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taking a little chocolate break at work.

spent the last 2 days in sunny, flat illinois for work. a new project is kicking off with a client there, and i'm being pulled in. my manager hasn't told me which piece will be mine yet, but one of the team members clued me in. i'm pretty excited. the trip was fun. the drive wasn't too bad (3.5 hours), just flat and boring. after our recent atlanta/milwaukee drives, i don't think i'll have too many problems with road trips under 5 hours. we had a lot of fun. the team is great, and the project is very interesting.

getting ourselves ready to close on the house next friday. bryan's trying to line up his permits for the fence (i think), and i've packed a few things up already. how fast we move in will depend on how fast bryan (and dad, and shannon) can get the fencing up and some rooms painted.

a friend from atlanta will be in chicago next weekend so i think i'm going to visit him for lunch. it'll be good to see him again, and i know he's just dying to make fun of my ever fattening tummy (the baby grows so fast). thinking of dropping by ikea. i mean, as long as i'm there, right?