kitschy

Ooh ooh ooh! We went to Chicago for 4th of July weekend two years ago. It had never been a city I wanted to see before I died (kinda trumped by London and Paris, haha) but I had an awesome time, and it's a gorgeous city. Go on one of the double-decker bus tours and sit on top--I guess it would be the Loop tour...a great history lesson and sightseeing opportunity. DEFINITELY go to The Art Institute of Chicago. It is truly mindblowing. There are many great works of art there--American Gothic, Hopper's Nighthawks, so much to see. (It's also where they shot some scenes from Ferris Bueller's Day Off--where they were mesmerized by the Seraut painting.) If you like shopping, walk the Magnificent Mile. I was so excited they had an H&M store, and there's an awesome 2-story Victoria's Secret. Check out the Chicago Tribune building--the edifice has pieces of ancient architecture embedded in it and they're labeled--pieces of the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon, etc. The old Marshall Fields store is gorgeous, too. And pizza of course--we went to Giordano's, and it was yummy.

Navy Pier is fun, you can get on the giant Ferris Wheel that never stops. We also took a boat tour of Lake Michigan around the waterfront, that was great too.

And +1 for what LittleFierceOne said about Millenium Park--it's amazing. Go during the day to watch the little kids play in the water shot out by the glass-tower fountain, and go again at night and watch the glass tower change colors.

I'm sure you'll have a great time.
Oh yeah...I work for a trucking company. I won't name names--you probably haven't heard of it anyway--but they have 6 terminals in the Southeast and one in Kentucky. Truck drivers are very interesting characters, to say the least.

It's horrible, but that's exactly how I feel. I haven't really ever been completely happy with my body... I look back at high school photos and think, "I thought I was FAT? What the fuck was I smoking???" I've never had an eating disorder, but I've always been self-conscious about my weight. I guess I just didn't realize that it was my body type, and that I looked great, until I realized what being overweight was.

I keep meaning to exercise, but it's soooooo hard. And stress adds weight. And eating for comfort is my thing, sadly... There are so many habits to change in order to get healthy, but I can't go on like this, either.

I'm taking tennis this summer, even though I found out they changed PE requirements and I don't have to. I could stand to get outside and exercise.