Everyone needs a vacation from time to time to relax, refresh, and rethink. However, in our stage of life with a brand new baby at home, taking off for a week away in the Caribbean isn't going to happen any time soon.
Nonetheless, we still need that time of refreshing. Thursday was like putting batteries on a quick charger. In 12 hours, I felt like we left the universe and landed on Planet Peace and Tranquility.
It started with a simple drive one hour out of town. We stopped by some friends' house for a few hours of conversation and baby talk, we went to a cool used furniture store (Owned by Habitat for Humanity) and looked around. We bought a charming bookshelf for our boys room. ($20) We headed to a Kofusion, an eccentric steak and sushi restaurant where we had a gift card. We ate sushi, steak and salmon and talked about life. We then headed to a mall and casually trolled it for bargains. Then we ended our stay in Champaign with a 2-hour layover at Barnes and Noble, drinking coffee and reading magazines. (I love Print Magazine.) Then we drove home, headed to our basement, and watched two episodes of 24: Season 6. (In Jack Bauer's voice: The following took place between 1 p.m. and 1 a.m.)
What a great 12 hour vacation.
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