It just keeps ticking on

It just keeps ticking on

So I'm 13 days from my glorious return to Chicago. I have a list of things I intend to do that normally might seem quite boring and commonplace. In light of my extended absence these things have taken on new significance as the little things that make me love Chicago. On my return, I will(In no particular order):

1)Take a bike ride with my horn-helmet and most likely yell at some cars (think of it as therapy)
2)Eat breakfast at the Sunrise Cafe
3)Appreciate the non-touching panhandling style of the Chicago bum
4)Go see Millenium Park, touch the Bean
5)Go see some rock shows, hopefully Built To Spill on the 8th
6)Drink a really good margarita (they just don't cut it here)
7)Hang out with my friends
8)Finish painting my apartment
9)Eat lunch at the Grand Lux
10)Join a gym near 909
11)Take a bath (not that I haven't been clean here, they just only have showers and I like to be lazy and wallow in my own filth when I'm cleaning myself)
12)Find an Aikido dojo and start taking lessons
13)Eat lunch at a variety of tasty restaurants
14)Ponder getting a haircut but not actually get one
15)Go talk to my tattoo artist about a new design I came up with
16)Go to Ikea and buy new furniture all the while complaining about consumerism
17)Buy a TV and bathe in its comforting blue glow
18)Do everything in Chicago that I enjoy (this one could take some time and is open to interpretation)
This is not a complete list. And nothing you can do to me will get you the full list. Its classified.

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Graver's picture

work in the way?

so, do you have any idea if/when you'll start travelling? The life of a TW road warrior is thankless but sometimes fun

Colin's picture

That big ole' Beach

No idea when I'll start travelling. The US Beach is a little large right now and I'll be returning to work on the 10th of October. As of this moment I have no project that I'll be working on. They say that stuff is starting to heat up and that they're working hard to place people. My feeling is that if I don't get placed on a billable project when I return then I'll try to get to work with the US devs of the non-billable project I'm on right now: BeachBall. It would just be a one way developer exchange. I'm sure I could be of help.

Mom's picture

Good Day Sunshine!

It was good to see you in Wichita. How many of the 18 on your list have you accomplished so far? Enjoy your life, we love you!

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