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Safely home in Chicago. Flight sucked, but is done now. No broken bones!

Mum says the west coast is under a tsunami watch. Check your news sources, guys, I can't give more info than that. See you all when I get home!

I decided to take the steak dinner option :) Well, ok, not steak but a really good burger at Weber Kettle. It's cool outside for once so I'm dining on the patio. Lovely!

Wish I could share my fries with you guys...oh well, more for me :D

Only me.

Mum and dad dropped me off at their storage unit this morning to sort through some stuff I'd left and pack a box to take home. I also planned to throw out a few things.

On my way to the dumpster I stumbled and fell. I may have broken my ankle. Right now I'm sitting on a chair from storage icing my ankle with the ice pack that I laughed at mum for sending along.

And the motion sensor activated lights just went out.

But I'm fine! They'll be here soon and...find me crippled and defenceless in the dark.

Mum is going to shriek...

I have made it to Coatco without getting lost! Now to buy eight dozen muffins at a time! :D

And maybe a hot dog. Mmm, breakfast!

I'm not dead! I'm well-rested. I remember what that feels like. Holy crap. :D

I'm doing some touring around this afternoon and then catching the train around three, so expect a photo or two. I find I'm enjoying the cryptic approach to vacation journaling.

I have taught the sproglet to say "awesome". He has taught me about the Rhino Song. (YouTube it. You will hate me forever.) Generation gap: Bridged!

We are at an offsite today, or really more like a field trip- I'm playing Nicholas, getting food and research materials for the bosses and inbetween duties collapsing on a couch in the lobby in a paroxysm of snot and coughing. I feel fine, I am just leaking from my face.

We are not in the high-rise like last time, sadly. I miss the thirty-whatevereth floor but I'm just as glad to be on a low floor in the warm.

The admins here are nice and gave me tea.

I am on the ground in Texas. Already overdosing on crap indy music.

On the freeway...

Mum: this car's going to jump in front of y -- there they go.
Dad: it's okay. He owns a Kia, he'll die soon.

He's a man of few words, but he gets his point across...

That was just enough snow to make walking difficult, but not enough to make walking a feat of superhuman endurance. We do have hail right now but I doubt I will be "hailed in". Especially since I'm already on the train.

Lame, mother nature. LAME.

I am tucked up safely in my new digs and enjoying a good book.

I was going to post and declare which Albany I was in but I think it's more fun to watch you guys flail about it :D