good things come...

...to those who wait long enough... or something like that was what my Mom used to say. Well, I don't really believe that, but if you've been waiting for pix and a report of our fun day with Amy, you've been waiting a while, and good things are coming your way, I promise.

Just not yet.

But here are a couple photos to tide you over. Click on either for a bigger version.

Amy & me in front of LUSH (note I'm wearing my new favorite sweater, the one Loopy hates)	Amy at the Shedd Aquarium

In other news:

• I found my inner grownup but lost it again, sort of, temporarily, but, you know, these things take time....
  
• Loopy and I had some stormy sessions with Our Little Italian Friend and had a breakthrough but then I screwed it up, a little, but basically everything is much better.
  
• I wrote to my two advisors and told them "I'm coming back," and also wrote to the administrator-type-person who is in charge of deciding whether I can do that or not and she said I can.
  
• I'm almost done with the work for one of my classes.
  
• I got to see Joel again!
  
• My friend Maya also visited us in Chicago and we went to the zoo and the Japanese grocery store.
  
• Loopy is downstairs right now cooking delcious things, yay!

So basically life is good! Mostly!

Now my inner grownup and I are going downstairs to stretch and walk on the treadmill. Really we are. I promise. (This doesn't sound very grown-up, does it! Oh dear!)