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it's worth the download time.

bon voyage to paul, who departs soon for four weeks of roaming the guatemalan countryside with naught but a notebook, pen, and some malaria pills. viva la earnest young writer, i say. oh, and hide some extra cash inside your sock or something - as my father has often reminded me when i'm setting out for foreign lands, if one finds oneself in a tight spot, $100 american cash will negotiate better than an electronic dictionary and faster than an american consulate. all my good travel karma to you, paul.

chicago is so totally gripped by cubs fever that 1) i'm actually following the games, and 2) the weatherman on the news tonight gave a detailed report on what the weather was like the last time the cubs were in the playoffs - in 1908.

recent reticence should be considered a blessing; i'm saving you all the daily-move in report:

friday: dear blogger, today i unpacked 2 more boxes. i still can't find the box with the chair covers. ps - discovered too late that there's no linen closet. searching for solutions in IKEA catalogue.

saturday: dear blogger, still no home for the extra towels. can't decide: should we buy a papasan chair now, or save our money for a sofa?

i'm short on wit these days. exploring-of-chicago is largely put on hold now that i have two jobs; i just wish i had time to finish unpacking. the apartment has great potential, but it needs lots of stuff, and we have no money, so most of the decorating plans will have to wait. at my day job i learn dental insurance terminology and book-keeping basics, at my real job i'm learning, via trial-by-fire, how to manage projects, budgets and people. commute reading has been limited to total fluff: IKEA catalogues, p.g. wodehouse novels, the onion.

the val and grant wedding was beautiful, classy and a little heart-wrenching, as the first of The Roommates Crossed The Moat (don't ask), and the weekend with friends made me a little wistful for my college days - not the being 19, or the going to school part, just the part where all my friends lived down the hall from me. now the hipster death squad is scattered across every corner of the country: new york, washington DC, portland, san jose, chicago. we have apartments, credit cards, 10:30 bedtimes and jobs that make us work weekends.

we depart tomorrow for the bay area and for the wedding of valerie and grant - yay! friends and sunshine and every meal includes avocado! what more could i want?

we've moved into the apartment, and aside from a few creative repairs that may be required, i have high hopes that life will SOON begin to settle. we have an address, utilities, and a day job, an apartment devoid of furniture, but with plenty of windows and room for the cat to run. hopefully posts will resume with some regularity as soon as i find which box the computer is in.