Today I went to the University of Chicago and I successfully did not get mugged, shot, accosted, or (most importantly) LOST! Yes, I think Jackie is officially a grown up now that she can take the El, transfer to a different line, take a bus an unknown number of stops and pull the stop cord at the right time (go figure, American buses are SO complicated!!), walk to a campus she's never even seen before, successfully find the university's Student Center, interview her people, find a Starbucks to interview non-students AND find her way back. All by herself. To places she's never even seen before, let alone found. Yes, I am very proud of myself.

And I also have a lot of work I should be doing. I just wanted to brag a little bit about my success. I still can't believe I didn't get lost and I never got on the wrong train.. amazing.