Everything's Relative

Like your favorite television series, Life As We Know It has been on a summer hiatus. But never fear, intrepid reader, we've got many great new episodes coming up for this season filled with intrigue, romance, car chases, and alien abductions. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll be better than Cats.

Kelly was back in Boston for a week at the end of July for a top secret mission and while there she also managed to reaquaint herself with friends, family, and the insane Boston road system. Its amazing how quickly you appreciate a grid network. In the meantime, I was stuck all by myself and managed somehow not to get into serious trouble.

She came back with a guest, none other than her mother, who spent a few days with us, and helped us get our place in shape as well as checked out the local attractions. While she was here, we went all over Chicagoland, from Navy Pier in the center of bustling Chicago to Geneva, IL, a bucolic and charming little town about 50 miles due west of the Loop. Unfortunately, we weren't able to see Oprah this time, so that will have to wait till another visit.

Soon after Kelly's mom departed, we drove up to Milwaukee to see my mother who was visiting with her sister. This was the first time that Kelly met members of my extended family: my aunt and uncle, and my cousin Alex and his wife Julie. We had a big Korean-style lunch and a good time was had by all. My relatives seemed to like Kelly, and she impressed them by speaking a few key words in Korean that she picked up hanging around me. Seeing how we're so close to Milwaukee (100 miles) I'm sure that we'll be visiting often again in the future. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, my mom wasn't able to see our place in Oak Park just yet, but they'll be plenty of time in the future.

Speaking of relatives, my sister called and said she would be in town on business, so it seems we'll be having another guest shortly. She's one of the blog's biggest fans, so we'll no doubt be busy signing autographs :)

-Brian