Weekend Update, nonsmoking edition

I've been reading a lot lately, so maybe that is why I can't think of anything that I've done to write about. Saturday was Nate's going out celebration for his birthday (which was today). He had everybody meet up at Club Foot. I was excited to check it out in all its non-smoking glory. The smoking ban started in January 1st, and I hadn't yet been to any bars. May as well go to the smokiest one of them all to see how well its working! The place smelled pretty gross still, but not so much like smoke, and nobody violated the ban indoors. I was able to stay there until bar-time! In the past I'd either have to go home or get so drunk I didn't notice my eyeballs falling out from the cigarettes. From what I could tell, none of the smokers really cared. Instead, there were times when half the bar cleared out because they all went outside. I'm sure it helped that the weather was nice.

I came here from a smoking-ban city and it was impossible to adjust to the smoke here. I hate smoking more than your average person (I think), so I have been eagerly anticipating the ban. It felt so great to come home not stinking of someone else's cigarettes. I also didn't have any of that second-hand black snot nastiness in the morning like I used to get. So Chicago, you finally figured out non-smoking, lets see, maybe by 2015 you can figure out recycling. It's not that hard to enter the 20th century.

Anyway, so Nate turned 27. My gift to him is getting some of his art custom framed. He seemed excited about it. I would have just done it myself, but I don't know jack about framing and I figured that would be sort of personal so I'll just pay for it when its over.

I'm working from home Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this coming week for very strange reasons. Regardless of those reasons I'm so excited to not have to get dressed and take the train for hours a day. I'll be spending my time writing this article I have to finish (or get started on). I foresee an awesome breakfast tomorrow, fresh lunch from home...it'll be great. Plus I save money because I got to cancel my dog walker for those days. I wish I could work from home all the time.