Eh. So much for creating a blog and keeping up with it. I've never been accused of being consistent.
We've had an unseasonably mild month so far, which raises concerns about global warming (are we really not convinced it's real?!). But I guess we should enjoy the blessing we are given! Soon enough we will be under a blanket of snow.
I'm slightly worried about winter. It's not so much the weather that worries me as the parking situation. Here in the crowded neighborhoods, if you don't have a garage or a designated parking space, parking is a free for all. I'm pretty lucky - I never have to park more than a block or two away from my place. But when the big snows come, you're stuck with whatever spot you had to dig out. That' right. Once there's a foot or two of snow Chicagoans get very territorial about their parking spots. If you have to dig it out you have the right to reserve your spot, day or night, with whatever you may have - kitchen chairs, milk crates, cardboard boxes... I once saw someone save their spot with a toilet (must have been a bitch to move each time they parked!). So what I'm getting at is: if you have the bad luck of not finding a good parking spot right before a snow, you are stuck with it until the thaw! That can be all winter, folks!!! All winter of having to park three blocks away! Have fun hauling those groceries in!!!
