Well, we finally moved into our new place on Friday. All went pretty smoothly and we're starting to settle in to the new house. We've met one of our neighbors - a nice woman with 2 huge dogs. Here are a few pictures of the place. The only rooms that are pretty well set up are the bedroom and the TV room (of course!). Hopefully by the time Daniela and Ale arrive on Friday the place will look a little more presentable, but no guarantees! We'll send more pics once we've really settled in and have the boxes out of here!

Our New House!

Well, after a lot of looking Rahul and I found a condo in Chicago that we love. We put in an offer and it was accepted! Inspection was yesterday, and closing is scheduled for June 30th (yes that's a long ways away, but works best for us and the sellers for a variety of reasons..). Specs: 3 bedroom/2 bath condo in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago (just south of the university). Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

boston

it is sooo wierd - people keep telling me that i went to a beer festival. they are crazy

boston

it is funny- I complain so much about airplanes but when the captain said "we are cleared for boston", I was so happy

This is just a monster weekend: a sox game, a bso concert, a beerfest, the marathon, and passover.

Lasty night was the concert- das lied von der erde and the premier of harbison sym 5. It was fantstique- the new piece was a bit odd- a modern telling or orpheus and euridice- through three poems. When I had first heard of the scoring including an electric guitar, I was skeptical. But this was inspired- the guitar was played in a traditional manner, serving the purpose of his lute.

The second half was the mahler-one I've never heard live. Set against 7 chinese poems over 1000 years old- it spoke of loss, longing and the gradual coming and acceptance of death. Wrote after mahler himself was diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, I found the piece a great journey of sorts- towards destiney. The performance was sublime and subtle, but just as brilliant. One of the best concerts I've heard in years.

Today, I'm headed to the beerfest downtown at the arlington castle with bryan.66 breweries will be present. More on the return trip....

Why I hate flying

Ok. I realize how rediculous it is to actually fly to work. But, we live in chicago and my client is in south carolina. so, i guess it is needed. you think they could find people in SC to do this work....

and now I fly across the country alot. actually, every week. I tak the Monday 9:05 flight out of O'Hare and comback on the Friday 12:38 from SC. And yes, they actually have the same flight number.

oh- so the plan - it is one of those mini planes, hold like 50 people. it isn't very nice or comfortable, and whenever there is high winds, it can't take off.

which leads me to why i hate flying - the delays! ratehr than have everybody delayed 5-10 mins for weather, some are delayed like 2 hours and everything else is on time.

for the past few weeks it has been terrible! i spend sooo much time in the airport, mostly cause my flight is not important at all, and always gets bumped off its correct time.

so, the delays are predictable, but they suck. what's worse, if they say a plane is delayed 2 hours, you still need to be there when the original time is, in case they decide later on that there is no delay - cause some other plan is now MORE delayed. drives me crazy.

yep - i'm in an airport right now. and my flight is delayed.

dinner

Today I had paella. It was yummy. It had sausage, chicken and shrimp.

Coca and mami joined myself, lulis and alfonso. Tessa was not invited. Chula ate baby food- her teeth are gone.

No seafood. Except for shrimp.

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A Night Out in Chicago!

Friday night was the annual Pritzker Prom. Each year the Pritzker administration and the Pritzker chapter of AMSA (American Medical Student Association) join together to host the Prom. It's unique in that it's probably the only event that is well attended by members of all four classes at Pritzker, though obviously more well attended by first and second years than third or fourth years. It was fun to hang out with my classmates, and to see a lot of the second years who have been somewhat incommunicado since starting the new quarter. It was also a cool opportunity to see and hang out with some of our school professors in a non-school environment. This year my class invited Dr. Ross (our head anatomy professor), Dr. Jim O'Reilly (also an anatomy prof), and Dr. Meredith (biochemistry professor). It was great to see them all dressed up and spiffy!

This year's Prom was held on the Odyssey II, a boat docked at Navy Pier on Lake Michigan. This was actually the second time that Rahul and I have been on a boat on Lake Michigan, since the first year semi-formal orientation event was also held on a boat. Luckily, though, the Prom was held on a yacht so that the freezing weather didn't put a damper on the fun. My classmates think I'm nuts, but rather than freeze to death on the walk to the boat, I decided to wear my new Ugg boots to the boat. Of course I changed once we got on the boat, but they still thought it was pretty funny. I just really dislike being cold!

At any rate, a fun time was had by all and Rahul and I had a cute picture taken by the photographer on the boat. Enjoy!