i don't know if chicago is really "the vacation city," but i saw that on a vintage-looking poster in a storefront today, so i'm running with it.

anyway: you all are now commanded to come visit me at your earliest convenience. the reason? behold:

THE MIGHTY FUTON!

okay, so that's not really my futon - i stole the image off some web site because i was too lazy to get my camera out and photograph my own - but it looks a lot like it. yeah. i have a futon now! which i put together ALL BY MYSELF. i am exceedingly proud of this fact, because if you know me, you know that it's an effort for me to construct anything more complicated than a 5-years-old-and-under puzzle. but, after letting the enormous delivered futon box sit squarely in the middle of my living room for over a week, i decided last saturday that the beast must be tackled. it was tough, but i did it! even if it did take me three and half episodes of the buffy season two dvd.

so anyway, now my beloved guests have a place to sleep! and catherine did not skimp out on you. when offered a choice of a 6, 8, or 10 inch mattress, which one did i go with? that's right. the luxurious 10. who loves you, baby?