I live in the city! :) I slept at the new apartment. I heard people walking and talking outside. I heard vehicles going by my house. I heard kids and parents walking to school outside our windows. I went to work and passed under the El, which rumbled over me. And, even better, it took me just 30 minutes to get to work, instead of the 50-plus it takes to get there from The Brook, and it was FREE--no tolls!

I love it. Of course, Butch is like, completely moved in, the bastard. His room looks like he's been there for years. The rest of the house is pretty empty, because it's mostly my furniture that's going. Oh yeah, and there's already beer in the fridge! And nothing else.

Yay! :) Even if it IS the North Side of Chicago, it's still Chicago.