I'll second the rec for the Y - ours is made of awesome. Very respectful, very mellow, and plenty of help if you want it.
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Ugh, Suzi, that's just stupid and lazy of your M.D., and, yup, just the sort of thing to make HMO bean-counters grumpy. Go you with the research and the subsequent pushy bitchery -- sorry to hear you are basically having to do your doctor's work for him.
And from way, way upstream -- aw, bonny, your reunion with Bartleby sounds excellent. I love it when animals (and small children) do that proprietary mineallminesocomforting sloungey lean into you. So ridiculously endearing.
And, a completely shallow request for assistance: Can anyone make a decent LJ icon for me out of this picture? The icons I've made myself are all smudged and indistinct, so obviously I am not to be trusted with the making of 'em.
Raise hell, Suzi.
JZ, did you want text?
I love it when animals (and small children) do that proprietary mineallminesocomforting sloungey lean into you. So ridiculously endearing.
My cat likes to rub her head on the side of mine above my right ear when she's snuggled up in my arms, or when she's perched on the end table while I'm on the computer and she wants some attention. If I'm laying on the bed napping or watching tv and ignoring her, she likes to jump on my stomach, meow down into my face, and then head-bop me on my nose. If I go away on a trip and leave her alone with just the service coming in daily to feed and water her, she becomes Velcro Kitty when I come back and refuses to let me out of her sight (well, moreso than usual).
Nah, no text. The image alone is more than enough awesome.
Also, the other thing you nudged me about? I'll be working on it over the next day or so.
chicagoistas! Is the Marriott in the Medical District near stuff? It says that it's 1 mile from the city center?
Thirding the rec for the Y. Mine's great. Ahem. I should go see it again, seeing as it has been two weeks. Oops.
Give 'em hell, Suzi.
Vortex- that Mariott is right by the University of Illinois at Chicago and Rush Presbyterian St Luke's medical center. If you don't have business at either of those places it's not the best of neighborhoods.
Seriously. There was also talk about Dubai and Australia.
Did the talk include the observation that, though both these places are very far from the US, nonetheless they are also very far from each other?
We just made an offer on a house - a new experience for both of us. It'll be interesting to see what they counter with, and if they still hold some fantasy that the market supports their belief in how much the place is worth.