I am absolutely terrible at things like this. I used to love to talk about myself but over the last couple years it has become more of a chore rather than something that comes easily…maybe I am just growing up?
OK, so here is goes. I currently live in Chicago with my husband and two animals, Kitty and Charles. I recently married the funniest, smartest, most genuine person I know and am happy to call him by BFF. We’ve been together for close to 10 years and we are both looking forward to spending our wrinkly days together. I tell him frequently that I am lucky to have him as my husband. He may be a very busy boy and utterly obsessed with his computer but he takes care of me, puts up with my crap, and loves me unconditionally. I can’t ask for much more
We just bought a new place downtown Chicago and it is tiny. I mean, really, really tiny but we make it work. We are just now starting to make all the changes we want and have plenty of drama associated with each change. Our main challenge is parking. I am too cheap to buy/rent a parking spot so we have many run-ins with the Department of Motor Vehichles.
I was born in a very small town in Nebraska…we’re talking 2 stoplights. I’ve lived in Nebraska, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago suburbs, California, Michigan, Indianapolis, and have now settled in downtown Chicago. If asked, I would say I am from Naperville. I’m not really sure why but I guess that is where most of my memories stem from. I graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma as well as Alpha Kappa Psi.
I now work for a medium-ish private company where I help manage our second largest account. I seriously may have the best job in the world. In a normal week I work from home 2 days (in my PJ’s) and travel the other 3. I generally fly which allows me to provide you with many of my “airport adventures.” I love my job but the amount of boredom I experience in a given week is really starting to get to me.
My family life is interesting to say the least, but getting better as time progresses. I have survived 2 parental divorces, one was fairly recent. Divorce sucks, I think it should be considered the next epidemic. Over the past 3 years the scars have pretty much healed and life is getting back to normal. It may not be what I always imagined but life is about adapting to change, right?
To add to the interesting-ness Ben has a very similar situation with his family. You can only imagine what our wedding procession looked like. We have 5 sets of parents and most of them want to see us all the time, which is super fun. It all works out in the end though…we have a “modern day” family. There are always plenty of things to do and even more driving tours of the suburbs. Even though we might feel a little overwhelmed by all the parents we both still feel very fortunate to have them all so close.
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