Hunting

So we've seen three apartments and over the next two days we have appointments to see three more. Hopefully that will cinch it. We are looking for: at least two bedrooms, preferably three; dog friendly; near the el; with laundry (in case you know of anything). Perhaps I will have good news to report in the new year.

Christmas was wonderful. I got some great jewelry from Nate (a huge tiger's eye pendant and matching bracelet and ring), some DVDs, and other goodies. I started off Christmas Eve by drinking some very excellent margaritas with my co-workers (another round!), then went home to have a ham dinner with Nate. On Christmas day we saw Lord of the Rings with two Texan friends. They are a married couple, both from Midland-Odessa, they moved here about a month before Nate did, AND I went to high school with one of them (what are the chances?). We have spent the last three Christmases or Christmas Eves with them seeing movies, since none of us has managed to make it down to Texas for the holidays. Next year, I expect it will be different for all concerned although I'd like to keep up the movie tradition. After the movie we went to Chinatown and had a great dinner of shrimp, lobster, fish, and chicken. Then we went to their place and had some Tecate and tequila. A little non-traditional but intoxicating.

And over the weekend I got my treadmill! It's already made a huge difference in my outlook. While we've lived in Chicago, I've gone up two dress sizes. (one each winter). I know it's not a big deal. I'm still in my BMI range, but it sucks having a closetful of clothes that are too tight. I didn't want to go up yet another size this winter, so it was either work out more or buy a whole new wardrobe. Number two was never gonna happen ...