There's no place like home.

For the past few days, I've been visiting Chicago, Illinois. Valentine's Day, my birthday, and some other days went by while I was visiting. I saw the Chicago Bulls play the Miami Heat (without Shaq), went to see the musical Wicked, saw beluga whales at the aquarium, and saw the band Super Furry Animals in Wrigleyville at Metro. It was a good time. I stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel on Michigan Ave., and froze myself almost every day. Stopping in at coffee shops helped keep me warm on the inside, and a (fake) black full length fur coat, gloves, a scarf and earwraps kept my outside warm.

I turned 28 in Chicago. It really made me kind of sad. It was a cold, snowy day... cold, snowy day indeed.