Trip to Oak Park

In mid November we made a quick trip to Oak Park, just outside Chicago, with one purpose: to surprise the frak out of our dear friends Sharon and Alex as they were having a house warming party for their first house together. And boy, did we succeed!!!!

We were all excited flying out on a Saturday. We would get in Sat afternoon and go to the party Sat., night, and they had NO idea we were going to be there. We stayed in one of the two hotels right in Oak Park, just a few miles from their house.

When we checked in, we were starving, so went to the bar restaurant right on the corner (OK, we were thirsty too), and from there I texted them, saying we were thinking about them, but were so overwhelmed with the house remodel. They seemed to buy it hook, line and sinker, saying they wished we were there...little did they know that in just a few hours we would be! So much fun!!!!!

We had a rental car and drove to their house. Our friends Stella and Yannis have recently moved to Chicago too, and were going to the party...they knew we would be there, and we kept communication going, knowing when they arrived. As we pulled up, Alex was greeting some people at the door, so we stayed around the corner, and then came to the door...

The door is glass, and we knocked. Now most of the time we would just go right in, but we wanted them to answer, and Stella helped. "Alex, there is a strange man at the door, I think you better answer it!" Well, that much was true anyway! HA!

We saw Alex coming down the stairs, trying to peer through the glass...we were giggling away! He opened the door, Sharon a few feet behind him, looked at us and said, "What the fuck are you doing here?" with a shit-ass grin on his face!

Sharon was looking at us in disbelief...now she is not often at a loss for words...not often at all (ahem), but she was close to speechless, she stuttered out, "Wh...what are you doing, how are you here," as her eyes watered up!

It was so good to see them, we hugged and laughed. We told them we were just in the area and thought we would drop by. Then we went in and hugged and laughed with Stella and Yannis too! It was soooooooo nice to be with such good old friends!

The party was great! The next day we went out to see Stella's new house, and Alex and Sharon came with us, so we had a wonderful dinner, great company and wine too!

Sharon took Monday off, and we explore Oak Park and hung out again. It was a perfect few days, and it makes us smile even now thinking of it.