You know you're missing small(er) town living when...

...you sit in the parking lot of your eye doctor appointment for a half hour because it's easier than driving home only to turn right back around and head back..... *sigh* I got some facebook time in, though. and I'm writing this blog post. so I guess there's an argument for productivity there...

my eye doctor is located in cabrini green. it's a different cabrini than when I first moved here 11 (gasp) years ago. let's just say I wouldn't be sitting here like this 11 years ago. don't get me wrong, I have still seen a couple crack heads walk by my car....

so - a sign I'm growing up: I am done boozing. I swear this time. I drank enough with my brother and Kieran on Saturday night to fund a mini-vacation. Nursing a 3 day hangover isn't fun when you have 3 trials set at work (2 didn't go and on the 3rd, I got a not guilty - evidence that my drinking habit doesn't impede my work). And I'm making a dish on Thanksgiving this year. Usually I reap the benefits of Thanksgiving due to the fact that I'm in Galesburg and it's my parents' homes I am going to (not my own - hence, I don't have my own kitchen to whip something up)....this year, I'm making Leek & Potato Gratin. Never tried it before so mom is making sure there is ample food in the event I screw up....I'd make it for Dad & Bonnie, too, but they will be visiting the Hawkinsons..... if there are any leftovers (and it's edible), I'll bring them by and put them in the fridge.