After an exhausting week I took this weekend off. Friday I left work in good spirits if a bit exhausted. Sara and I went to the always delicious Sofra for dinner. And then joined Terry and his friend Sean at the cactus for drinks. Needless to say after a week of 12+ hour days this was not the kind of stress my body needed. However how often do Terry's friends (and my fellow server communists) fly in from California to visit. After two Efes Dark and two G&T's I was feeling no pain.

Saturday got off to a slow start. I awoke about noon and got ready to head to Chicago. There was some small issue with the camera and calypso had to be rebooted due to a hung filesystem. So much for my uptime. Sara and I introduced Terry and Sean to the joys of the Blue Nile restaurant. The rice helped calm everyone's stomach and soon everyone was feeling human again and we were on our way to Chi-Town. When we arrived at the united center we just gave our name at the gate and we were admitted to the rock star parking directly in front of the Michael Jordan statue free of charge. We went to the will call box and there were four tickets waiting for us. From there we headed up to the skybox from which we got to view the U2 concert. Sara thought Terry and I were weird because we took pictures of the fully stocked box. Having been grad students we are accustomed to abuse, not being treated so well. I also got to meet Sara's grandparents once again. They are kind and generous people.

The show was excellent. I felt somewhat bad attending because I am not really a U2 fan. Terry and Sean on the other hand experienced the concert as some type of religious experience. The trip home was colored by everyone's most offensive jokes which helped to pass the time as we waited in traffic. When we hit Lafayette everyone was exhausted and so sleep came swiftly.

Today has been largely uneventful. I spent some time with Castor, Ohler, Lehmann, and Wanke. I am going to get some sleep now. This next week look for me to take up some projects that had been set by the wayside again.