Ahhh... Chicago in the Winter!

So. Hi.

Today was a big day for me. Woke up around 11am - which is pretty good for me on a Sunday - got going around noon - which again is good for me on a Sunday...

Jeff and I headed up to Xsport (our local gym at School and Ashland), and I was glad to be going because of 2 reasons - 1) I needed to go to the gym at some point today - let's just say it needed to be done... and 2) there's always the possibility of hottie hotness at the gym. I love me some Chicago.

So after that - it was a quick change and then hopped the 76 bus down to Sheridan, then took the 151 downtown - we needed to make a stop at Express for some NYE gear, which oddly enough took us only about an hour for the whole trip. For those of you in Chicago - you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. For those of you not in Chicago - read on.

In this fair city of mine, time is warped from most other places in the country - especially when it comes to intercity travel. I live maybe 5-7 miles from downtown. At home in Michigan, my parents live 10 miles from Jeff's parents. It takes me 10 minutes to get from my parents house to Jeff's parents house. But in Chicago - if you could make it from my place to downtown in a half hour, you're doing pretty good - unless you take a cab - then its like $10 for 15 minutes... -ish... Very different down here.

And speaking of this fair city of mine - which I've lived here long enough and paid enough tickets and taxes to say its mine - its a pretty freakin cool place. Last night we went to an apartment downtown with some beautiful views. Then we went back down there today, and had some more beautiful views - both in the air looking at the buildings and on the ground looking at the hotties.

Of all the places I go all over the country - people ask me why I moved to Chicago, and I really don't have an answer for them, because I can never begin to explain how much of a cool city this is. And I can only appreciate it in a certain way because of my suburban Detroit upbringing. Why did I move to Chicago? Its the best city in the world. See it through my eyes and you'll know exactly why.

Thanks Chicago - these last 6 months have been awesome. Lets look forward to being great in '08!