It's like this amazingly beautiful last-gasp summer weather was sent here to save me from my sad sack loneliness. Yesterday I walked home from work, Carey met me halfway, and we played with V at the playground before walking the rest of the way. Today I rode my bike to work, and have been parking at the absolute furthest parking spots I can find. ( Read more... )

As summer winds down, I get an urgent frantic feeling to frolic outside and have adventures "while I still can," as if the outside will be shutting down soon. But given how much I dislike being freezing, that's not too far off the mark ( Read more... )

The furnace in my office has broken. It's negative 3 in Chicago right now with wind chill. We have a few teeny space heaters working overtime and I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt, sweater, pashmina, another sweater, corduroys, long boots, wool socks and leg warmers. Shana has her puffer coat on and the fur trimmed hood up. She looks like an Eskimo ( Read more... )

1) After searching 74 pages of boleros on etsy, I think I finally found one I like for my wedding. And then I looked at the pictures of Robin's wedding, and I think it's exactly the same one she wore in a different color, haha ( Read more... )

I didn't post the whole time I was in Minneapolis for spring break, which is bullsh*t, since I actually had leisure time. There were so many friend and family functions for Carey and I to attend, though, that when I had an hour or so to myself, I used it to do schoolwork, which by no means let up just because actual classes had. I still had reading ( Read more... )

I just looked and realized that if I didn't get my but in gear and post today, I'd only have 3 posts for the month of February. Anyone suck as much as I do? Then get posting ( Read more... )

There are only 5 guys in my cohort at school. There are about 20 girls. Therefore, the guys end up with an overinflated sense of their own specialness and value. Sometimes I just want to shake one of them and say "Just because you're A MAN doesn't mean you're THE MAN. Act right ( Read more... )

In NYC, everything's in walking distance, you don't have to own or drive a car, and you don't have to shovel. What's not to love about snowstorms in this city ( Read more... )

Yay, weekend ( Read more... )

Today- Rain ( Read more... )