second snow of the season

today he left town to go take care of some loose ends back home. before I left for work, I rough-chopped a sackful of root vegtables and threw it in the Crock-Pot with some organic chicken broth, a smoked turkey leg from Del Rey, and half a packet of curry mix from the Pakistani place behind his building.

here's to never looking back

It's been just over a week since I packed up everything I owned and drove up to Chicago. I keep waiting for the bottom to fall out, for something bad to happen, for the homesickness to kick in, but really, everything is fine.