On today's agenda:

1) Make apartment cat friendly
2) Go to Art Institute/Ilya Kaminsky reading

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I'm not getting a cat. I'm just fostering one for two weeks while some friends are out of town. Still, I'm going to need to do some serious cleaning.

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I don't feel like doing anything today. I know, it's early--things could change. But right now, I'm out of coffee and I don't even want to walk 1/2 block to the store to buy more. I'd like today to be about lounging in bed, finishing The Dew Breaker (just started chapter 2, so far, so good), maybe ordering some Chinese food for lunch. Is that wrong? It's just that it's kinda cold out, and sounds windy, and I spent enough time using public transportation yesterday and the day before that I don't really feel like doing it again today.

Who knows? By 4:00, I might be bored of being shut up in here and decide to go out anyhow. but right now...I'm all about sweats and pillows.

Making like a tourist

It's been such a whirlwind year (okay, only 10 months) that I haven't gotten to see as much of Chicago as I feel I should have. That's why this week is tourism week for me. Some of the places I plan to check out are: The Field Museum (maybe--it's a little pricey and I'm on a budget), The Museum of Contemporary Art (I've already been, but it's free on Tuesdays, so that's where I'll be today), The Lincoln Park Zoo (free every day! And I hear there are some really interesting gardens/conservatories adjacent to it), The Art Institute (which I've also been to already, but didn't spend as much time there as I'd have liked. Plus Ilya Kaminsky is reading on Thursday night, which is also when admission is free). One of these days while I'm downtown, I'll check out the Harold Washington Library on Mary B's recommendation. Also, the Shedd Aquarium just reopened, but it's kind of expensive and I'm not really into fish, so I'll probably skip that one for now.

I suppose a real tourist would do some shopping, or at least some window shopping, so I'll see if I can fit that in. But frankly, I get alot more excited about $9 tee shirts at Target than I would about the haute-coture that I can look at on Michigan Ave.

More importantly, I'm hoping the weather forecast for the week (rain daily) is wrong, because I wouldn't mind wandering around Millennium Park a bit, too.