Arriving in Chicago

March 8th, 2004 · 15 Comments

Arriving in Chicago last Sunday, February 29, Jess and I were greeted by my parents, my brother, my two nieces and my friends Nancy and Josh. My landlord showed up shortly after. It was a bit overwhelming at first because I was so stressed out from the move and the traffic and about getting the keys, etc. .. but as soon as things settled down I was so grateful to have everyone there to help me. Also, thanks to my Aunt Sue who, along with my parents, went all out in getting me apartment starters like dish soap and towels and potato chips x 20. Thanks again to everyone for all of your help.

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15 responses so far ↓

1 Jen // Mar 8, 2004 at 12:32 pm

Your new apartment comes with a baby? That’s great!

Glad to know you’ve made it to Chicago happily - now for the unpacking!
2 callalillie // Mar 8, 2004 at 1:51 pm

Wow! It’s so wonderful that you had so many people there to meet, greet and help you! Glad it was an okay transition.
3 tien // Mar 8, 2004 at 2:04 pm

nice looking montage. looks like all the stuff made it there on one piece…but where is that “private” box?

and is that pizza i see?!?
4 Jess // Mar 8, 2004 at 2:38 pm

I love the pics - they really do a good job telling the day! It was so great to see all your family, Nancy and Josh there to greet us. They were definately excited to see you arrive!

They were great and thanks for the personal support I needed that day too
5 Nan // Mar 8, 2004 at 4:35 pm

I’m just glad we had such nice weather for your move. It was good to see you Jess, as well. Hope you can come back to Chitown soon!
6 Scott // Mar 8, 2004 at 11:57 pm

Glad to see you made it to the Windy City. Any chance of you and Janie Porche becoming friends, now that you live in the same city??
7 Richard // Mar 9, 2004 at 1:22 pm

She wouldn’t exactly tell us what was in the ‘private’ box. She said they were ‘presents’ and that she didn’t want anyone to see them. Yeh, right.
8 rachelle // Mar 9, 2004 at 1:50 pm

there’s a present for steph and a present for nancy in that box. jess was there when i bought the gift for nancy and the thing for steph i got when i was in seattle and it has been in my closet in nyc since then. i have to wait for her birthday to give it to her. both nancy & steph were helping with teh unloading & unpacking so i didnt want them to open the box and i new i wouldnt be able to keep track of who was doing what so i wrote “private” on the box
9 tien // Mar 9, 2004 at 2:55 pm

right…”private”, “closet”…we all know what’s private and goes in the closet.
10 Nan // Mar 9, 2004 at 3:33 pm

what present? i didn’t get a present? i can’t wait until december for mine!
11 rachelle // Mar 9, 2004 at 4:43 pm

if/when you have a baby shower you’ll see your gift. .. so it may be before december, right?
12 ChrisM // Mar 9, 2004 at 7:17 pm

Rachelle your new apartment and neighborhood look great. If you ever need to pick up a few extra bucks let me know, I’ll rent the second bedroom!
13 Richard // Mar 10, 2004 at 1:32 pm

most of the time when I read your site, i’m at work (usually during lunch). whenever you post A/V i can never access it because we dont have quicktime on our network. sucks.
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