nyc to chi a LIST!

1) 18 hours
2) sleeping pills!
3) dining cart... continental breakfast consisting of banana, raisin bran, milk, turkey sausage, and yogurt
4)the lady sitting in back of me "marrian" and her sons Ammadou and Ibrahim were taken off the train for having their visa's "stalled". SHe was married to an american citizen, i'm not sure what her status was. It was sad because she had to pack up in the middle of the night and be detained with two little boys in rochester NY. I have lots of pictures to post that ammadou and ibrahim took.
5) sleeting in chicago at the moment. GRR
6) Union station is HUGE and circular... i got a bit lost in there.
7) Seeing Jeff SPencer and Stacey ? tonight.
8) SOme very pretty views while leaving nyc... the hudson was all misty, smokey, and the hilly terrain along the track was 100% prettier than driving along the highway.
9) My time is running out as i write this from the chicago public library. 1 minute left DAMN!
10) the Harlold Washington Public library is very big and im going to explore it now. Mixed up files of Basil E Frankwiler Style!.