you know it's been too long since you last blogged...

when you start feeling guilty in the same way about not mailing or ringing friends.

when the stories you accumulated in your head have been lost to time past.

when your website address doesn't trigger as usual when typing the first letter.

bad news bears folks. I've been a bit out of the internet community world in the last couple of weeks partly to work busy-ness, partly to lending my camera to my sister for her trip to ghana (and leaving me with no way to document the ordinary of chicago; I am looking forward to seeing her photos), and partly due to other bits, those bits being just wanting to sit about rather than write about. lame lame.

on a few quick notes before I snuggle into bed: chicago is finally having a bit of real winter weather (though no real snow); the steelers won the super bowl and I could only imagine ms. amy schier dancing about in her diva-esque way celebrating (congrats ames); there is nearly one month of waiting left before I find out what happens with the rest of my life (ph.d. application decisions; and yes, I know, not entirely the rest of my life...but significantly so); I'm having a bit of inner angst in experiencing something wonderful now and comparing it to something of the past and worrying of the outcome. in all, I'm going to try and flow a bit more and just be. appreciate the present. and just chill the f* out. too much worrying is no good for anyone, especially when I don't have the weather to run it all out.