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Good Times, Great Oldies (Pictures)

/ chicago, friends, pictures, yay

Last night was a good night. My friend Sarah has been in town since Wednesday night which has been great, but last night was the first night we were able to really relax and enjoy the evening without obligations and whatnot. So, what did we do? Go on a Weird Chicago tour, of course! To make things even more fun, we met up with Jen and magecky413 at the tour site. The Ohio transplants were taking over the bus!

The Girls in Death Alley
Me (in my big ass coat), Becky, Sarah, and Jen in Death Alley

The tour, as always, was fun. I’ve been on tons of them, but each one is different because you never know which stories adamselzer will tell. I heard at least three new ones last night.

Jen in the Gold Room
Jen in the Gold Room at the Congress Hotel

Sarah in the Florentine Room
Sarah in the Florentine Room at the Congress Hotel

After the tour, we grabbed some food at Portillo’s and then came back to the apartment to eat and hang out. Then we decided it was time to teach Adam how to drop it like it’s hot.

Adam Dropping it Like it's Hot

Jen also astounded people with her amazing ability to put away large amounts of food in short amounts of time:

Jen Is Eating

Then we put on some Michael Jackson music and videos, danced and moonwalked and yelled “WOO” and “OH!” before finally calling it a night. All in all, a very fun Friday in Chicago. 🙂 YAY.

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I’m Here.

/ chicago-bound 2008, living in chicago, ronni

I’m here, in Chicago. Unpacking like crazy. Weirded out by the driving and try to avoid it when possible. I’ll feel so much better once I’m all settled in.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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I’m Here!

/ chicago-bound 2008, living in chicago

Made it. All my stuff’s inside, and I am pooped. Still have to go drop the truck off, though. Then going out for pizza. Yum.

The arduous task of unpacking starts tonight tomorrow soon. Didn’t sleep well last night, so I think I’ll not do a whole lot tonight. I want to rest, now that the big, worrisome part is behind me.

The highlight of the trip, besides being proud that I drove for six hours for the first time, and also drove across state lines for the first time (before then, the farthest I’d driven was from Columbus, OH to Aurora, OH to visit my mommy), was when we were leaving the McDonalds in Indiana. While I was waiting to back out of my spot, this red truck came barrelling, I mean BARRELLING around the corner and to the Drive-Thru. My reaction was “Damn, that bitch was…HUNGRY!” Adam and I laughed our heads off.

Maybe you had to be there.

Lucy is hiding in the closet. She needs a bath. We thought we’d lost her. I was vacuuming the old place and she got spooked and ran out of my room. I found her hiding behind the toilet, and put her in her carrier. She cried only a little bit on the trip out. Crookshanks seems to like her. He sniffed her and immediately started purring.

Didn’t have to deal with too many idiots on the drive out, and didn’t hit traffic ’til we were IN the city and it wasn’t that bad, actually.

Anyway, I’m here now. No longer in a long-distance relationship! YAY!!!!! Weird that I actually LIVE here now! Missing Aidan tremendously already, but I will bust my ass to get back to see him really soon.

OK, gotta try to move some boxes out of the way. Even with all the decluttering, I have a lot of stuff. Ta ta for now!

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Potluck Entry (Pictures)

/ adam, chicago, friends, pictures, recap, weekend

What You See Is What You Get
O Hai Gise!

This is me, just about as raw as I get. No makeup at all. Fresh out of the bath, in the middle of having dinner with Bizzy. She and Rob came over and we hung out and watched Across the Universe. Okay, we sorta watched it. Well, didn’t watch it much at all, actually. It was good to catch up.

And now, in other news. 🙂

Commence Randomness!

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Not House Hunting

/ adam, chicago-bound 2008, life

Adam and I decided not to look for a new apartment for now. We weighed the pros and cons, and decided it made sense to stay where we are. My main concern was the idiot college boy neighbors, but I figure I have a few months to figure out how to put the fear of God into them so they won’t be too loud and obnoxious.

Because honestly, his current place has all we need. He’s got it all customized. Crookshanks is there, and Lucy is welcome. It’s nicely sized, and it has a dishwasher and central air. It has a bathtub as well. It’s close to bus and train stops, Sip is a 5 minute walk away, there are yummy restaurants around, a CVS nearby, and some street parking. If the obnoxious idiot with the big truck wouldn’t HOG…

So, we saved some money. And decided to seriously redecorate his current place. Okay, it was more like I planted the seed and as I hoped, he ran with it. :) He’s really into decorating. Me? Not so much. He was so ready to set up a new place, so I told him to rearrange. He did. He’ll have to do a lot more when I show up with my U-Haul of crap.

So now that he’s getting things set up, it’s starting to feel a bit more real. There are still a few months before I actually move in, but every day brings me closer to that time.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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