Note to all tourists visiting in Chicago: If you’re planning on coming between late September and June, don’t assume that we have the same weather patterns as the rest of the mid-west. Just because it’s April does not mean that capris, tanks, and flip-flops will be suitable. If you look around at the locals, we’re still wearing our wool coats and scarves…..you all look slightly foolish standing there gaping up at the Sears tower while you shiver uncontrollably. Do yourself a favor, even though you’re stored your winter sweaters and coats for the year---bust them out and bring them….you will be much happier and you won’t look so stupid.

Today I had to make a doctors appointment. So I called from work (something I will reconsider in the future). The woman on the other end said, “Why do you need to see Dr. Huck?” Sitting in my cubicle where 6-8 co-workers are in direct ear-shot, I could not say, “I have massive cramps every month that put me on bed-rest for 3-4 days at the beginning of my period; so I need a gyno referral so I can go on the pill and quit calling in sick. Oh, and also in college I was diagnosed with ADHD and I want to re-start taking medication for it, because I’m now finding it hard to concentrate at work.” So, I told the woman I’d have to call her back. She told me to call her back immediately because she was going to lunch. The 6-8 co-workers heard me make a doctors appointment but tell the woman that I was “unable to talk about it at the moment.” Then they saw me scurry into to the hall where I ducked into the storage room to call the woman back. I’m sure they think I have a case of the herp. I wanted to shout at all of them when I returned, “I don’t have the herp!” Why can’t I just make an appointment? I guarantee you when I go Dr. Huck is going to ask, “So, why are you here today?” I know he will.