even the best laid plans...

A foot and change of snow got in the way of my plans to travel to Chicago this weekend. I had been very much looking forward to the trip- I've never been to Chicago and this was as good of an opportunity as any to see the sights and have some good old Midwestern fun. The weather, however, thought otherwise. But it turned out to be a fantastic weekend despite the change in plans- I had an unexpected long weekend to spend around Boston. The weather was about 30 degrees better here than Chicago (speaking of weather, did you know that Boston is the true windy city- the windy-est city in America despite Chicago's misappropriation of said moniker), I didn't have to spend any time in any airport, and lots of fun plans found me at the last minute. Midday lunch date on friday, lots of good walks, a pub crawl, met many interesting people, saw a few good movies, brunch, finally got to attend to some long standing errands. All in all the perfect mix of busy and relaxing. It may not have been the weekend I had intended, but once again I find that the universe has a way of freeing you up to give you just what you didn't know you needed.

John Lubbock:
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.