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Yesterday when I left my house there were people digging holes and working and whatnot. When I came home a few hours later there were stoplights installed at my intersection! They weren't hooked up yet, but that's pretty crazy, yeah? Hopefully they'll work out pretty good. It gets bad at rush hour, but I hope the left turn signal doesn't take forever to change when I come home at 11 pm.

The leaves are absolutely beautiful right now aren't they!? They seem to be extra great this year for some reason. I love to look at the hillsides from the plane. Also, when I wear my sunglasses they are more vibrant. Isn't the world supposed to look better through rose-colored lenses though?

2 days ago I went to a chiropractor for the first time in my life. He's also a LMT. I figured that was a good combo. He didn't do a whole lot to me I didn't think. A few adjustments, tried to loosen up a few muscles with a few pressure points. I think that's all. But, today and yesterday, I am soo sore! Yikes. I am going back on Tuesday. Hopefully I will be getting better. It would be nice to have a pain free back!

I'm working a Frontier JetExpress trip this week. So I get to go to exciting places like Little Rock (where I am now) and Tulsa!! Wow!

Windy City

I have a travel bug. It's a bad one. I want to see something new...preferrably in Europe at the moment. It's a little tough to just go there though. So, I went to Chicago last week! Suzie, who lives 2 hours away in Lafayette, came to meet me there. When I got in, we first went to Giordanno's for some Chicago-style pizza. It was pretty good, I'd eat it again. Not as good as Naples pizza though. Then it was off to the Hancock tower to the Signature Lounge on the 95th floor! It was either go there for free, or pay to go to the observation deck. Great views of the city, it was night, so everything was lit up. We could see the Sears Tower across the town.

The next morning we went to the Field Museum where we saw the world's largest and most complete T-Rex, Sue. Not as big as I thought it would be. There were lots of other prehistoric animals and dinosaurs there. That was pretty exciting, I'd never seen dinosaurs before! Very interesting, a good museum. I wasn't quite sure how to process it all, or how to line it up with what I think, or think I know. Probably time to do some reading.

We had lunch and walked down the Magnificent Mile. Stopped in a few shops, but was not inspired to buy anything. Then we went to find Julius Meinl. A cafe, very big in Vienna. The only one in the US is in Chicago, near Wrigley Field. We had some hot cocoa and dessert. Yummy! It made me very very happy to go. And I did find a few things to buy there. After than we drove to Indiana to Suzie's house.

The next day Suzie showed me around Purdue, I met some of her friends and my fellow bridesmaids. There isn't a whole lot to see in Lafayette. A lot of corn fields. I had my first frozen custard. It's pretty much like ice cream. A little different.

The fourth day it was back to Chicago. We went to Navy Pier, just a touristy place. We went to the Art Institue of Chicago Museum. I heard they had one of the largest impressionist collections in the country. I'm kind of a fan of impressionism. I thought that I had seen some of the pictures in other museums. I know that some have many similar versions. Monet made tons of waterlilly paintings. But just now I looked through some of my pictures and found a picture of Van Gogh's bedroom in Chicago and Paris. They're slightly different though. Glad I figured it out. We also stopped in Millenium Park to see the Bean. A very cool piece of modern art. We had fun taking pictures there!

I just made my flight home because traffic was sooo terrible. Then on Saturday (I stayed at my parents.) I went to do the most awesome cache. It was started as a publicity thing for the planet of the apes remake. It's very popular, but the coolest thing about it is that you have to go through a 2.5 mile tunnel to get to it. I went with a group of 6 and we rode bikes. I borrowed a bike my dad got off of Craiglist for free. It had the most uncomfortable seat in the whole world. It was torture. I think we did about 10 miles roundtrip. It was a lot of fun. And I got to wear a headlamp through a dark long tunnel that occassionally dripped water on me.

I want one of those!

Let me update you on the most exciting things in my life lately:

Not exciting really....but I lost a lot of hours last month with all the flight cancellations. You don't work, you don't get paid, doesn't matter why. Dumb.

Um, did a little geocaching in WA 2 weekends ago with my mom and Holly. We took a little boat out on Lakes Morton and Meridian to get to them! It was fun. I went up there to go to the fair. I haven't done the Puyallup in a while! It was a good time. I ate a lot of junk. Played a few games, looked at stuff. You know how it is. We didn't go on any rides, but who really needs em? You can do it at a trot....you can do it at a gallop.

Last weekend I went home again this time to see the Red Bull Soapbox Derby Races. They went down Fremont Ave. in Seattle. It was great! There were a lot of people there. We didn't watch all of them, but people were really creative in their designs! It made me really like Seattle for the day. Not that I have ever disliked Seattle. The race was good entertainment. Each "vehicle's" crew had to do a little skit before they started down the course. When we got there all I saw was guys dancing in their underwear. I didn't know what was going on! There were some crashes, which were fun to watch. DJ No Name bit it big time at the very beginning of the course.

The other super fun thing is that my dad bought 2 puppies last week!! The black one is going to my grandpa after she is trained a little more. The white one is technically Justin's. They are sooo cute! They're pretty well behaved and I want a puppy so bad now! Puppies are always cute and fun to play with, but I want one to keep! Beside the fact that it would be neglected with my job... Their new names are Pepper and Misty - you can probably figure out which is which. They are West Highland - Cairn terrier mixes - - sisters. They'll probably be really sad when we separate them, but I'm sure they'll get to visit each other quite often. Our cat does not like them. At all. I played with them and petted their bellies (they roll right over) and got kisses from them the whole time I was there. And...I want a puppy.

P.S. I am badly wanting to take a fun trip somewhere. i.e. Europe (not gonna happen for now), New York (close 2nd), Boston, WA DC. I just need someone to take some days off of their regular job to go with me! I am seriously considering (as I have before) going by myself to see the Grand Canyon. I think I could handle that. But you still have to drive really far from nearby airports/cities. Also, it's more fun with a friend. I need some real friends with flight benefits....yeah right.