pat is great and bought tickets this morning for us and jody, just to the saturday show so we have enough time to drive. i want to go to the shedd aquarium while we're in chicago, maybe the world's fair park if there's time. this summer is getting better and better. baltimore on thursday; i'm mostly excited but also a little anxious that my nagging suspicion will be confirmed, that i'm not really friends anymore with most of the people who used to make up my world. but there will also be hugs from some people i've genuinely missed. last night i got a surprising "coming through on tour soon, let's hang out" text, which was nice.