almost on the road again.

so i've been in chicago for almost 3 months now, doing a little teaching at merit, blowing up the air mattress every night and crashing in tricia and jen's living room, running big man chance a few times a week, and that pretty much seems to some up what i've done for the last 3 months. ali left for england on tuesday, and i'll be heading out there next week, and then to korea the week after that. so it looks like our rollercoaster of a year may be coming to an end. or atleast to a pause. i feel very dubious about the prospect of actually being able to unpack my suitcase in a few weeks time. i haven't really done that for 9 months. (well, unless you include the week that i lived in an apartment in london, when i unpacked everything only to re-pack everything 3 days later...)

i will not miss blowing up the airmattress every night (and i'm guessing the people living downstairs will not miss the nightly sound of a tornado exploding overhead just when they're almost falling asleep), but i will miss staying with tricia and jen, and chloe (bean) and chance (big man). it's been nice to be so close to everyone here for awhile!

i'm on my way downtown to the korean embassy to pick up my passport with my full visa in it. and to go shopping for a year's worth of clothes that fit me so i never have to enter a little korea boutique only to encounter wide eyes, a look of terror, and a tiny little korean woman saying "nooooo noooooo. too fat. you stretch clothes." i could do without that.