First of all, I have to tell you all about something that happened yesterday. One of our neighbor's who recently moved in next door to us recently was jailed for abusing and torturing his 3 month-old puppy. A passerby had heard the dog wimpering and screeching from inside the man's house and called the cops. The puppy was removed after the cops and a local Humane Society person came to investigate. The puppy (the most adorable little German Shephard mix) was found to have suffered 2 fractured ribs (as well as old fractures), leg fracture, and a BROKEN NECK that supposedly healed. What kind of person could do something so evil to a defensive, helpless little puppy? I had a feeling about the guy. He also has a black lab puppy which is still in his possession - apparently the Humane Society will be there Monday to remove it. This puppy is around 2 months old, and is horribly thin...ribs showing, etc. I mean the thing looks like its being starved to death. I'm keeping my ears and eyes open whenever I see him outside with the puppy. My mom thinks he has a little poodle too, but I haven't seen that one. It is all so terrible. I feel so bad for those animals! He is married. I've seen his wife a few times, but neither of them are friendly. Doesn't the wife have some responsibility in all of this too?? I mean she must have been there witnessing his abuse/torture of the puppy. Maybe she's a victim herself..who knows.

The beginning of the week was good. I had a nice time with the guy I went out with on Saturday. We ended up taking the Amtrak train into Chicago for the day. It was a fairly decent day overall. I really enjoyed his company. When we were in Chicago, we went to The Navy Pier, The Museum of Science and Industry, and the Sears Tower. We also rode the subway/el train. Here are more pics of what we did in Chicago: (sorry they're so big)

The Museum of Science and Industry


The Navy Pier - beer garden


The Sears Tower


View from Sears sky deck


The subway/el train


This is a picture that Brent took from a top Sears Tower


The trip back to Milwaukee, on Amtrak, gave Brent and I a chance to talk more. He's a great guy. It will be interesting to see if anything develops between us. I'll be seeing him again next week.

I'll try to post sometime next week. It's been crazy busy!