Unrelated thoughts:

• It is fascinating to me how people who live in the suburbs (and work from the suburbs most of the time) assume that if you live in the city "hopping on the metra" should be a quick fix to get to the suburban location of their choice. As if we all live above/next to a metra station. Just because I live north, it doesn't follow that I live right off of one of the Metra north lines. Getting to the burbs via public transportation for me is a 2-3.5 hour affair.
• I am suddenly obsessed with the idea of owning a hammock. To lounge in on my roof deck. I believe this is a new dream possession.