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As I mentioned in my Weekend Bliss post, I was lucky enough to spend about 5 days in La Crosse over the 4th of July. Heaven! I must confess, Milwaukee is definitely growing on me (shhh, don't tell anyone!), but La Crosse still holds an extremely special place in my heart that I don't think will ever be replaced. I was actually there so long over the weekend that I have a hard time keeping track of my days and all the things I did. Here's my attempt at a recall.

• Drinks with a friend on Thursday night.
• Coffee with my former boss on Friday morning.
• Tubing on the Upper Iowa River on Friday afternoon.
• Grilling out with friends on Friday night.
• 8 hours on the Mississippi (and MAJOR sunburn) on Saturday.
• Grilling out again Saturday night.
• Meeting friends at Riverfest and getting sick from the heat.
• Restless sleep since I was sick.
• Rest on Sunday.
• Movie watching on Sunday morning.
• Riverfest with a few peeps on Sunday afternoon.
• Going to bed early Sunday night. Tired from heat exhaustion.
• Sleeping in on Monday.
• Helping cook (well, mostly helping EAT;) a delicious meal.
• Playing BINGO at Riverfest. (One # away from winning $56!)
• Grilling out. Again. We like to grill, okay?!
• Fireworks on the River.
• Bed.
• Driving back to MKE on Tuesday morning and going to work.

As you can see, many of the things that I predicted would happen DID happen, so it was a fabulous weekend! Well, aside from getting sick. Clearly that was not part of the plan. Then my "host" got sick on Sunday night. Doesn't help when he lives in a loft without air conditioning and it's over 100 degrees with the heat index, but that's a whole different subject! ;) Anyway, leaving LAX and coming back to Milwaukee, just to go straight to work on Tuesday, was not an easy thing to do. The drive was literally painful because I was THAT sunburned, and I was also exhausted! Overall, though, it was a GREAT weekend with some of my favorite people, and I'm already itching to go back! I get a brief little teaser on Thursday night as I'm making a pitstop there overnight on my way to the Cities for the NKOTBSB concert on Sunday. Exciting! I'll take what I can get! Anyway, sorry I don't have any pictures to show for the weekend I was in LAX. You wouldn't have wanted to see how sweaty and gross I was anyway. Ha! Well, I hope you all had a very happy 4th of July! :))