We are heading to St. Louis tonight for the Cards vs. Cubs game.  Which I would normally be SUPER excited about, and I am, but...

Tonight is the finale of American Idol.  *sighs, wipes tear, hangs head*

Of course, I'll DVR it.  But we'll get home late tonight, so I can either stay up really late and watch it tonight before I read all about it on the internet tomorrow, and then be really, really tired at work tomorrow.  Or I can not watch it, get an extra hour of sleep, read all about it and try to fit it in before the results show tomorrow night.  Ummm, who needs sleep??

And speaking of the game tonight, both of my girls have declared that they will wear their Cardinal shirts to the game rather than their Cubs shirts.  Yeah, score one for mommy.  Now I just have to keep dad out of the picture until we are all dressed and ready to go, or he will swoop in and convince them to wear blue.   

Go cards!!

Oh yeah, highlight's on our trip to Chicago this past weekend.

We had a blast!

The girls loved Shedd Aquarium, especially the sharks and the 4-D SpongeBob movie.  We ate at Ed Debevic's on Saturday night and the girls loved that, we all did.  The game on Sunday was cold, the Cubs lost, but we had a blast.  By the way, I'll take Busch Stadium's bathrooms any day over Wrigley's.  And we rode the train to the game, which the girls thought was more fun than the game itself!

Have a great night, watch American Idol for me and think of me about midnight tonight when I am watching.  But don't tell me what happens!!! 

One more time, Go Cards!!  (We could really use a win tonight!)

It seems like I have a lot going on today, but probably once I get started, I'll struggle to come up with five things that would interest anyone but me.  But, here goes.

1.  We are leaving for Chicago tonight after work.  The girls are excited about staying in a hotel, and really excited because I got one of those suites.  You know, the ones with a separate living area and a kitchen.  They can't believe we will have a refrigerator and a microwave in our hotel room.  Oh, to be a kid again and be thrilled by the simplest things.

2.  Tomorrow we are going to Shedd Aquarium.  I can't wait and neither can the girls.  I pulled up the website the other night and showed the girls.  They are super excited.  We may also go to Field Museum, if we have time.  We'll see.  The only bummer about the aquarium is that the Oceanarium Reimagined is not opening up until next weekend.  Oh well, there is plenty more to see.

3.  Sunday we are going to Wrigley Field.  Yes, I know, I have made it very clear that I am a Cardinal fan, now and forever.  But, for some reason my hubby is a Cubs Fan (I'm pretty sure I would not have married him if I had known about this before I said "I do") and he is brainwashing my children into believing they are Cub fans.  So, I bought Cubs tickets, and they aren't even playing the Cards.  I guess you could say that I love my family more than I hate the Cubs.  I am looking forward to going to Wrigley though, never been. 

4.  Since we don't get to see the Cardinals this weekend, I made sure we had Cards/ Cubs tickets for next weeks series at Busch Stadium.  So, I will get my Cardinal fix on Tuesday, when I will get to see them beat the Cubs, again.

5.  Hmmm....   Well, I knew I would run out of interesting things to say today.  Unless you want to hear all about the two, no make that four, grants that I am currently working that are all due within about a week of each other at the end of May and beginning of June.  Or my trials and tribulations of needing a new car and trying to figure out how to buy one and arguing with my husband about what we want.  Or my desire to move, but the mortgage industries failure to believe me when I say I'll pay my mortgage every month.  Or the fact that I have something going on every weekend until about the middle of June.  Or, well, I'll stop now.

Have a nice weekend.