This is something that I miss oh so much. This being the SUN!!! Living in Chicago it seems that the majority of the years are spent in the dark and cold. Once in a while the sun peaks itself out for us to see. Nothing is green anymore, but brown instead. It can be a bit depressing and dreary if you let it get to you, which I try not to do. I will say that i'm very excited come April, when you don't have to wear 10 extra pounds of clothing and still be frozen solid. Spring is coming I hope soon!

they are my world

when i was young i always wanted some kind of furrycreature in which i could pet and love...however, the fact that my brother was allergic to any kind of animal with hair made this basically impossible...during my youth we went through a number of different kinds of pets...we had things from lizards, to mice, to fish, and i think that is about it...i REALLY loved the lizard!! i still remember one specific day that i went to elementary school and was SOOO excited to come home to play with my new favorite friend, but when i got home he was gone....my mom took him to our rental house and let him go..WITHOUT even asking me! i mean, she was the one who had to take care of the thing so i guess that's probably why...the only part that interested me about it was it..not the cleaning and the taking care of part...so that was that...

during college i really could have cared less about having a pet...i was not ever home and didnt have time for one...once i met amir i quickly fell in love with his dog, Rufus....at this time Rufus was 5 years old and although he previously had a mother figure i was the one around and i was taking that roll..i love it so much!!! a few years later we adopted my dog..little melvin...when we found him on the street he was no more than a month old and he reminded me of one of those KayBee toys dogs that walks two steps and flips...walks two more steps and flips again...he was the cutest thing i had ever seen...i'm SOO grateful to have them both....i do not have any children but my dogs feel like my children....i am the world to them...i feed them, play with them, and love them...it seems so unfair that dogs do not really live that long of lives compared to their owners...amir and i sometimes joke about cloning the dogs, but i think it would be more creepy than comforting after they are no more...

in waiting

in 2 months we are set to move ....somewhere......probably into the same apartment complex that we moved from....which in a way feels a bit strange but i'm actually looking forward to it...so basically i feel as though im in this strange transition period...where i'm trying to enjoy my last few months living here in the city knowing that i'm gonna be going soon...
i think that we had a good run here in Chicago...it was an alright city to live in, however, money always seems to enhance things...unfortunate for me, that's one thing i've not really had since we've moved here...one thing that we could have completely used some extra money for was a parking space so that we didn't have to street park...street parking is a pain in the ass!! in my hood you've got to be home by like 8 at night to secure a parking space so that you don't have to drive around for hours....and i mean hours...i've had to do it before.....this whole situation kind of puts a hinderance on one's social life.....
one thing that i really enjoy about my dear old lakeview hood is that it has such a european feel to it...i can walk to pretty much anything..groceries, shopping, bars..they are literally a block away...it's just a really good place for walking and being outside which is one thing that i am missing right now here in subzero chicago....it seems for days that the sun is nonexistent which makes me understand (sorta) why there's so many overweight people in this state. however, this is still no excuse for it..i still walk to and from the gym in 10 degree weather...maybe i'm crazy, maybe i'm not...all i know is that i've got a wedding dress to look fancy in....
so that's all for now i think......i'm sure that i'll be back sooner than later since with this part time job i've got that's what it really, truly is...i work two maybe three times a week if i'm lucky.....
later people...if there even are any people that read this blog i have no idea