I hated that at my theatre job, too. Getting covered in pop syrup... accidentally breaking the bag on the way and having to clean the parking lot. Urgh.

And oh, there will be dragging around Chicago. I always love when people come to visit, because I get to act like a tourist, and usually that ends with me discovering something I hadn't seen before, or going someplace I've heard of and haven't been to. We'll need to go to the zoo. The zoo is free, and awesome. Because it's a zoo. ^_^