Some days, you know how you look back and go: what did I do? Did I do anything today? Today was not one of those days. As I was reflecting back on it, I realized I did a lot. I did all of the following 25 things today except one. Can you pick it out?
Today, I...
~Ran 3.5 miles
~Helped an elderly man move his trash cans down his driveway
~Got the oil changed on the minivan
~Captured a chipmunk in my garage and released it in the Open Lands
~Burned a CD of sermons to give a friend
~Found a babysitter to watch the kids for my sick wife, set them up to see a movie (WALL-E for the 2nd time)
~Took my kids to the library
~On the way to the library, stopped at the bank to get money, and someone who knows me, but not well, saw me and the four kids and couldn't believe I have four kids; she thought I was 25.
~Saw the acronym for my old youth camp on the license plate of a car in Lake Forest: LLYC, took a picture of it to send to Britt.
~Took a train to the city, along with my bike
~Missed the first train I intended to take, went to Einstein’s for an hour, saw friend I hadn't seen in a while.
~Got information at a store about a possible new cell phone
~Stopped by my good friend PJ’s theater where he was having auditions; left him a note (his intern told him his good friend Celise stopped by to say hello)
~Saw a person in Chicago wearing a Lake Bluff t-shirt that she got at a thrift store. She’s from Racine, Wisconsin, so we naturally had a conversation about how Racine is the home of the only Chick-Fil-A within an hour of Chicago.
~Bought my wife a surprise birthday present
~Stopped into an American Apparel store for the first time
~Read 25 pages of Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw
~Worked on my sermon for Sunday
~Ate my favorite sandwich (Turkey Pesto Melt) at Cosi in Lincoln Park
~Ate a Potbelly chocolate chip cookie
~Got a message from my dad, who happened to be in Los Angeles in the trailer of his good friend, actor G.W. Bailey, on the set of the hit TNT show The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick (wife of Kevin Bacon, who was also on set, as he's directing the episode being filmed)
~Portrayed Jesus in a play at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
~Rode furiously to the train station from the theater, and approached the station just as the train got there. Fell off my bike as I was attempting to dismount, and was stuck on the ground for a few frightening seconds. Looked like a moron, I'm sure.
~Talked to Graham Hallen, who happened to be at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, watching the fountain show, one of my favorite things in the world
~Came home and blogged about it all
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