And so, when last we left our intrepid husky, he was off in the frozen wilds of Chicago (that would be last Wednesday, for those of you playing along at home). On Wednesday I had a great afternoon of socializing with Osiris (Kittylad), Barbarian and Chouette. After a tasty lunch, then some lazing about rustitobuck‘s apartment playing Sly Cooper (yeah, I’m addicted – probably a good thing we don’t own a PS2), we headed out for some impromptu geocaching. We found the cache after a little tromping around in the mud (here’s a pic of the hearty crew) and a good time was had by all. Well, most (And what does Anubis say?). Barbarian and Chouette had to depart soon after, and the rest of us headed over to Portillo’s. Good food, good company, far too little time to socialize. I spent the night sleeping with datahawk (woo!), who so kindly got up at an uncivilized hour of the morning and took me to O’Hare for my flight back to North Carolina.

It was fantastic to see most of our old friends up in Chicago. Thanks ever so much to Rusty for putting me up, and to Linnaeus and Datahawk for just being themselves 🙂 I was really glad that I got to spend more time around Osiris and get to know him better, too (incidentally, I saw The Birdcage yesterday and now everything makes sense!). I really hope that we’ll be seeing more of y’all soon – I’m trying my damnedest, that’s for sure!

So – back to North Carolina, and home to my wonderful wolf. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, and we had a lovely time proving this fact (Whee!).

Friday night, Brophey and Rasslor drove up from Georgia to spend the weekend. We spent Saturday doing some geocaching, but mostly we just hung around the house, geeked, and relaxed. It was quite a lovely weekend.

And so here we are today. After seeing our Georgia friends off a few hours ago, I’m back home doing laundry, tidying up loose ends on my job hunt, and waiting to hear back from our realtor on a possible final offer for the house. If this comes to pass we have numerous options ahead of us, all of which we are exploring (though I don’t see a quick move up to Chicago in the cards – the money just isn’t there right now). I’ll have more to write in the next day or so – I’ll keep y’all up to date!