don't you think our two year anniversary is cause to celebrate? aren't you excited about it?

i'd be excited about it if i hadn't expected for us to make it to two years. you're acting like you're surprised that we've been together for that long.

not surprise, exactly.

well, how long did you think we'd be together?

i don't know. how long did you think we'd be together?

forever. so two years is nothing.

we exchanged gifts, and next monday we're going out to dinner at a place i like to call "our" place, although, clearly, we have no rights of ownership. then, it's off to the whirlpool suite at the holiday inn to celebrate the non-milestone. the best thing about the whirlpool suite? absolutely free, thanks to one satisfied and generous customer from the old place of work.

dax is in town, from out of town, and we hung out with him monday night and then tues morning and afternoon. what does a boy from los angeles think of chicago? i think he actually enjoyed the cold, and i know he liked the skyscrapers, but did chicago really win over his heart? would chicago win over my heart? probably not; i'm not sure why, but i think chicago has lost my affection and adoration over the past few years. maybe i've just spent too long in chicagoland; maybe it's time for a change. i'm hard to win over when it comes to cities, though. los angeles was too sprawled out. new york was too compact. memphis doesn't have any bookstores. norfolk, virginia is a hole. milwaukee is a relative ghost town, the city that sleeps too much. washington d.c. seemed to be entirely under construction, the whole city blocked off with road signs and yellow tape. san francisco, i really loved, but couldn't they do something to flatten out those hills? i'd be getting into car accidents on a daily basis. vegas is the city to gamble and drink in, but never to live. and seattle?

well, i just love seattle. if only the thought of moving there and being so far away from our families wasn't so daunting, if only we were ambitious risk-takers, if only.