Sources of Strength

Sources of strength

Sources of Strength

Hi, welcome to My Sunday Snapshot 36! This weekend I had the opportunity to drive the high school wrestling team to a tournament. What a fun experience. The hosting high school had a hospitality room that was very nice. If you have not been to a wrestling match, they are an all day event. The hospitality room provided a nice breakfast and then lunch. Quite a nice selection of meats: chicken, pulled pork and sausage.

Hospitality room meal
The food was delicious!

While at the school, I noticed in the commons room/lunch araa there was this sign posted on the wall. Nothing fancy, just a plain piece of paper taped to the wall. What an inspiration! I knew I wanted to feature this collage of images for this week’s My Sunday Snapshot.

Sources of strength wall
What an awesome idea!

Four weeks ago I became a Student Delivery Specialist (School Bus Driver 🙂 ), Not a day goes by that I regret making the work change. It was a learning curve for sure with fear and wonderful experiences. If interested, read about it here.

I met two other drivers at the tournament hospitality room, Sylvia and Jerry. Maybe our bus trails will cross again!!

New friends
New friends.

It’s never too late to make a work change. Even as they say, can’t teach an old dog new tricks is NOT true. Keep an open mind, be accepting to making mistakes (learn from them) and most of all, have fun. Trust me, you will be glad you did!

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra
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Chicago the Windy City

Chicago the Windy City.

Hi, I decided to take a trip on a whim! Wanted to eat the famous Chicago deep dish pizza.

Chicago the Windy City
Chicago’s deep dish pizza

Once upon a time I worked for our family business. I met Linda, a valued customer who would come into the store with her family. Over time I became friends with her. We since sold the store and we lost contact. One day I was in Walmart and she approached me. We exchanged phone numbers. I reached out to her and we began to make dates to meet for brunch to visit.

#95, Meet up with an old friend and catch up.

During one of our brunches I mentioned to her I would like to eat Chicago deep dish pizza and asked if she would be interested in going with me. Our adventure was going to happen.

Back in March we decided to go the first Tuesday in May. We spent one evening in the Windy City. When we went to check into the Congress Hotel, the desk clerk, Jasmine upgraded our room. She did a wonderful kindness for us. The view was absolutely beautiful, night lights and the sunrise were gorgeous.

chicago congress hotel
The Congress Hotel

We walked a lot, 23,298 steps Tuesday! Walked to Millennium Park, Navy Pier and took the bus back to the hotel. Next we went to Lou Malnatis for our pizza. Then off to Wallis Tower, formally known as Sears Tower. The tallest building in Chicago.

Wednesday we reserved our Wendella Lake & River Architecture Tour. We enjoyed this. After walking down the streets it was neat to see the buildings by boat. Here are just a few of the images taken. Too many to share all of them.

Chicago the windy city
Millenium Park, Navy Pier, Lake & River Architecture Tour
On the left side of the collage there is a picture that has a green circle on it. That was the floor our room was on.

train travel
#28 on 101 in 1001 list- Travel in a train
K9 dog statues
Click this image for more K9 statue information.

Once back home and reflecting on the trip, never did I notice trash or litter on the streets and in the alley ways. Even while looking thru all of the images I had taken, no evidence of trash/litter. Secondly, both of us returned safe and unharmed. Now keep in mind we stayed in the downtown area and was back in our hotel room by 10 pm. We had a good time!

Have you been to Chicago? What was your favorite experience while there?

I have already asked Linda if she would like to go again next year. Gotta have me that Chicago deep dish pizza again!

To see more images from this trip, click here!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra
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