Mommy Blogging from The Sears-er-Willis Tower

How did I not get this memo??? I'm in the Windy City and have an extra hour or two (in and out with the TA-50 drop off by 8:30, yay!) so I thought I'd take the opportunity to walk around my favorite city for a while. I go to the Sears Tower to go to the sky deck (despite the cloudy day...) and it says "Willis Tower" on it! I thought I was in bizarro world where cream cheese is ketchup and metal is now rope. Now can the Sears Tower NOT be the Sears Tower? Furthermore, how could I have MISSED IT?? Nobody thought this was interesting enough to shoot my an email? Come on!

So anyway, the drop off at the 416th went splendidly, and I'm excited to be c

oming home to my family in just a few hours. Unfortunately, my phone is kaput and I left my GPS at home, too. So I had to go by Mapquest and memory to get into and around the city.

Next stop - Midway airport, then home to my babies!

Taking A Trip Without The Kids

So I'm leaving my entire family for the first time. I'll be flying home to Indiana to pick up my TA-50 (loads of Army gear that was issued to me years ago) and returning it to my old unit in Darien, IL, just south of Chicago. I leave tomorrow afternoon, and come back Monday afternoon, if all goes well, and I'm already stressed out about being so far away.

It's not that I don't trust Matt to take care of the kids for a couple of days, but that I'm going to miss them like CRAZY. Hopefully this time will pass quickly, and I won't lose my mind in the process. Maybe I can even take a book or something for the plane ride, wouldn't that be something? I can't remember the last time I read a book for fun. Maybe I can spend some time writing for my other ("professional") blogs. Who knows...

The up-side is that this will be a great opportunity to hopefully see some people I haven't seen in a while and hang out with my family. Maybe I'll even get to see my niece and nephew a little bit!

I'll let you know how it all turns out, I guess.