What happened to Jules and Alex??? Part 3

Even though Jules and I weren’t living together we did get to hang out a few times over the past several months which has been great.  I drove to Kansas City one weekend to catch up with her and a few other friends in February after KC had been covered in over a foot of snow.  Being our young and somewhat unprofessional selves we decided it was perfect to go sledding.  After purchasing a sled, we headed to the local community college which Jules had scouted out for good sledding hills.  We joined a crowd of about 20 others- mostly dads and their kids (the mothers were probably tired from being stuck with kids while the schools were closed).  We had a lot of fun but realized we are older than we thought.  After just 30 minutes of sledding we were exhausted.  It is hard work having fun, tramping through snow that is knee deep, trudging back up the hill to the top for another round.  There were also a few times we crashed and rolled or jumped on the sled and almost threw out a back.  We are getting old. 

My next visit to Kansas City to see Jules was with our friend Hillary over Memorial Day.  This was another trip not for the faint of heart.  Our first stop was the Kansas City Zoo and we had a tight schedule to keep so we only had a few hours to see it all.  We kept up a pretty good pace with minimal stops—we mastered the art of enjoying the animals while continuing to move forward.  What we probably enjoyed more was people watching- particularly all the parents with small children.  It was a warm afternoon so there were quite a few tired, sweaty, and cranky kids...and parents.  Nothing like some good ole fashioned family fun.  After a quick stop at Sonic for Happy Hour we transitioned into our evening of culture for Celebration at the Station.  This is a free concert put on by the KC Symphony at Union Station with 50,000 people sitting on the grass in front of the WWI Memorial.  It was a beautiful evening and there was wonderful music.  My favorite piece was the 1812 Overture.  This was special though because it fulfilled an item on my bucket list—to hear it played live with cannon.  Impressive!  After the concert there was a fireworks show as well—I also have a thing for fireworks too so it was a great evening.  Then next morning Hillary thought it would be fun to go on a bike ride at 6am.  It was fun until we rode through a downpour the last three miles and were drenched.  We saw one group of moms out going with a stroller of little kids caught in the deluge—another time during this weekend we were thankful not to have small children although Hillary will probably tell you that I did whine a little bit.  It rained the entire morning so we went shopping!  We hit a great used bookstore and then ate soup for lunch at Panera.  Nothing beats potato soup in a bread bowl on a rainy day.  In addition to all of our activities it was also wonderful to catch up and share life with some wonderful gals as well. 

Our latest adventure together has been when Jules came out for my wedding.  In addition to getting married (which is usually what people do at weddings) it was such a great weekend to hang out with my wonderful friends.  I, for one, have been very blessed to live with Jules for three years (I think I made it the longest as her roommate, and she has had a boatful). So many great times.

Hopefully, Jules will continue on with this blog while Alex is going to transition to posting on a blog with her husband as they journey through married life together.  This blog can be found at http://omniavincitamorloveconquersall.blogspot.com/.  Thanks for reading!