uh, yeah...

Zzzzzzz.....

this weekend, i had the pleasure of going to Albany New York for the wedding of two of my dear friends. i took my violin on the plane with trepidation after the internet sites warned of violins breaking due to the change in air pressure. I played in the wedding and got to spend priceless time with the bride, groom and their family and friends. a true blessing and treat. i can tell i'm getting older though, after being out after 1 and 2 two nights in a row, i'm EXHAUSTED and slept through the Entire flight home. and after a 1.5hr flight, and a 2 hr ride home on the subway (subway to shuttle bus to subway to bus to walking home), i made it back to my pooch and my bed...

so, after a great weekend, i'm headed to bed.
the happy couple at breakfast before the wedding:) how adorable:)


love you guys:):)

oh how things change...

i've realized over the last few months that my style of blogging has changed dramatically from when i first started...two years ago this month. it's crazy to look back and see what i've experienced, what i've gone through, mood swings, crushes, friendships, travels. i truly have SO much to be thankful for, and (side note: i was brought to that realization the other day when speaking to a friend who is from Belarus as she explained how she came to the US when she was 18 and has made a life for herself here, hoping to someday either join her mother and brother in Australia with her dad, or have them all come to the US because conditions in Belarus are so difficult. my life has been cake compared to that...but i digress...)

my life, documented, has been crazy. and good. i've noticed though, that my posts have become much more pictoral and a bit less honest. not less honest like i'm lying or anything, but more one sided...less 'journal' like, less personal, more about things i do than about what's Really going on sometimes.not always, but sometimes...which might be a good thing. when it started, i did it as an experiment, or as a chance to vent because no one really read it, or because i didn't know who read it. NOW, over 10 thousand site-counts later, it's different because i know people who read it...haha...

anyways, a few more pics...last weekend i went to the Sunset Rubdown concert at the Empty Bottle in chi-town. (for those of you who know Wolf Parade, it's the same lead singer). i went with a friend and her boyfriend and a bunch of their guy friends. omg...SO much fun!! after the show i played pool with the guys, impressed them a bit...and went up to one of the band members to ask where they were going afterwards. a bunch of fun guys thinking you Won't do something crazy is just enough motivation to do it (as long as it's within reason, of course, RELAX!!). plus, i'll probably never be close enough to the band again to make it a big deal. after we went and followed the band to the next club like 14 yr old groupies, i went and told Spencer Krug, the lead singer, that the show was fabulous. He was awesome by the way, he acted as if he was really touched that i came over to tell him i enjoyed the show. he wasn't stuck up or anything...but i digress again...needless to say the guys thought i was crazy, and cool, and were all inlove with me...hehe..

proof that i had a blast::

uh......i look like i'm falling asleep
we were still getting organized...
and the two other guys craming in the booth didn't really make it into the pitures...
until...



uh, yeah...

one more day...hopefully

so, i'm scheduled to get my car back tomorrow afternoon. i'm stoked...cause i love my car. life without my car has been difficult, though barely survivable:) the fun part, yes, i'm crazy, but i've been enjoying using public transportation every morning and evening, even though it means i have to leave the house over an hr earlier than usual, and i can't stay late to work cause i have a longer ride home. but i like it. probalby cause i know i'm only doing it for a week and not every day of the next year or more. i like being part of the city, going through downtown and learning the systems better. what i haven't been enjoying is the vehicle i've been using in the meantime in order to do my visits. ain't she a beauty???

i even had to take a psychiatric resident out all day friday in it...i think my yaris would have been alittle more comfortable. he and i reminisced about these vans being cool when we were in middle school. haha...but i have to say, i'm not complaining...it's cheaper than renting a car for a week, especially after the frustration of last time, and it allowed me to do my job.... i felt pretty fly i have to say...well, no, but even though i won't miss this van, i'll miss reading on the red line, orange line and 35/kedzie bus every day...:)