Shicaka....Shiskabob.....Shawkshank Redemption....Chicago!

Aptly named the "windy city." With temperatures with in the highs in the teens to low twentys I now have a new definition for the word cold. Walking outside was an experience in itself because your breath is sucked right out of your lungs and it's was an effort it get it back. Sharp stabbing winds tore at any and all exposed skin and seemed to make even a heavy winter coat disapear into nothing. Not to say it wasn't a good expierence, it was. I am definitly more of an winter person and would love to live somewhere where snow is as common in the winter as mosquitos in the summer. Yes it was fun, but cold.

Ontop of the Sears tower was neat because there were floor-to-ceiling windows around the whole perimeter. So I could look over the edge and see how far up I was. I wasn't able to do that on the Empire State Building because there's a ledge about two feet thick. There may be more land mass in Chicago but it's definitly more spread out than in Manhattan. So New York felt bigger because there were so many huge buildings compacted closesly together, whereas in Chicago there were tall buildings, and lots of them, but over the whole course of the city.

I took on a rather scary project today. Mrs Mcmahan asked me to lead the Literary Ladies book club discussion on The Great Gatbsy. With Mr Smith's help do I even attempt it! But it will be fun I think, AHHHH!!!!!!!!

Off to finish the day's school- "One day at time Abbi, one day at a time."