I'm behind on everything - especially sleep. To make matters worse, I'm writing this from a hotel in downtown Chicago. Seems like I was behind on working out my Peoplesoft training schedule and didn't realize that I had to get to the Chi for training til the middle of last week. Looks like the tornadoes that I barely avoided in Atlanta while I was in San Fran were waiting for me here, copious tornado warnings on the news here.
It's kind of a mixed bag. It's cool to get away from home for a bit and, while I've been to Chicago way more than any other major city, I've never been here with full control over my itinerary. It's also a bummer though as, when I take these trips, it's always for around a week - long enough to really get to know the places, but also long enough for loneliness to set in. I'm used to being alone, so it's not like withdrawal or anything, but alone has a starker shadow when framed in the unfamiliar.
I turn 31 this week. In Chicago. As a birthday...
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