kiss me on the bus
it feels like so much happened this week, but i'm not sure if it actually did. it's as if we all caught a strong wind underneath our shoes. nearly everyone close to me is traveling around or in the process of change, including myself.
spending this week with jeanne was so great it's inexplicable via the written word, spoken word, hand symbols, musical notes, &tc. i hadn't entirely realized the full spectrum of what i was missing from/about her until this week. she makes me strong, and that's absolutely invaluable. one day we will live in the same city, it just has to happen. she's doing so well in life, and i'm so proud of her i can't fully express that either.
downers grove, illinois is one of the most boring places i've ever been. it's like troy, michigan but worse. downers grove and the surrounding area [oak brook, especially] is so so absolutely boring and saturated with chain stores and big-box stores and outdoor malls [we're lucky to not have one, i think, and retain still our actual "downtown areas {starbucks or no starbucks}]. it's boring. it's the same thing, over and over again. nothing interesting. i sat by a man-made pond with ducks for about an hour, and it was so absolutely totally totally boring. the streets are far too wide around there, and the lights are entirely too long. the only good thing about downers grove is that it has the brazilian restaurant, sal and carvão churrascaria*, where i had the best dining experience of my entire life. it's an all-you-can-eat MEAT restaurant. it's so amazing and worth every penny of its extravagance. the cookies** at the doubletree hotel are amazing, and just before we left i was offered a job***. looks like i won't have to go back to retail. not just yet at least.
my sister moved to manhattan yesterday! she begins working at jean-georges tomorrow. i'm so absolutely proud and excited for her, and i don't have enough words or hand symbols or grunts for that either.
terry left for north carolina yesterday, and it was mehhhhh sleeping without him. it's far too cold for long vacations! my feet, in socks and slippers, are still little ice cubes, and i'm getting sick with pharyngitis again. and i'm whining now. back to work!
*there is also one in downtown chicago, so go to that one
**though kristin's oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies are rivaling doubletree's
***the job is not at the doubletree
spending this week with jeanne was so great it's inexplicable via the written word, spoken word, hand symbols, musical notes, &tc. i hadn't entirely realized the full spectrum of what i was missing from/about her until this week. she makes me strong, and that's absolutely invaluable. one day we will live in the same city, it just has to happen. she's doing so well in life, and i'm so proud of her i can't fully express that either.
downers grove, illinois is one of the most boring places i've ever been. it's like troy, michigan but worse. downers grove and the surrounding area [oak brook, especially] is so so absolutely boring and saturated with chain stores and big-box stores and outdoor malls [we're lucky to not have one, i think, and retain still our actual "downtown areas {starbucks or no starbucks}]. it's boring. it's the same thing, over and over again. nothing interesting. i sat by a man-made pond with ducks for about an hour, and it was so absolutely totally totally boring. the streets are far too wide around there, and the lights are entirely too long. the only good thing about downers grove is that it has the brazilian restaurant, sal and carvão churrascaria*, where i had the best dining experience of my entire life. it's an all-you-can-eat MEAT restaurant. it's so amazing and worth every penny of its extravagance. the cookies** at the doubletree hotel are amazing, and just before we left i was offered a job***. looks like i won't have to go back to retail. not just yet at least.
my sister moved to manhattan yesterday! she begins working at jean-georges tomorrow. i'm so absolutely proud and excited for her, and i don't have enough words or hand symbols or grunts for that either.
terry left for north carolina yesterday, and it was mehhhhh sleeping without him. it's far too cold for long vacations! my feet, in socks and slippers, are still little ice cubes, and i'm getting sick with pharyngitis again. and i'm whining now. back to work!
*there is also one in downtown chicago, so go to that one
**though kristin's oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies are rivaling doubletree's
***the job is not at the doubletree
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