Well, this is awkward...

Well, it's now official...

I'm the only cousin in my family over the age of 20 who is neither married nor engaged to be married!

Ah, let the crazy cat lady lifestyle activities commence!

Or, to put my own spin on a meme I saw on Facebook once:

I can't wait for the questions from relatives to my parents about my love life now! :P (*eye roll*)

But I suppose it could be worse. I could be asked to be a bridesmaid, a damnable fate I have somehow managed to avoid up until this point. Here's hoping that trend continues!

Somebody missed me while I was on vacation...

My one-eyed bite cat Adara!

Second vacation recap--Birthday Style!

My second vacation (to Valparaiso, Indiana) for my good friend Eric's birthday party (held in Chicago) was a ton of fun! Here's the recap:

My friend Eric, the Birthday Boy!

Dinner at Gino's East in Chicago! From left front to right front:  me, Eric, Eric's girlfriend Katrina, Steve's wife, Steve, Eric's sister Beth, and Beth's boyfriend Matt.

Eric's friends Cathy and Charlie also made an appearance.

The happy couple! Eric and his lovely, wonderful, sweetheart of a girlfriend Katrina. They are so cute together and obviously in love! I'm so happy for the both of them! :)

Me and my awesome hostess with the mostest Katrina taking a selfie at her place, a.k.a. Fort Jurisprudence. I really had a great stay, and it was totally due to Katrina's wonderful hostess skills! :)

I sincerely hope that everyone had as great of time and as much fun as I did! :D

Thanks for inviting and hosting me, Katrina! :) 

Happy Birthday Eric! :)

Chicago vacation recap

My most recent weekend vacation to Chicago went very well! Here's a bit of a recap:

You know the weekend is going to start out well when you stop by a Walgreens to buy a pop and, without looking into the cooler, grab one with your name on it!

Me and my friend Dan (the person I was visiting)--reunited for the first time since 2006! It was too long!

Dan serving me my first drink at the bar he works at, which was celebrating its grand re-opening that weekend.

Dan's regulars (from left:  Dan, the Dan I visited, Jon, me, and Scott) made me feel very welcome!

Just the beginning of our antics that weekend...

All in all, a great weekend! Thanks everyone for making my time in Chicago memorable and enjoyable! I'll have to come back sooner rather than later! :)

Let the vacay start today!

The sun is out, the grass is green, now get off your ass and...VOTE!

Please people don't even get me started with the history of the women's suffrage movement, or the highly important element of suffrage that was involved in the American civil rights movement!

Please, everyone, get out and vote tomorrow!

But it's especially important for women to turn out in large numbers given the far-right's sweeping anti-choice, anti-contraception, anti-women's rights legislation and legislative efforts!

It's time to fight back, girls!

(You all are so lucky I'm really tired as I write this because otherwise, I'd probably write a 50-page tome on the importance of voting!)