Chicago, IL Wednesday - Saturday

We're on the highway again, this time leaving Chicago and driving toward Sedalia, MO where Joe and Angela live. We left a bit later than planned as we went out to dinner with some friends tonight before leaving the Windy City. We plan to arrive at the Schwartz residence around 2:30am.. Right now we're staying awake by singing the entire Rent sound track. It's something we do on road trips...yeah we're a little weird, but hey, who's not. :P

We need to thank our wonderful hosts during out Chicago stay, Jen and Jeremy. Thank you both SO MUCH!!! Jen also has a 3 year old daughter, Marnie, so in the mornings and evenings Dave and I had fun playing with her. Jen and Jeremy are also Northwestern grads, last fall, and are currently Maximized Living doctors interning with Dr. Charles Majors. They were so nice to let us stay with them for a few days. **We'll see you in a couple weeks guys! :)**

Here is a video Dave took of Marnie and I "dancing." SUCH a CUTIE pie!!

On our stop in Chicago, we ended up not doing any screening for doctors. So that was nice, but we probably could have used some cash to cover gas & food along our adventures in the city. On Wednesday, we went right to Dr. Major's office and shadowed him and his associate doctors working for a few hours. It was quite an eye-opening experience. We have never quite seen an office like his. Flow was incredible. Talking to some of his patients, it was clear the loved Dr. Majors and everything Maximized Living stands for. His patients are true testimonials to a Maximized Living lifestyle in health.

On Thursday, we spent most of the day at Dr. Ochsner's office. Elise and Courtney (two other Max Living Club members from Northwestern) also met us at Dr. Ochsner's office and stuck around for an hour or so. For Dave and I, we not only got to shadow and watch patient/doctor/CA interaction, but we were able to stay for the office's Doctor's Report. Dr. Ochsner's intern associate gave the Report that night, so it was great experience for Dave to see what it's like to give one of your first Reports to a full room of people. For those reading who don't know what a Doctor's Report is, it's basically an educational session for patients in the office where TRUE chiropractic principle and philosophy is explained. The doctor explains what chiropractic is and why it is the only way to truly let your body heal and find health. We hope someday soon each one of you will sit in on one of Dave's Reports!

Friday was our "vacation" day, as we're calling it. Instead of screening, we did just that, went on a mini vacation to the heart of Chicago. We mainly drove around the downtown city streets, but also stopped at the Navy Pier for a bit. Here's the "Sear's Tower," which as you may know is now known as the Willis Tower.




It was just a gorgeous day, couldn't have asked for better weather the past few days! The Pier actually wasn't all too excited. It mostly had stores and restaurants geared toward kids and spending money, both of which we are lacking, so we walked around for a bit, grabbed a cheapish lunch and moved on. We then went to the Chicago History Museum which was very interesting. We ended up spending close to 3 hours in there, and it wasn't that big of a museum! It was only about one level and just a few rooms of material, but a lot of reading and movies none the less. They also had an Abraham Lincoln exhibit going on thru this summer, so that was pretty cool. We enjoyed learning some of rich history of Chicago. Here are some Navy Pier pics during our walk outside:

Navy Pier sign


A ship coming in, can you see the lighthouse in the back?


More of the Pier



We were walking away at this point, but you can see the huge Ferris wheel. They Pier has a mini amusement park on it.

Today was the Chicago Maximized Living Seminar. Dave and I attend seminars throughout the US every few months throughout the year. These seminars are training intensive and help us refocus on our mission of saving lives and creating health through chiropractic. Following the seminar, we headed out to dinner with a bunch of friends from all over who were at the seminar. It was a lot of fun to reconnect with these people! :) I won't go through and name everyone because it'll get a bit confusing, but let's just say it's always a good time when we can go out together!






And that brings us to present time: 10:39pm, now in Springfield, IL. Making good progress from Chicago! Almost my time to take over the wheel..blah! Why do I get the graveyard shift?? :) Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!


- Elise