California guys

This weekend, my Uncle Abet, his sons Brian and AJ, and my other cousin Jason, all from California, were in town for Lola's birthday and to hang out with other family members here in Chicagoland. I hadn't seen Tito Abet and sons in a few years, so it was nice to spend some time with them. Unfortunately Lori couldn't come up from IU, and Greg from Chambana, but Rhoda was here. We had a birthday dinner for Lola at my parents' house on Friday, then Rhoda took Brian, AJ, and Jason out to the bars that night. On Saturday, the gang spent some time sightseeing in the city and hung out at my condo for a bit. Rhoda had a Halloween party at her apartment that night... but I ended up going to dinner with the parents in Greektown instead, LOL. I would've been the oldest one at the party anyhow. :) Anyway, it was nice to see them and hopefully they'll be back soon and/or I'll be able to visit them in Cali.

Yesterday I broke away from the fam for a little bit to attend my co-worker Ken's wedding. It was a lovely ceremony at a chapel on the Northwestern University campus. It was also one of the most organized weddings I've been to... even the photo session after the ceremony was conducted in an orderly fashion. :) Congrats to the happy couple!

I had my Econ midterm exam on Thursday. Despite some less-than-productive study time (largely due to the White Sox, hehe), I think I did all right. There was one question I was iffy on, which was about a topic covered in the class I missed a couple weeks ago, but the rest was fine. I'll find out how I did this Thursday.

Happy Halloween tomorrow! I have no costume this year. It's been a while since I last dressed up... I think my last costume was a cowboy, when I went to a fundraiser Halloween party for my mom's Lioness Club a few years back. I got no trick-or-treaters here at my condo last year, but I still bought a bag of chocolates for tomorrow. Can never be too prepared, y'know. ;) (says the chocoholic)