  I am so looking forward to leaving tomorrow. Many firsts coming up. 1. First time on AmTrak. 2. First time to Wrigley Field. 3. First time in the Hard Rock Hotel. 4. First time in 2 years on vacation for no reason but me.
I am looking forward to taking the train. I took the train in London to Stratford several years ago and it was a relaxing way to travel. I hope that I can enjoy this one as well, especially because I get on the train before 8 am tomorrow. I'm so wired right now, I may need to sleep. Perhaps that's the quadruple shot latte talking, though.
I want to go to see a urlLink Cubs game while I am there. I figure it'll be a fun way to spend the afternoon, as long as I find a scalper there for a good ticket. I've only been to three MLB stadiums, and two of them are for the Detroit Tigers (Tigers Stadium and Comerica Park). The third was on my vacation two years ago to Houston, but more on that later. "Welcome to the urlLink Hard Rock Hotel . How can I rock your world? " I'm looking forward to staying in a 4-star high rise hotel in the Mag Mile area that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'm just grinning thinking about it. The last vacation I took, aside from New Years' in Boston (sorry Jason, I am talking a vacation without pretext), was two years ago.
I went to Houston with Roger. That was seriously fun, with everything from visiting the dog race track, to a game at Minute Maid Park (the Juice Box), good food and great weather. I need to get out again. I may try urlLink Martyrs' some time, this theater group in town that does 30 plays in 60 minutes, Papas, or who knows what else, but I am just geeked to be going there tomorrow. John, Missy, Tiff, Kevin, I'm coming into town. 
