B-U-R-B-S
I'm 5 minutes away from Chicago
and 1 choice away from relocating

Sometimes, I think I am that Dixie Chicks song, "Ready to Run."

--------> If you are an alien and haven't heard this song, I posted the video at the bottom of the post.

My point...
I know when I need to jump back into life.

For the last year and a half of my life I took less than a hand full of days off work. Two of them were because my publisher thought I had SWINE- FLU because I coughed in the office.

So, now it seems, that I have been long over due for some free, fun and fabulous time. I thought a week in Ohio would do it. But NOOOOOOOO.... the day before I was to leave and go back to Brooklyn, I decided to skip going home and go to visit my Aunt Uncle and cousins (Johanna aka "Joei", Ruth-Ann aka "Lenni"and Micah aka "FICA" ).


Thus far, I have done my fair share of running around. This includes but is not limited to; mani-pedi session with my cousin Joei, seeing the movie "Year One" with my Aunt, reoccuring trips to West Devon Avenue, going to "Old Town" in Chicago to see my longtime friend Lindsay. Plus, I partook in a few of my, now famous, pass-out in the afternoon "naps," of course.

Thus far, all is going well here in the Windy City. Later today, I will be catching up with some more friends who moved to the Chicago area. No idea what we are getting into. With my friends, I am sure it will be entertaining :)

On a similar but side note, my NW of Chicago family got another doggie... It's in ones of these photos. It's the smaller one with the Black and White coloring. They named it CALYPSO and she definitely fits her name. She is very Feisty... the other dog, shown in these pictures, is named TASSY. She has been around a while :)

FYI... these pictures were taken today (6/25/09) in my Aunt & Uncle's backyard. She designed the pond herself a few years ago. It looks nice here but is super-pretty and relaxing in real life!

< ----- Calypso is a super sweet puppy but she likes to jump on me and chew my dresses :(

<----Tassy is in love with playing Frisbee. She has one that is pink and green and torn up from so much play time. However, she still LOVES it. In this picture, she decided to thrown it in the fish pond, then stare at it. In the end, I had to balance on the rocks and dig the Frisbee out of the pond. I am so nice :)