2 posts tagged “chicago”

I arrived home much later than scheduled last night and immediately fell asleep for the first time in my new house. As I was drifting off, I thought, "this is like being in an oddly familiar hotel." Then I got up and came to work.

I have SOOO much to write about my vacation. I'm going to attempt to find my camera cord this evening, so hopefully I'll have photos to post. I did eleventy billion things and I'm exhausted and all I want is to be home, unpacking my books, instead of here at work. Que sera sera...

Oh. And I am going to do my darndest to go back and read through everyone's posts. :)

Tennis Lessons

Last night was my final tennis lesson (at least for this class). It was by far my favorite of the class, mostly because someone brought margaritas to the potluck and somehow that made my useless serve a little better. I am going to take the beginner lessons one more time along with a few other girls in the class. I would have liked to move up, but my serve isn't good enough to put me in the advanced beginner class. But I'm fine with taking the first class again, mostly because I'm making friends and having a good time.

Condo

I get my keys tomorrow for sure! Everything is all set, they just have to go on record with the county and then the house is mine all mine! To celebrate, my parents and my new roommate Sheena and I are having dinner at the condo tomorrow night, since, if you recall, I got the dining table with the place so there's already somewhere for us to eat. Plus, this gives my parents a chance to meet Sheena so that when they are moving my stuff in on Saturday, it's not all awkward.

Vacation

My trip is still on. Apparently I can get to my friends in Iowa despite the flooding, although I have a feeling I'm going to see some devistation like I've never seen before since I'm going right through Cedar Rapids. After Iowa I am visiting Chicago to see two friends I went to grad school with -- Kate and Hillary. Kate, however, will only be there for Thursday night because on Friday she is flying to San Francisco with her fiance. PUNK. We're totally doing a switcheroo! I wish she'd come a different weekend -- I'll take any excuse to drive out to the City for dinner! Oh well. It will be nice to see her for that one day.

Other Things In Life

• I'm mildly obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance. I don't watch a lot of reality TV, but dang, those kids have some serious talent.
• I'm also watching the Mole, which was the first reality show that I ever really watched and loved. Don't tell, but I still love it.
• Because I cannot turn my brain off, I've been getting between five and six hours of sleep instead of my usual eight. My deed of trust for my house now says, Cori Ashley, a zombie woman.
• I have too many things to do before I leave on my vacation, but I can't do any of them at my office even though we have nothing to do. It's frustrating to sit here doing nothing when I have so much to do!
• I hate to fly. I mean, I HATE TO FLY. While I'm super-excited about my vacation, I am not excited about getting on a plane on Saturday. Any advice on making it any easier?