Actually, I should say a day at Marriot in Chicago. E is taking her whole day oral exam today and I volunteered to accompany her. We got here with no incident. Ey used his premium membership and reserved a room for us, it is in the Conciere’s floor that comes with free dinner and breakfast and freshly brewed Starbucks coffee machine. After we got here, we realized the test center is on the other side of the parking lot, a 5 minute walk if that. Great! We looked in the dining room and found hotdogs and some beef sitting in a pot of liquid. Not very appitazing. We talked to the conciere and decided to go out. He recommended Harry Carey about 2 miles away. We took a cab and had a great dinner there. The waitor, Robert, is from Poland and he’s quite funny actually. He approved our selections for dinner and chastised us when we wanted to order dessert while our leftovers are wrapped up in bags. But all in all, it was good food and good company. Finally had a chance to talk to E. It seems lately we never had time to sit down for a one-on-one talk. This was a great catch up dinner.
I walked her over this morning to the test center and came back to the room, did some knitting and found that I brought the wrong color of yarn for the lace project. And I need a separate needle for the edging. So I took a short nap, maybe just a closed-eye rest and checked out the room. Came down to the lobby and fired an email to L. It was a big mistake to not have the right thing for knitting. With all the stuff I brought, knitting is the thing that keeps my hands busy while listening to the ebook.