Only in Chicago.

It is 1215 am. I am leaving my job where I have cleaned various butts and poked various appendages with needles since 3 in the afternoon. It is snowing for the 14th time this month and I have Crocs on my feet which are acting essentially like snow shovels, busily scooping snow right onto my already freezing and wet feet. Under the snow is ice, which I am reminded of as I slip and land on my JLo for the second time on my way from the hospital to my car.
And where is my car? Oh, there it is cleverly concealed under that igloo of frozen ice and snow over there. Sigh. Scrape. Scrape. Sigh. Scrape.
Finally, a warm car, some wet feet and a queen sized bed on the brain.
I pull out eagerly onto the highway (it is now about 1245am) and stop abruptly to sit in the fourteen miles of bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic between here and my bed.
Poop. Only in Chicago.

Comments

Jenn said…
LOL!!! Sorry, I can laugh because I have been in your shoes girl!!
It is sorta funny though how we miss it! I guess you really have to be away from the snow to enjoy it!! Anytime you wan to drop by feel free!! :)
Elizabeth said…
wow. i can't even imagine that! holy cow. nothing like a climate inhospitable to human life! sheesh!
Anna said…
ugh. that horrible.
Anonymous said…
Good to have seen you on Sunday, albeit briefly! That baby of yours is down right adorable! Looking forward to more of your escapades in Chicago! Oh, and more ethnic food recipes!
Anonymous said…
I couldn't find an email for you anywhere on your site so I thought I'd write. (hee, hee...I'm a poet!) Just thought I'd share the news, if you haven't already heard, that Halle Berry named her daughter's middle name after you. Ariela...a gorgeous name, I even wanted it for my own brood. Maybe the next one...! :O)

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