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Perfection

Yesterday my mom and I drove into Chicago early to go violin shopping. We carted all three violins that we had on loan about three blocks and rode the elevator [with operator!] to the fifth floor. We had to wait for a few minutes because somebody was in the tryout room with a couple of fifty thousand dollar violins...but then they decided to go out for lunch and left.

Anyway, I tried out violins for about two hours and ended up bringing home two French violins...one from 1798, the other from 1931. [I am liking the 1798 one best. It has a really huge range.] It was fun trying different instruments in that room because it was huge and boomy. One wall was almost entirely glass and looked out on the lake and the parks. It was in the French-ish inspired area where the metra signs and whatnot are in that Parisian script thing...and I sort of forgot where I was.

Then mom and I went to China Tizown for lunch at Joy Yee's. Deliciousss! I got a kiwi sprite...even though I just bought kiwis this week so I could make them at home. Nothing beats the real deal. Embarassingly enough, I was wearing a yellow blouse and sort of blended into the wall. But hey. XD

After that we went to the book store I like and bought a few things. As I was leaving I saw a magnet that I had really wanted to buy the last time I was there [ie- during the polar party with Andy, KF, and Sung-Hee in early January] and she just gave it to me, even though it was totally three dollars. WHAT A NICE LADY! Later we went to the grocery store, the toy store, and the bakery.

On the way back home we stopped at another violin shop in the suburbs to return another violin we had on loan. I bought two new shoulder rests there and my dream case. :] And that was that.

When I got home I practiced for two hours without realizing it just because I liked the 1798 violin so much. So, now I have a pulled muscle in my back and it hurts to breathe. I feel lame.