I feel like saying that my Thanksgiving week has been stressful is putting it mildly.

( More details - and some photos of our Thanksgiving dinner - under the cut )

It's not really news at this point. On Monday, my editor let e know that Wednesday Journal Inc, the company that publishes the Chicago Journal and the Skyline, intends to stop publishing both papers before the end of the year. It's looking to sell off Skyline and (maybe) Chicago Journal, but even if Wednesday Journal manages to sell one (or both) ( Read more... )

As most of you know, I recently moved to a studio apartment in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood. The circumstances behind the move are worthy of its own post. Suffice to say that it was a long, exhausting process - literally exhausting ( Read more... )

I woke up in a shower this morning. The last thing I remember was going to sleep in a bed. I must have woken up, walked to the shower and turned on the water, but I was so completely on autopilot that my brain simply didn't register it.

This, my friends, is why you don't abuse your sleep schedule.

Man, I will be so glad when my semester is over