“Spring,” Part II
Another Chicago spring day: 49 degrees at 7:30 a.m, gray and drizzling. Temperatures today are expected to top out at about 56 F and it should rain all day. Hah! Happy Mother's Day! Maybe a sundress and hat? Addition: At 10:30 a.m. it's 47 degrees, raining quite well...
Big Wedding Favor
Just ripped a pair of bedsheets recently and the situation is a bit dire. Donations?MyRegistry.comName: Regina RodriguezPassword: bobreg.How's that for a shameless plug for wedding gifts, Obesio? Or just have fun looking at our wedding gift registry.
“Spring”
Today on the far northside of Chicago, it was completely overcast and right around 60 degrees. At 6:30 pm, it's 57 degrees and cooling fast. Shall we slip into mini-dresses and sandals and go clubbing without sweaters? (Refers to my post criticizing the way Chicagoans...
Chicago’s coldest month
During the fall and winter months, we expect Chicago to be cold. Our landlords and building managers (reluctantly) run the heat and we all bundle up and keep our scarves and gloves handy.But around this time of year, everyone begins to ignore the weather forecast, and...
Taking My Married Name
Intersection: 1. A month ago I got married, anticipating my new identity as "Regina Rodriguez-Martin." 2. This week I began a new temporary FULL-TIME job (yay!!) and am reminded that until I have a new social security card and driver's license, I am legally still...
Take five minutes to KNOW you’re a good person
It turns out that having my friends sign the back of my driver's license four years ago, to witness that I want to be an organ donor, is now worthless. If I want to at least be useful AFTER my death, I have to re-register online. As an Illinois resident, you now need...
How to Get Job Help from Your Friends
The text of an email I sent to most of the people for whom I have email addresses: Hey, everyone - After launching a job search in October, leaving the waitressing job in January, taking a long-term temporary assignment in February and becoming very discouraged and...
Stress
I feel stressed out by my continuing unemployed state. I'm still temping, but there's only a month left of that job. I've been in and out of unemployment my whole life and have never had such a hard time finding a job. It might seem good that I just got married...
Tough times
I guess it's just really tough times for people right now because the morning of March 25th we sent out 75 mailed announcements to let friends and family know that we just got married and we've heard from a surprisingly low number of people. We did get a couple of...
Okay, hospitality it is.
Now that I'm past the initial flush of wifehood (wifedom? wifitude?), I'm turning my attention back to my job situation. For five weeks now I've been working at a temporary job, cleaning up the frequent diner membership database at a restaurant company. Yes, I was...
Married
The 41-and-a-half year-old spinster and the 45-and-a-half year-old bachelor are finally legal. On Tuesday, March 25th, Bob and I went down to city hall in Chicago with a few friends where a very nice judge did the ceremony, which was surprisingly quick. We were aiming...
Plain Endings
I'm amazed when a friend tells me she thinks she's found the guy she's going to marry. Even if they've been dating for six months or a year, I'm amazed that anyone is able to predict whom they will marry. I had no idea I was going to marry Bob when we'd been dating...