Motherhood

Please welcome the first pets in my adult life, Nut and Meg. They're spice finches - very flighty, very nervous, but so darn cute. They chirp to each other in little bursts of enthusiasm, they feed together, they groom each other, and they huddle next to one another when they sleep at night. Adorable.

It has been so nice to add something living and breathing to my apartment. Not nearly as nice as another person, but the room feels so much more alive when I hear them peeping and interacting. Marcie persuaded me to buy them when she visited me last weekend, and I'm so glad that she did.

And if any of you want to see them first hand, I will willingly provide free room and board, along with some Chicago entertainment as well.