Been Awhile huh

It's been awhile. I took almost 2 months off from working. It was great. Visited my sister in SF, spent lots of time at home, worked on the figueroa, which is nearly done.

I also started teaching at a local design college. Its exhausting. I hope I'm shaping up to be a good teacher. Its hard to tell.

So I'm back in Chicago. Its cold. And there's lots of putis. Good thing Freddie's here. My dad got sick right before I left. It didnt sound good. Turns out he has this viral infection similar to chicken pox. It's real painful and strangely effects only one side of the body. It could be real dangerous. I spoke to him the other day on the phone. Its a strange thing. As a minister for our church, he's real charismatic and amiable. He's a loud guy. It's strange to hear him reduced to a whisper; hearing a tremble, when I used to hear him rumble. For a few moments the world is inverted, nahmean? Knowing your parents aren't invincible is a sobering thing. I've been having dreams about my dad.

My mom left a message saying that my dad's feeling better. Apparently the virus is past its acute stage. So he just has to wait it out and manage the pain. He sounded a bit better, when we spoke last. So we'll just wait and hope it'll soon pass.

I went out to this fancy restaurant to have dinner with the client. It was aiiighht. Waiters were kinda snooty but we ordered hella food. The client, this ad agency director, is a big dude. Looked kinda like tank abbot from ufc, but with more tattoos. He was real fun tho. Kept talking about comic books.

I found this bouldering pit in the city. Its pretty small, and hidden away in the basement of this gymnastics academy. The people I met there were real nice and easy to talk to. The pit was kinda ghetto but in a charming way. I hung with Freddie at my hotel's pool. He tried to teach me how to swim. Was not pretty. Later we met up with nina and her friends for korean food. That was pretty fun.