Mary, I’m so glad I’m Thine.

Last Thursday Sandy and I (and all our faithful friends) managed to move our belongings into a new apartment.  We’re still getting used the the space (and continue to unpack…me more than her) and find the abode to be endlessly quirky but somehow quite wonderful.  This morning I studied and ate a scone on the [...]

garage sale

We were actually on our way to a wedding.  By no means were we early.  But somehow, on that crisp Saturday afternoon the GARAGE SALE sign caught our attention.  Check the clock.  Would there be time?  “I think we can make it.  The just is just down the street.”  “We’ll have to be quick,” he [...]

The conclusion of the Divine Mercy Chaplet

I always tend to think of you at the same spot during my drive.  It is the part where the highways seem to bleed into each other–beginning and ending and intertwining.  If one wasn’t watching the road signs you’d end up completely lost.  And even though I think of you as I drive under the [...]

The debate goes on

After taking a media economics course a few years ago, and perhaps also spurned by the movie You’ve Got Mail, I have become a person who tries to avoid corporate giants as best I can.  I try to support local industry and shy away from chains that haven’t done anything special to win me over [...]

Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?

I went to my new school today to finish handing in forms and clear up the massive amounts of confusion I’ve been experiencing with financial aid. Afterward I found the university bookstore and went in, as I always to, to write down ISBN numbers before running home to buy the books. It was [...]

He Runs!

Welp.  I made it.  2:24:22 official time.
What a rush.  Who ever thought that I would run?
Spent the evening with fellow runners (of Team Monocle) eating pasta and going to bed early.  There was rain at 4:20 when we woke up…make me awfully nervous, but it cleared up by the time we left.
Kristin and I checked [...]

Moved in. Whats with all these boxes?

Greetings from my new humble abode.
I moved in on Friday with the help of family and friends, followed by an air-conditioned feast of BBQ in Westmont.  I was worried about space issues, but things have been going pretty well thus far and aside from all the boxes that are yet to be unpacked, I am [...]

Meet Monocle.

Monocle MirrorMan has lived in our apartment for about 5 months. Stays in the bathroom, mostly, but I suppose it is as good a place as any. When friends come over they always make it a point to visit him and amend the dry-erase speech bubble that remains next to his perpetual [...]

CU later

After work today I have grand plans of going to Espresso to use my last fully-punched card for a free chai tea…heck I’m feeling crazy–make it a latte.  I will sit and read my book.  I will finish it–only 30 pages to go, and return it (backdated, of course) in the morning.  It feels strange [...]

60130

It’s official.  My life is progressing.
Sandy and I signed the lease yesterday (after the most arduous process) and I have a job.  In two weeks I’ll be moving closer to Chicago and in a month I’ll be starting an assistantship at the library where I’ll be attending school.
There are a thousand things to do between [...]