This evening we went to the mall. It was me, Elianna, my niece, Laura, and her mom. My niece was wanting to get her ears pierced so the girls had come up with a plan for us to do this and then we would go out for supper afterward. We parked at Dick’s sporting goods and met and Laura and her mom by the central escalators. It’s sad because the mall is so empty these days. There were hardly any shoppers like there used to be.

When we walked over to Claire’s we looked at the earrings at the piercing station. My niece found the employee and told her she’d like to get her ears pierced. The girl came up and asked “who’s mom?”. Turns out there’s an Illinois law that says you can’t get your ears pierced without a legal guardian present. We also have a law where minors are able to get abortions without parental consent. Somebody explain that one please.

So we walked around for a while and then we all met my mother-in-law at McAllister’s. Laura showed us pictures that the landlady sent of their new apartment. The food was good and we all enjoyed it. Next we went over to Home Goods just to walk around and look. I picked up a shower liner so I could replace the one in the upstairs bathroom. It’s just fun to look around and see all the neat and pretty things you could put in a home.