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The Time Has Arrived

Some may think it’s too soon.  But I’ve always been a believer in putting up the tree the day after thanksgiving.

One Month

We’ll have been in Chicago a month tomorrow.  In honor a list.

Top Ten things I’m not use to yet living in Chicago.

1. Waiting outside and above everything for the train.
2. 20 minute commute to work and Downtown
3. Big aisles in the grocery store, and Target.
4. A REAL grocery store
5. Walking to fun bars!!!
6. Wrigley Field at the end of the street
7. Being in the same timezone as my mother
8. Being within driving distance of my family
9. Tons of grass for Laverne to enjoy
10. Oprah at 9:00 am instead of 4:00pm

Yes We Can

Went to the equal rights rally today.  What started as a rally soon turned into a march through the streets of Chicago.  What started as walking through the city on the sidewalk soon turned into taking over the streets.  Can’t help but feel a little bad for the people sitting in there cars as thousands of protesters took over the street stopping traffic in downtown Chicago.  But then a few minutes of there time is nothing to the years of no civil/equal rights.

First Time I Wish I Was In New York

Oprah’s Clean Up Your Messy House Tour

Oddly enough the Oprah Show today made me wish I was back in New York.  One of the clients from Edris was featured on the show.

Our New Backyard (wink, wink)

In lieu of finding something cheap/free to do, Jim and I discovered the Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Lincoln Park Zoo.  Both highly recommended and both completely free.  We were surprised how nice the zoo was.  We were expecting something along the lines of the Central Park Zoo.  After all it is a zoo in the middle of a park, just like the one in NY.  But it had all the animals you expect in a full size zoo, and unlike the Bronx Zoo you don’t have to pay extra to see the more popular animals.  Lions, Tigers, and Bears oh my!!!  Unfortunately the battery ran out on the camera just as we were starting the zoo.  But I swear I could sit and watch those gorillas all day long, must be the Diane Fossey in me.

Fun Times In A New City

Me TV

So one of the first things Jim made sure we had settled before we got out here was the tv hook up.  You can bet on the first monday after we got here he had arranged for the cable guy to come out and hook us up.  Loving the wireless internet by the way.  But one of the first channels we discovered that we got here that we didn’t get in New York was Me TV.  It is basically what Nick at Nite use to be when it originally came on, and is what TV Land should be.   Our DVR has quickly filled with episodes of The Facts of Life, Different Strokes, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, One Day At A Time, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchock Presents, Batman, Superman, and The Jack Benny Show.

Viewing History

September 11, 2001….I wake up on my day off of work.  turn on the telvision and see only one of the world trade center towers standing, and the other one come crubling down.  My cell phone alerts me to a voicemail message, I listen to it, and it is one of my best friends who goes to school downtown telling me that the planes hit the buildings and she didn’t know what to do or where to go.  I hear a loud noise in the background and the phone cuts off. The country comes together to band against this attack.

March 20, 2003…the united states invades Iraq.  One of my best friends has a brother in the Navy, and his mother is constantly nervous.  My roomates brother enlists in the army, and is deployed to the region.  The debate over the war immediatly divides the country.

February 24,2004….in the beginning of a presidential re-election campaign President George W. Bush calls for an amendment to the constitution that would outlaw gay marriage, commonly known as the Federal Marriage Amendment.  This would be the first time in our nations history an amendment would be made to the constitution that would discriminate against US citizens.  George W. Bush goes on to win the election and is in office for four more years.

August 23, 2005….Hurricane Katrina hits Florida as a category 1 storm, the storm strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico and makes land fall a few days later.  The levees in New Orleans break and flood the city, I watch the coverage on the news and immediately notice a class issue.  The director of FEMA willingly admits that he did not know there were people stranded at meeting centers around the city. George W. Bush says he’s doing a good job.

November 4, 2008…I witness  Democratic Nominee Barack Obama win the presidential election.  He becomes the first African American elected to the high office.   He promises to bring the country together, uniting us instead of dividing us.  For the first time in 8 years, I have faith in the leader of my country, and believe that when we are tested with the fates of history, he will lead us and guide us to do the right thing.

The Past Month

Well if you are wondering what I’ve been up to the past month, these pics should explain it.  Finally starting to get settled.  Now I just need a job.  Oh what fun, starting over.