Yep, its windy here.
So Chris, it turns out, did get really sick. We spent the morning on her couch both pounding green tea and watching a slue of episodes of Season 5 of Friends. Since my language of love is acts of service, I wanted to spring into action and make homemade soup and fluff pillows and steep tea until her grossness vacated. But Chris is one of the most accommodating people ever and would not allow me to do anything for her.
Around three or four I got myself together and went downtown solo to see the Hopper Exhibit at the Art Institute. The museum is free on Thursdays after five. I got down there a little early and walked around in the pouring snow and managed to get myself turned around and headed MANY BLOCKS in the wrong direction.
I am totally a Pollyanna when I travel. I smile incessantly - even if it is just on the inside. Friends, it was pouring snow and rain yesterday but that didn't get me down...I was freezing but I kept moving, reminding myself, "Man! isn't great to be independent and see a new place and screw it if you get lost you can -" a taxi drove by a splashed a giant puddle of muddy ice cold water all over my shins...the seemingly only dry part of my lower half. Without thinking I entered the Starbucks, spent $4 on coffee and mustered up the positivity to face the street full of vengeful taxi drivers.
I got to AI, poked around saw lots of impressive "Caravaggesque" epic paintings (but not one Caravaggio) and didn't see the Hoppers because they'd cost me $20. Sorry art, I guess I don't love you that much.
My oldest and dearest friend (22 years of love) picked me up around 7:30 and we drank wine and ate hummus while we packed up her old kitchen and then spent the night in her new apartment talking in the dark for hours before we finally nodded off. I really pick the best times to visit my friends - one is laid up sick and the other is in the middle of a move.
Today it's the planetarium with my cousin and her kids then yoga and Ethiopian with Mari and hopefully no snow.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Trip to Chicago: Day One
As you may or may not be aware, I am on SPRING BREAK (exclamation point!) and have carted myself off to brisk Chicago to visit two of my very favorite women in the world. But, so far it turns out Chicago has MORE to offer than two hot ladies down for pillow fights in their nighties.
After a really long train ride from the airport, Chris and I had tea while I scarfed any and all snack foods I could get my hands on. We caught up - chatting about bfs, marriage, self-doubt, taxes, and her life in the city. Then we met up with Tyler, who until yesterday was just "my internet friend," whose blog I read a lot when I worked my office job last year. Meeting people you've only ever interacted with through blog comments is sort of strange. You know so much more about them than you should at a first meeting. I found myself interrupting as he started stories to say, "oh yeah, I remember that..." which is totally strange. But I thought it was pretty cool, unless I read his blog later today and he mentions getting drinks with some asshole last night.
Then we ate FREE! burritos with a bunch of Chris's friends and prepared to go see those guys from the Sonic commercials do improv, but it was canceled so we went to a coffee shop and watched a handful of painful open-mic night performances before playing a rousing game of Scategories (which I won) at Gutherie's.
We headed for the L at midnight and waited forever for the train while an ex-theatre kid made everyone nervous by dancing along the beveled blue edge of the platform singing "The blue thing is your friend!!" - I woke up singing his taunting tune myself.
Chris is still asleep. I am afraid to wake her up because she was feeling ill last night and the last time we hung out she felt a little sick before she went to bed and woke up with the plague.
Today the plan is Hopper Exhibit, massages, yummy food, more chats, tea and then...???....it is SPRING BREAK after all.
After a really long train ride from the airport, Chris and I had tea while I scarfed any and all snack foods I could get my hands on. We caught up - chatting about bfs, marriage, self-doubt, taxes, and her life in the city. Then we met up with Tyler, who until yesterday was just "my internet friend," whose blog I read a lot when I worked my office job last year. Meeting people you've only ever interacted with through blog comments is sort of strange. You know so much more about them than you should at a first meeting. I found myself interrupting as he started stories to say, "oh yeah, I remember that..." which is totally strange. But I thought it was pretty cool, unless I read his blog later today and he mentions getting drinks with some asshole last night.
Then we ate FREE! burritos with a bunch of Chris's friends and prepared to go see those guys from the Sonic commercials do improv, but it was canceled so we went to a coffee shop and watched a handful of painful open-mic night performances before playing a rousing game of Scategories (which I won) at Gutherie's.
We headed for the L at midnight and waited forever for the train while an ex-theatre kid made everyone nervous by dancing along the beveled blue edge of the platform singing "The blue thing is your friend!!" - I woke up singing his taunting tune myself.
Chris is still asleep. I am afraid to wake her up because she was feeling ill last night and the last time we hung out she felt a little sick before she went to bed and woke up with the plague.
Today the plan is Hopper Exhibit, massages, yummy food, more chats, tea and then...???....it is SPRING BREAK after all.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Hey There
I guess my heart's not really in posting anymore…I get good at regularity and then I get busy or distracted or lazy. But, I have lived since my last post and many nice and happy things have happened – I had an especially special weekend. I want to get back on track so here is my quick holiday wrap-up:
- Car was hit by nice young man, still went out to celebrate friend’s 27th birthday. He was depressed-drunk when I got to the bar and kept touching my leg (made me sad). Didn’t feel like drinking so Mari, Sentell, and I asked for a pot of water and we drank Good Earth Tea (which I always have in my purse) at an Irish Pub. (The next morning my dad told me you’ve got to have great self-esteem to order hot tea at a bar.)
- Christmas Eve – party at the Alonsos’ a time honored tradition. Saw amazing elementary school friend who has changed her name from Sara to Zahava and is now teaching Prenatal Yoga and Spiritual Belly Dance at the Deepak Chopra center in NYC…I didn’t mention what I do.
- Mari gave me the DVD of Free To Be You and Me – if you know what this is, hi, I love you.
- Christmas: awesome, laid back, and family-packed. Leisurely morning and day with my mom, dad, brother and his girlfriend – cousins came later – we laughed ‘til we hurt. Went to Grandad’s in the evening – played with babies (fell more in love with my Abs who currently loves “turtles and ears”) and hung out with especially awesome aunt. Sentell came as my Xmas Date for the second year in a row.
Matt’s Birthday (the 27th): hiked in Bald Eagle reserve to VA coast and lounged on Potomac beach. Made a gigantic homemade ice cream cake, made out, made lavish dinner, ate and drank and kissed.
- Went to work on Friday, had early release and then a four day weekend; got really used to not going to work.
New Years Eve: Awesome, laid-back, alcohol heavy.
- New Years Day: lazy, rainy, peaceful, and promising. Matt and I laid about, talked about our goals for the year, wrote in journals, read, made out - kicked it off right.
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