April 16- Chicago!

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MMm---oh. Oh, hey. Sorry about that. I was taking full advantage of being able to eat fries again. Glorious, glorious potatoes crispy-fried to perfection, how I have missed thee...in all seriousness, though, the Lent eating better thing worked out fairly well. I dropped 7-8 lbs during the 40 days essentially by improving my diet (though I will give warmer weather credit for the assist on this one. I shall be a nice bronze by May). Pretty solid.

Despite my best efforts, I will most certainly not tan anywhere other than my forearms. All summer long.


In other news, I have been faring very well with one of my two challenges. As of today, I am more than halfway through my personal challenge of not putting salt on my food. I'm proud of this accomplishment, and am feeling really good about not having to put salt on EVERYTHING at the end of the month. The long-term positives about this are well-documented. Short-term positives include getting to eat me food quicker because I'm not wasting time with the salt shaker. Hooray! Bad news: my stock in Morton Salt is essentially worthless (but I'm not the only one.....ZING!)

The Great Recession has been brought to you today by the letters A, I, and G

The "betterment" half of my April challenge, however, is not going nearly as well. I have yet to finish any of my books. As I have mentioned, I have started a great number of books. As of yesterday, I've made progress, but as it turns out, I've just selected generally really nerdy and scholarly books WHICH...I'm just not in the mood for right now. As a result, I have started Prince Caspian, from the Narnia series...I'm working through a solid three books at once (making for a loooooong flight), so the short story (pun TOTALLY intended) is that I've got a lot of reading to do...which will be made tought because......I'm in Chicago!


Chicago: If you don't think I'd move here, you are sorely mistaken




That's right, I've made my triumphant return to the Second City. Perks include good eats, a lack of responsibility, and Cubs/Cardinals. Wrigley Field, here I come...downsides include simply not reading books. Heh. Winner: Me.

While writing this post, Dan (gracious host/aspiring do-gooder) and I had a light debate on whether Eli Manning (SB Hero) looks like Bruce Springsteen (American Hero). You tell me:


Alright, so the facial hair gives it away...but still....