"Tragically hip?" NOT

[days_unfolding]

I overslept, but made it to Italian. The class went well, although I forgot the word for when (quando). In one exercise, I picked the word that sounded right, and it was right.

I'm trying to see if I could pull off a trip to Madison over Labor Day weekend. (I'd take Friday off.) That means that I'd need to do lots of cleaning because I'd have a pet sitter.

Zara was on my lap, so I studied more Italian. I should thank her for her help!

The "pod hotel" that I found in downtown Chicago was farther south than I realized, but I found a hotel "for the tragically hip" (okay, I'm not) off of Michigan Avenue Magnificent Mile. It'll be a trek to the train station, but I'll have plenty of time. And there's a poke place in Water Tower Place for lunch. And there's a Chico's there. Uh oh. Hotwire also has some great deals.

Had a nice, if short, nap. Threw myself together and ran to the storage place. There was a rusted old set of shelves for over the toilet, and I grabbed them because garbage pickup is tomorrow. I also grabbed a box of books. Then I went to Aldi and got my pizza, plus some other odds and ends. I bought celery and hummus, and I'll try again to eat it as a snack. I'm trying to make incremental overhauls of my diet.

I also saw a weight-loss program that interested me, but I need to check that the U of I will reimburse me for part of it. It's run by a nutritionist.

Got the garbage out. My "get up and go" seems to have got up and went, so I'm wondering if I should go to bed early and get up early. I think that I will get ready for bed. If I don't fall asleep, I'll get back up.

Oh! I haven't eaten dinner!

Played a fun game of "guess where Zara is now". The answer turned out to be the tub in the guest bathroom. I guess that it's cool in there.