The Plunge!

Up and early for breakfast in the grand old drawing room of our hotel (Chicago Athletic) before crossing the road to check out the Bean. Sadly some twat had graffitied it (made the news) but it didn’t stop us/me trying to get all the wanky photos. It was such a gorgeous day with bright blue skies and crisp snow everywhere so we walked along the lake to the beach where the Polar plunge was due to take place. The guys had managed to shovel throw about 5 feet of icy snow to make a walkway into the lake which thankfully wasn’t frozen. It was an amazing atmosphere down at the beach and they had raised $40,000 already at this point. I was on video and bag duty which made me feel useful as I watched everyone dunk themselves in the lake. In two minds as to whether I was sad not to be doing it but I was heard saying on numerous times that I’d do it next year as long as someone holds the baby 🤦🏻‍♀️
After the plunge we walked back to the hotel for Phil to thaw out then headed out to a bar to meet up with the others. Shots after shots were drunk which made for fun watching. Phil had been awake for hours by this point so we headed out for a deep dish pizza (undecided but definitely got gout now) then crashing in bed.Read more