Here's another thing to add to my "Things I love about Chicago" list: The Old Town School of Folk Music. I'm taking a harmony singing class there, and it's just so damn fun. I forget sometimes how much I enjoy singing -- it just makes me feel good, physically as well as mentally.

When I mention this to my mom, she oh-so-subtly brings up how I'd get a chance to sing all the time if I, oh, joined a church choir, for example. The question is, is the singing invigorating enough for me to give up sleeping in and/or not showering on Sundays? Wasting the day reading the paper and lounging with the cats? Probably not. Nice try though, mom.