OCTOBER!

I can't believe it is October already! We have lived in Illinois for 3 months already and time has just flown by. I am off orientation for work and this coming week will be practicing as a nurse on my own! That is so crazy to think about. I am getting used to working the night shift though. It is a good thing I don't really have any problem sleeping during the day. If I am tired, I sleep! Currently while I am typing Parker is attacking my feet. He just pounces and grabs the whole foot. It is hilarious. We turned the heat on this morning. 61 degrees in the house was just too cold, even with blankets piled on the bed! I am thankful that we have a house with heat.

We live in an interesting neighborhood. Next door we have an old couple that we think goes to bed around 7:30 each night. Across the street we have a family that is very boisterous, to say the least. At times I think they make more noise than the frat houses down the street! And then there are those frat houses. On Friday we received this note taped to our front door stating that one of the frat houses was having their annual hog roast on Saturday night and would have a live band until about midnight. If we should have any problems with the noise, we were to call the phone numbers listed (instead of the cops basically). Around 10:30 last night we walked uptown to get some fresh air and just be outside. We made fun of the college girls running around in short little dresses complaining of being cold. I think it was about 49 degrees out at that time last night! Then we stopped at CVS pharmacy on the way home and thought about buying a snuggie for those college girls to keep them warm. hah. Quite the entertainment for us!

Time for a Sunday afternoon siesta!