Rush, LEED and leggings

This morning, I had an appointment at Rush Medical Center's Biorhythms Lab for a sleep study interview. I had to fill out oodles of questionnaires. While I was there, they also took my height and weight, and gave me a tour of the lab. I'll find out in a couple of days whether I was accepted into the study. The basis of the research is on eye color and sleep. As such, they also spent a few minutes staring at my eyes, trying to determine exactly which color I best matched in a book of eye photographs. It was a combination of silly and creepy.

After that, I stopped at the main post office downtown to ship a package, since it was on my way north. As soon as I exited the subway, I learned that there was a protest happening on Federal Plaza, which is located outside of the post office, meaning I had to make my way through lots of people just to find the revolving door. There were police everywhere and there was a weird vibe in the air. As soon as I was done, I tried to get out of there, and ended up stopping at the Argo Tea on Dearborn and Madison for tea and a bite to eat. It was nearly 2PM at this point, and I hadn't had lunch yet. I stayed there for a bit and tried to study for the LEED exam, which I wasn't too successful at. I love staring out the window from the second floor at that particular Argo, so that's primarily what I ended up doing.

Today was also the first day I wore a pair of leggings I got while in New York. They are actually quite warm thanks to a fuzzy lining. At some point in the evening, I was changing into pajamas and saw that my legs had been tinted to a funny blue-black color. Lesson here, (which I really already knew) is to wash your purchases before wearing--especially heavily dyed items like black leggings and dark-wash jeans. I had a good laugh at myself.