sometimes i feel like i left this huge chunk of me back in chicago, the same way i felt like i'd left a huge chunk of me back in singapore when i first got to chicago. it's hard to reconcile ( Read more... )

it feels like i have a ball of worry constantly following me around these days. if it's not the possibility of another eye surgery, it's an mri, or falling behind in school, or not racking up enough therapy hours, or how i'm going to find time to tidy up around the apartment, or that i'm being a terrible friend and not keeping up with everyone the ( Read more... )

sitting (alone) at a chick-fil-a for a late dinner tonight after seeing a free play at goodman theatre (also alone), looking out the window at the people on the sidewalk, thinking about how strange it is that i'm in a t-shirt and a thin leather jacket tonight, and by wednesday i'm probably going to have to be bundled up in a padded winter coat with ( Read more... )