Busy!

The capitol at night.

Chili!

We only saw about 20 minutes of the rally because there was a 2 hour line for metro tickets and we had camped overnight in Maryland...

Chocolate gingerbread salted caramel cake for my friend's birthday...

Hello - I apologize for the severe lack of posts! Not only have I been busy exploring Chicago, but I've also been exploring the country; two weekends ago I took a road trip with 6 new friends to Washington, D.C. for the Jon Stewart Rally to Restore Sanity - or rather, we used that as an excuse to spend a weekend together driving across the country! It was a great time and seeing the capital again was really fun.
I've been busy cooking, salsa and swing dancing, and of course with schoolwork - I had an essay (on the co-evolution of orchids and orchid bees) for biology due last week and a test today, a Language and the Human paper (on bilingual education in the United States) due today, and math homework and Alfarabi readings for Classics of Social and Political Thought - so much to do and so little time!