July 11, 2008
That’s all I have to say, really. Everyone I know has an iPhone. I thought I would be more jealous than I am, though. I like my cheapo Sprint plan too much to change it. and I would be all paranoid about dropping/scratching the iPhone. I’m good with not wasting the $300, surprisingly.
Hooray!
July 8, 2008
I just found out my friend Jessica (whom I’ve known since 5th grade) is having a baby! She’s really the first pregnant person in my life that I would consider a real friend. I don’t know any of the details, but she was one of the first people out of our high school class to get married, and she’s been with Jeremy forever. We’d always talked about how kids were annoying and icky and we’d never have them. Ah, but alas she gave in. She’s such a sweet and smart person, so I know she’ll be a great mom. I just don’t feel old enough to be friends with people having babies! It’s weird.
June 28, 2008
This is so cool. Courtesy of Jon and his dorky but informative video game forum, these are a few of my favorite things…
If you have a Last.fm account, you can create your own here:
June 26, 2008
Jon is watching the NBA draft right now, which gives me plenty of time to ignore the television and write a few lines here. So, first off, I’ve moved. Now in my second apartment in Chicago, I’m much happier. I didn’t hate the first one. In fact, it grew on me more and more the longer I lived there and made it my own. And don’t get me started on Andersonville. I loved living in that area, but unfortunately it was just too far away from downtown. It’s pretty amazing how close we are to Grant Park now. I’m definitely looking forward to being able to walk to Lollapalooza and back home again.
I’ve posted some pictures of the new place on Facebook and Flickr if you haven’t seen them yet. It’s still pretty messy, but I just can’t bring myself to come home from work and spend the whole night cleaning/putting stuff away. It doesn’t help that my leg is broken and I have to either wear this boot or sit and elevate my leg. I don’t know if it’s getting any better. It doesn’t seem to be, but maybe I’m just being neurotic. It’s still swollen every day when I take it off. I am not exactly sure what the boot is supposed to do, because it’s not really tight on my leg no matter how hard I pull the straps. I guess I’ll just have to follow doctor’s orders and see what happens.
I’m ready for a vacation. Like a legitimate, lie-in-the-sun-and-drink-margaritas type vacation. Too bad my mum didn’t tell me she was getting married in Key West a few weeks back, that would’ve been a perfect excuse for a trip. Oh, yeah, that’s some news that happened recently, I suppose. My mom got married. No big fancy church ceremony. It was just her and Laz on the beach. I still haven’t seen the pictures (she did hire a photographer, luckily), but I’m looking forward to it.
We now live less than a half mile away from Target. That could be really bad for my bank account.
I’m so glad we don’t have a car anymore and I don’t have to worry about gas prices (other than how they’re affecting me at the grocery store or if I want to book a flight).
My new apartment building (condos, really) has a Bally gym in it and we both get free memberships. Between that and the Wii Fit, I BETTER be in shape a few months after my leg heals.
Our landlord (the lady who owns the condo we live in) is apparently the hardest person in the world to get ahold of. This wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t have to go through her for every maintenance request. Cross your fingers that everything stays working and lovely and we don’t need her.
It’s been almost three years that Jon and I have lived together now. Three years and three apartments and we haven’t killed each other yet. That’s gotta be good.
I wish I had a fancy camera. I love mine and it takes awesome pictures, but I just know they could be so much clearer/brighter if I had more megapixels or something. I always want things to come out in pictures exactly how I see them in life, and it’s frustrating when they don’t.
I want I want I want…I am whiny and ungrateful.
I miss writing. I write all day and am too tired to do it for fun anymore.
Is there anything more boring than watching the NBA Draft (especially when you don’t watch basketball)?
Jon is a bad influence. I hadn’t eaten out all week and yesterday he made me get a giant burrito at Qdoba. Now he’s offering me ice cream.
Oasis has a new album coming out in October. I’m excited, but I don’t want it to be cold again!
We live on the 10th floor of our building. The windows in our apartment open out about 8 inches or so, which would provide a lovely breeze off of the river. The only problem is that they don’t have screens on them and I’m afraid that Tia (the cat) will get curious and fall out of one because she doesn’t know any better. For this reason, we will probably never open them. We do have central AC, though, which is rare in Chicago.
It is lovely to have carpet again. I know everyone LOVES hardwood floors, but I love me some nice soft carpet under my feet. It’s probably better for my leg too.
It looks more and more like my friend Bryn is coming to visit for Lollapalooza in late July/early August. She has apparently put in her letter of resignation at work so she can come back to the States…permanently? Semi-permanently? She has been living in Sri Lanka now for 3 years or so doing good and making the world a better place. Maybe only 2. I can’t remember when she went there, but she was in Canada for a year before that. She’s been to visit a few times since going, but I’m sure it will be a huge adjustment. I don’t know where she would live or what she would do, but I hope she likes it. I know I’ll be happy to have her back.
I’m exhausted! I think it’s time to call it a night for now. I’ll leave you with a picture taken a few evenings ago from my living room window.
June 15, 2008
I wanted to set up this blog because I realize that I’m terrible at writing individual emails and I absolutely hate sending mass emails. If you want to keep up with what I’m doing (because I am soooo exciting…ahem), this will hopefully be a good way to do it. I have a Livejournal that I never use anymore and this might go by the wayside as well, honestly, but it’s worth a try.
If nothing else, I hope this will help me reflect a little more on my time. I feel like the days are flying by recently. I can’t believe it is already mid-June. I refuse to believe I have no record of what I’ve been up to for the past 6 months. That must stop. Immediately.
