This morning was not a dreamy morning. I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock, not Mike's voice or movement... He left for New York yesterday and I am alone in Chicago. I already miss him a lot, one day seems so long. To be honest, I feel a little childish about living alone after three decades of my life. It is such a shame, right? Whatever... this is me...

The only thing I can do for him now is keep my fingers crossed!

One of my personality is to concentrate on working so hard if I have something to finish. I can't take a short break during my busy schedule. I just work to finish it no matter what, and I push myself so I can't breath in such stressful and hectic situations. As a result, I was totally exhausted mentally and physically... It was a little difficult for me for more than two weeks. My body reacted in a funny way, I got some weird symptom that I never had before. I am usually stressful when I have a dead line for big project, but my body didn't react like this before. Mike teased me saying that this is proof I am getting old, over 30 years old now. haha- I don't want to accept it! :(

After my big dead line and four days of SWEET vacation, I feel much better. I realized again that keeping a balance between working and private life is so hard when I work at home. One huge storm just passed by, and another storm is coming. Keep following!

These are random pictures from the Green City Market. I am obsessed with the vivid colors of fresh goods this season. They are just pretty the way they are. I was so overwhelmed by all the colorful food which surrounded me. I just said "huh... wow..." wherever I looked around there. By the way, I will buy bunch of rhubarb this Saturday to bake my first rhubarb pie!