
This is what my house looks like this afternoon. I like the happy stripes, it makes me imagine that instead of deadly gas inside, there is actually a few clowns and maybe an elephant.

This is what my house looks like this afternoon. I like the happy stripes, it makes me imagine that instead of deadly gas inside, there is actually a few clowns and maybe an elephant.
For the last week, I’ve been a bit more optimistic than usual, after making the decision to take a vacation in Europe. I’ve been poring over websites & travel information, met with a travel agent, and [more...]
Holy cow, it’s LOUD here in my Chicago hotel room. Even though I’m 12 stories up, I can hear every car on the street, the deep rumbling of the trains, and the sirens of the fire station on the next block. In [more...]
I realized today for the first time that I do not carry cash. It was made uncomfortably evident when I went to the grocery store and encountered the Salvation Army bell ringer outside. I was only armed with a debit card [more...]