Looking up

It's summer festival season in Chicago, and tomorrow starts one of the better ones on Randolph St. in the West Loop. I'll be there tomorrow night to enjoy the view (it has the highest population of ridiculously attractive people) and see Sunvolt, whom I don't really even like that much. I spent the day on the beach today (my bikini made its North Ave. Beach debut), and I plan to do the same tomorrow (this time on Oak St. beach) so I can get a tan to compete with the all the Randolph St. hotties. Ahhh summer vacation...
My sister, Melissa, gets home from the hospital tomorrow. My parents have been helping out by watching Rosa and Gianna while Tony, my brother-in-law, visits my sister and Anthony in the hospital. Melissa had a cesarean so she was laid-up all week, and it seems to be wearing on my otherwise tolerant parents. I plan to head out to the 'burbs on Saturday to lend a hand. Melissa cannot pick up the girls because of her incisions; this does not sit well with Rosa and Gianna so someone has to be
there to distract them while she recovers. I'll do my best, but I'm a somewhat inadequate substitute for mommy (or grandma for that matter).
Finally, another piece of good news. I talked to the BF today. We are going to do some work on our relationship. I feel so much better; it put a lot of my concerns and doubts to rest when he agreed to the conditions I had for getting back together. I won't go into details, but it's good. I'm so glad. So are my parents, who are quite fond of him. Things are finally looking up.