443 w wrightwood lobby 1

443 w wrightwood lobby 1, originally uploaded by pr9000.

(That's John D. Carroll in the lobby of our first Chicago apartment)

On Wednesday, it was almost 70, sunny and pleasant. As I type this, it's 31 and snowing. "Anything can happen in Minnesota," Amina's grandfather just told us. He's been here for about 100 years, so he'd know.

One thought: why is it that, when people are making a big transaction and need to calculate costs, etc., they always say they want to "crunch the numbers?" Why are numbers always crunched? I like "massaged" better.