Zoo and spent a little more time wandering around looking at the animals. We went earlier in the day and many of the animals were rather active, having just been fed or about to be fed.

We also broke out the roller-blades again for the season and we managed to go out on them a couple

weeks in a row before the temperatures fell again. We--ok, mostly me--will take a bit before being able to do 10-miles like we did by the end of last year, but it's been lovely to be able to get out in the sun and sweat again, seasonal allergies aside.

The school year began to wind down in April, much to both my dismay and relief--the end of the semester usually brings the stress of large final assignments.

We had a little Easter fun, dyed some eggs and got tulips and little Easter baskets. Then we had a ham and cheesy funeral potatoes (they're just called funeral potatoes in the Rocky Mountain West), which we shared with another family who'd had a baby that week.

Lawrence completed a painting he's been working on for nigh on a year. And also, Lawrence has now been in America for a full year! Yay for arbitrary anniversaries! We celebrated by... Shanelle working on her final paper and then we watched TV.

Here's to the summer warming up, and for all the friends and family we'll be seeing in the next few months.