Good luck, Caitie! We're all thinking of you and hope to see you back soon.
Stagewhore, a lyric from Origin of Love is always a good answer... if you go with Wig in a Box (the other song you were talking about), one of my favorites is "I look back on where I'm from, look at the woman I've become, and the strangest things seem suddenly routine."
The one really crappy thing about Chicago is since it's a big city you always expect all the big things to come here (i.e. a book signing that's going to effing Dallas)... don't.
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.