At Last...

Nope, my love is not here to stay... but I don't mind waiting when I have such amazing friends! Like friends that take random trips to Chicago!!

Here are some pics, as previously promised...

Me in front on "The Bean"

The Funniest T-Shirt in a shop window

On our way to the Symphony Center

(I like the way it's almost grainy and old fashioned)

The BEST Store ever!!!

(At least it was)

The store formerly known as Marshall Fields

Our WTF moment

My cousin from Georgia (Jessica) happened to be in town, too!

And... We got to hang with my friend Greg!! =0)

(I'm sure he'll love that I put up this pic!)

Some mini-updates and promises...

I finally have all of my pictures on my laptop from Chicago and a pic of the aforementioned new glasses (a coworker today called them 'mod' haha) but instead of blogging and posting them this weekend, I messed around online instead*. sorry =0( So, my promise to you all is that by the end of the week, there will be pictures!!! I mean it... I will... it might be Saturday before I make it back to Panera and their lovely free wifi, but By Saturday midnight I will post pictures of the new specs and the weekend vacation.




*By messing around, I mean that I was taking the Myers-Briggs personality test. RubyRed talked me into it! haha... very interesting stuff, my friends. I think everyone should take it!! I really, really want to know what everyone is!!! so very intriguing... =0)



I'll tell you what I am if you tell me what you are...

Chicago: A Study in Two Parts

Part I: Observation

[Mr. Overly-Tanned at Nashville's Airport] Yeah Dude she's having a baby, so we're having kind of a bachelor party...

[Metra Station Sign] "Children left unsupervised will be given two lattes and a free puppy"

[Shirt in a very democratic store] Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriends wife for president

[on the train] I took a rocket to the moon, and blew up a martian!


[also on the train] ...and all the girls painted their right thumbnail red, so they'd know it was their right hand; but the boys didn't want their nails polished, so we put X's on them and said "Aaarrrggghhh" like pirates...

[walking in the city] Bacon & Cheese

[a random Irish pub] All we have are really bad cookies


Part II: Conversational Tidbits

* There are only two reasons for cornfields:
1. Alien signs
2. 'Will You Marry Me' signs

* Sometimes they are one in the same...

* I've waited my entire life for a $4 bottle of liquor!!

* I can't believe we're really doing this...

* My hands are turning blue... I should probably go to the hospital

* Crystal, you'll never guess where we are!! DALLAS!!!
(Crystal's response: ARE YOU SERIOUS??)

* Look!! They're perfect parallel lines!

* I really feel like a dork today for wearing green.

* We saw Celtic Woman in Ireland where I started blogging and had lunch with Dick Cheney; It's not pretentious, it's a fact.

* I need one of those monkey's on my back.

* What time is it? I just wanted to tell you you're really pretty.



(there will be pictures following, but rubyred has already posted these)

I'm going to Chicago today,

and I really feel like I'm forgetting to pack something. This is the first time I'm only taking a carry-on and I made a nice list and I know I'm not missing anything... but I still feel like I am.



I was supposed to get my new glasses today, but they're not in yet. I just called =0(


Hopefully sometime next week... I'm bummed =0(

That Toddlin' Town

Can you name that tune?? That's right, it's Chicago. Frank Sinatra made it quite popular back in the day, and I had to learn it for school back in, oh I don't know, the third grade-ish?

Anyway, I thought of it becasue the second line of it it:

"Chicago, Chicago I'll show you around"

As it turns out, I'll be showing Ruby Red around the toddlin' town mid-March!! After a whole lot o' e-mailing yesterday/today, we've got plane tickets!!

Now to start planning the rest....