Weekend in Raleigh-Durham

I had a great time this past weekend with my friend Fil, who was my roommate in Delta Chi when I was a junior at Northwestern. He works for a consulting company, and every weekend he can either fly home to Chicago or fly someone else to North Carolina. I accepted his offer to fly me out for the weekend. He picked me up from the airport on Friday night, and we spent a lot of time catching up on things. We shared his hotel suite, so it was just like old times.

I got up somewhat early on Saturday and ran around the neighborhood. It was a tiny bit cool, but MUCH warmer than it is in the Midwest. I came back after about three miles, and then we had free breakfast in the hotel dining area. As usual, I took advantage of the waffle maker.

We went shopping in a nearby mall that had a lot of neat stores. We went in a lot of the gadgety places like the Apple Store, Sharper Image, and Williams-Sonoma. We probably would have spent a lot more time there if Jenelle was with us. :)

After having lunch/dinner at a $3.99 all-you-can-eat pizza buffet, we drove to the Greensboro Coliseum for the WinterJam concert featuring one of my favorite bands -- Newsboys. There were several other groups, including Toby Mac, ZOEGirl, and Newsong. And I should also mention the Sphere of Fear motorcycle show. I took pictures, but they didn't turn out too well. I'll try and find a good one or two and post it soon. There was something happening at the event from 5:30 until about 10:00. It cost only $10 a person, and we managed to get seats pretty close to the front. We had a blast!

On Sunday, we went to a nearby fitness center, where we could both burn off the free pizza from the day before. I logged 10 miles in 90 minutes, and Fil spent time on the elliptical trainer and lifting weights.

After heading back to the hotel and packing up, we stopped at a nearby Subway, and still had plenty of time to get to the airport for my flight back to O'Hare. It was a quick but fun-filled weekend. It's been a while since I spent more than a few minutes chatting with Fil, so it was great to hang out for a while.