My first day of teaching is today. Only thing in my way is a 15 minute bike ride to the train station, an hour on the train, and about 25 more minutes on the bike on the way to the school. Oh, and here’s hoping there are bike racks out there.

After two days of loading/cleaning, two days of driving, and one day of incomplete unloading, we’ve finally made it to our new home in Chicago. Our apartment is pretty amazing. Just a beautiful, big place that I can’t think of many ways to improve. (Well, wider doors so we could easily get the couch in […]

circa 1999

Well I suppose you can say it’s official. I just got confirmation today that I’ll be starting my first teaching job this fall at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, IL, a good ways outside Chicago. I’m so happy to finally be realizing one of my major life goals. I know it sounds silly to […]

We found a place to live today. It’s on the cusp of Andersonville and Edgewater Glen here in Chicago. Stacy and I have spent the last three days looking, and fortunately, Apartment People came through for us today. We ended up with a 2 bedroom apartment, a private garage and fair proximity to the Red […]