My dear friend Elizabeth and her two boys were in Chicago. Her oldest, Salim, had been in basic training for the Navy and had graduated. Since they were in the a days trip we had to go see them. It was St. Patrick's Day and we originally planned to go downtown, so Camden didn't come along. We changed our plans at the last minute and I wish we had brought her. She would have enjoyed the day.
Salim hadn't had his phone for 9 weeks, so a quick stop at a nearby Apple Store was in order to take care of a few items.
Kevin and Rimere (our godson) hung out quite a bit throughout the day. Rimere is a little thing (probably about the size of Camden, but with muscles!) and is an incredible wrestler. The family just moved from Pittsburgh to Elizabeth's hometown of Webster, NY. Rimere is taking the wrestling team by storm! It is a wrestling community and he is their new "favored son."
We got Salim a "good" haircut (no quick military buzz) and then headed to the Gurnee Mill mall for shopping and dinner.
We ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Again, Camden would have loved it!
Rimere and Elizabeth had to catch the train back into the city so we had to get Salim back to base. We stopped at the Navy Exchange for a few t-shirts and basic supplies for Salim. He was completing an advanced program for the next month or so before a break, then deployment to his ship - in Japan.
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