My new year begins with the usual wimper and slow tug from the starting gate by my wife and a midnight call from her friends at a party as we lay sound asleep.

And now, four days later, I am sitting in my hotel room at work taking a break from the conference I am assisting with. Only four more days to go. This is day two.

Anyway, out my window I can see the begining construction of the Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago). The cranes keep coming and the cement trucks are emptying out one after another to pour the foundation. I’d take a picture but it would do no good since I can’t get them off it.

The point. On New Year’s Day there was a show on PBS HD about the new buildings going up here in Chicago and the Trump building was one of them. And for the last three years Betsy and I have said that we would like buy a condo in the city once our house is paid off.

So my goal changed a bit after the show. You guessed it, a condo in the Trump building. Why not? This building is going to be gorgeous. And besides in 15 years when the house is paid off the kids will be ready a taste of city living.