suburbs?

alright...off to the suburbs. *shudder*

i need to get some furniture shopping done...and seriously. despite the fact that i'm not in college anymore, i still am of the opinion that ikea rocks. i mean...dressers, desks, bookcases, and swedish meatballs all in one place? sign me up!

this also means a long, relaxing journey on public transit. the store is in schaumburg...it's an hour and a half on trains and buses each way, so that will give me lots of time to read more of the awesome new book i picked up at HOPE and haven't had the chance to read much of yet.

weather

got to love getting off the phone and almost immediately hearing a tornado siren.

i didn't know if there actually was a tornado, but my roomies and i went to the basement for a while, just in case. [according to the trib, there weren't any tornadoes in the city limits, just in the suburbs.] we're all okay, and the thunderstorm is starting to recede. there's still a severe thunderstorm warning for another ten minutes or so, but no more tornadoes.