ian in chicago!

...our friend ian is in town...he's playing a secret show at uncommon ground tonight and then a show at schubas tomorrow night...we're so glad he's doing the uncommon ground show cuz that's a smokefree place and we'll be able to take cadence...she loves watching folks play guitar and sing, so i'm sure she'll enjoy it...uncommon ground is one of my favorite music rooms in chicago for acoustic shows...the food, desserts, staff, ambience are all great for a lovely evening out...i haven't been there since they expanded, so i'm looking forward to it...i just hope we can find parking cuz there's an afternoon cubs game today and things can get kinda crowded over there...

so my friends chris (connolly) & chris (kettlecamp) and kris (olarn) came over last night to keep me and cadence company while ted was at a drum clinic with his best friend brian out in the burbs...kris hadn't seen cadence yet because he's been so busy spending as much time as possible in his motherland thailand...that and the fact that he lives in romeoville (50 miles SW of chicago) has made it hard for us to get together...and the fact he keeps getting sick so often! it was nice to hang out with these guys again...wish josh and lielle could've been here too...ya hear that, josh? we miss ya! you too, lielle...

...my cousin inho was in town last weekend for a wedding, and he came by the APT to see teddy and cadence while i was at work on monday...now did he wait for me to come home so he could see me too? oh, no, siree...so it's obvious who he REALLY wanted to see! who could blame him, though, eh? well, hopefully we'll be able to visit him soon once he's settled from his move from san diego up to arcata, CA...i've always wanted to visit humboldt county, so this will be our chance...

...anywho...i'm not sorry i'm missing cornerstone this year, as it's gonna be pretty frickin' hot for the foreseeable future down there...but i'm kinda put out that bill mallonee isn't making a trip to chicago after the festival like he normally does...what's that about?! i haven't seen bill play in like forever...and he's got like a gazillion new songs that i'm missing out on...sheesh...*sigh*...we love bill...we really really do, and i want him to see cadence before she gets too much bigger...i think the chances of him seeing her before she turns one year old are pretty slim...why do babies have to grow up so fast?