blink, blink - vacation over

Back to work tomorrow. I can't believe it's been 10 days. It went so fast. And I haven't really done much of anything. At least not much of what I could boast of to my coworkers, in case they ask (which they will). I did go for a long walk around the neighborhood. Once. I took a little trip downtown with a friend who had free tickets for the Museum of Contemporary Art (not much of interest for me there, as it turned out - but it was free, and at least I know I don't ever need to go again, lol). We had lunch at Panera Bread afterwards (which used to be one of my favorite haunts when I could still afford eating out on a daily basis), then walked around for the rest of the afternoon, checking out the Millenium Park (which I don't think I'd ever been inside of before) and the new paved walkway by the river, with fancy railings and benches and fountains etc. Looks like the city of Chicago is getting all decked out in preparation for the 2016 Olympics, lol. Anyway - that was the only halfway-touristy thing I did during this vacation. I also visited another friend for dinner and a movie. Once. I dyed my hair (the same fiery red as before, since it seemed to be a huge success the first time around, lol). I went grocery shopping - three times - and tried out two new recipes (egg-drop soup, which didn't turn out too exciting; and a fancy chicken salad inspired by our company lunch at that bowling place back in August, which, I am happy to report, was much better). I spent a day in bed due to the 'monthly inconvenience', and another day just lazing about at home for the same reason. I watched two new films from Netflix (in addition to some old Viggo stuff, just because). I cleaned the apartment. I wrote some emails. I made a few phone calls. I read some slash, obviously, and a good portion of Dune by Frank Herbert (which I swiped from my sister's bookshelf some time ago). And that's pretty much it - if you disregard the time spent fuming, angsting and feeling my brainwheels overheat in regard to THE PLAN (vide previous post). Not a whole lot to have accomplished in ten days, I suppose. At least not according to most people. I know some who do as much in a single weekend (minus the 'stay in bed' or 'laze about' parts, of course).

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