I will not take this for granted!

It is nearly 70 degrees today and sunny and breezy and WONDERFUL! I refuse to take such a beautiful day for granted, so I'm trying to engineer reasons to go outside. Doing laundry - check! Going to the bank - check! Windows wide open - check! Maybe now my house will stop smelling like the scallops I cooked last week. I have never had a home that held onto food smells like this place. Seafood is always the worst and though the scallops were tasty, I don't really need to smell them when I walk into the house at the end of the day.

So Matt and I and youle and her friend Matt went downtown to watch the river being dyed green on Saturday. It was a nice day that day, too 54 and sunny... lovely. We got there early, were right in front, participated in the wave and resisted joining the chant "dye the river! dye the river" There were plenty of people in flamboyant costumes. I think my favorite was a guy who had a neon green Hef-style bath robe. That's pretty creative.

March Already!?

So the date is 3.10.09 I am sitting in my living room. it's 60 degrees outside, but the "bottom" is scheduled to "fall out" around 10 p.m. leaving us with a low of teens to 20's. I think that's March in IL for you. Matt started his latest Second City class at long last yesterday. He left the charger for his laptop in the classroom and when he went back today, he ran into a friend from his first class that he really enjoyed. The friend is interested in making funny movies, and it so happens, matt is too. So we'll see what comes of that.

I have made a pretty big life decision after months of feeling like i was not quite where I needed to be... I'm not going to put it out there for the whole world to see until something actually comes of it.

I'm hoping to get this old bloggin' thing back up and going. I think that the Chicago winter has thrown me off my game. Though, it's really not been as bad as I thought it would be, it does have a way of making you want to come home and do nothing. I'm looking forward to nice weather so I can get off my duff. And for now, getting off my duff includes me writing to you all again.