And for a Moment, It was Oz

Chi Town... I've been here since the 28th of February and its been a long trip. I mean I've only been here for... it'll be 2 weeks tomorrow. It feels like I've been gone forever, and I guess I'm pretty home sick. And its hard to be somewhere when theres so much hard family stuff going on, it's easier to pretend things are better than they are when you're not up close to it. I sort of feel like I've disconnected myself from the situations around me, I'm normally a very emotional person.

Its a bittersweet feeling, not being so emo (lol)  I miss the passion I can portrait in my art, and writing. But I like having composure in front of people. I'm not sure I can have them both, I know people can, but can I? I don't know?

It hasn't been a super eventful trip not the way other peoples trips here probably are. I didn't come to be entertained though. I've done a lot of shopping to entertain myself, too much shopping really. And not the kind I can't do at home... boredom and sadness combined = shopping problem for Kate. 200$ dollars nearly gone... not all of it on shopping, i gave some to my mom for things and some of the things were necessary. But thats 100$ a week... and I'm not even spending any on gas. (which is good because gas prices make me a lil sick).

But my brother came in from North Carolina on Friday. That was pretty exciting. And since my mom gets to see him even less she gets to see me, she's pretty into entertaining him. We(My mom, bother, cousin Trace, his friend Even, and I) went to the South side Chicago St.Patty's Day Parade yesterday morning. They Die the River green with some sort of super secret eco-friendly food coloring stuff, the city was pretty much decked in green, and for a moment I could have sworn I was in Oz. I could here in my head that song from Wicked "One short day in the Emerald City."  

It was a long day woke up from not really sleeping, around 6am and then we all got ready and went to the train station and rode the Metra into the city. There were so many people on the train that they announced that we would take a little longer to get there because there was a lot of weight on the train lol. Then we walked about 10-12 blocks to stand at Michigan Ave. and Jackson. It wasn't an amazing parade, I'd pick the Detroit Parade over it hands down. Detroit's is more down home and like a big family. That one was this morning I hope Aunt Sally will have corn beef left when I get home, ughhh its  SO GOOD! Can you tell I'm an Irish girl ;) Anyways we left it before it was done, it was cold. We got back to the train station and had to wait an hour for the next train. The Metra train station is a bit like a mall there are stores a food court... Anyways the reason thats exciting is because I went into their book store, and I was looking at their Bible section and...

I found a C.S. Lewis Bible. It looked really cool. It cost $35.00 though, I'm hoping for it as a Christmas gift this coming Christmas :)
Once we got back on the train I was in a horrible and sleepy mood I needed a NAP (Origin: 
before 900; Middle English nappen  (v.), nap  (noun), Old English hnappian  to sleep; cognate with Middle High German napfen), so when I got back to the house I hit the couch hard. I haven't slept that well in I don't know how long.
When I woke up we went to a bar in town for dinner, and then I came home showered and we watched Social Network  which was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

Now its today, and hmm this is what I'm doing. My mom is off getting some of her things that she left at her old house, and my brother is off with my uncle working out and getting breakfast/ lunch.  My aunt is up stairs I guess she isn't really feeling very good today, I mean as good as she can feel.  My cousin is in his room... maybe its kinda quiet for him to be in there, he normally has his music or tv blasting. lol.

Hmm and I guess that's all for now. The Day is still here, and maybe there are adventures to be had today.