{ I like it Frantic }

Call me nuts but I like it frantic. My video of the day today is ‘frantic’ by Jamie O’Neall and that pretty much sums up how I live. Seems like I’m always busy doing something or thinking about what I’ve gotta do next. I must love it this way because I seem to take on more and more all the time. The wonderful thing about it lately is that I’ve been taking on more of the things I enjoy.

This weekend I took a break from my typical frantic pace and took off for Chicago. I think it’s quite possibly my favorite city. I’ve only been to New York city once and it was at a time when the city was really not quite itself yet. I’d love to go back someday and experience it in it’s everyday NYC glory. But Chicago has more to offer than I can ever fit in in a weekend and I always feel completely safe there. It’s amazingly clean for how enormous it is and I love how big cities are such a collection of different cultures.

Got to shop at some of my favorite places: Anthropologie & Urban Outfitters – LOVE these stores! And we had lunch at my favorite restaurant – The Cheesecake Factory. Went to a salsa club called Chromium where we got to dress up and experience a different area of Chicago. Ate hamburgers from Five Faces on Rush Street at 1 am and found a new breakfast spot called West Egg Cafe and sat at a table outside which always seems so appropriate in a big city. :)

Hoping to get back to Chicago one more time this year to see the city in lights which I think actually starts soon. Seems like cities decorate for the holidays earlier and earlier every year. Next trip though is to Philadelphia for the Digital Scrapbooking Convention. Starting to get excited about this one. I’m not one for planning trips so far ahead because I’m soooo impatient but now that it’s getting closer I’m starting to let myself get pumped about it. I LOVE flying so I’m excited to do that again for the first time this year. And I can’t wait to meet so many of the people that I’ve been working with for the past year or so at SBB. :) Then in December I’ll be taking a tropical vacation with my friend Mary. We started talking about going back to New York City over the holidays but found out it would be MUCH cheaper to go somewhere tropical and in December, when it’s below freezing here, tropical sorta wins out. I’ve actually never been anywhere further south than Florida and have only seen photos of the beautiful resorts like the ones we’re looking at staying in. I’m excited to take so many photos that I can make some sort of fun album just for that trip. Hoping to get one early Christmas present before the trip so I can have 2 great lenses to take along. Still lovin’ my 55 lens but something with a zoom that’s just as sharp as that one sure would be nice. Dino’s found me one for about $350 so I’ll just have to design a few more wedding albums before then. :)

Kay, off to work since it’s Monday again. Busy busy week ahead (or should I say frantic). :)