New Year's Dissappointment

I have talked about my disappointment of not being able to go to Turkey for Christmas and New Year's holiday, having to cancel the ticket a day before the trip, while packing my bags... enough times already.
This time, I will just talk about my time with my parents, when they came to visit me a week later I cancelled my trip. I really did not want them to come.
1) I have a 1 bedroom apartment, and heving 2 guests for 2 weeks is not easy.

2) Having my father as a guest, when I have to interact with him 24/7 is not easy either.

3) I was already depressed and disappointed, having to entertain guests was not a very welcome idea.

Anyways, I took them to Chicago. We had our hard times, okay times. I am grateful they spent all that money and effort to come and see me, but honestly, at least I would have gone skiing if they had not come here. It is almost mid-February, and I have been to skiing only one day this whole winter, and that was not enough. I don't have much time left, well I mean winter is slowly going to go away, leaving its place to spring, and I do not have lots of opportunities left. I am working, so I cannot really go skiing in the weekdays. There are only so many weekends.

So, I took my parents to Chicago for 3 days, using my personal days I had for the year of 2010. It was a good time. I like Chicago, I wouldn't mind living there, unless my work place is far from my home. Let me just put a picture or two here. Let's see.. one with my parents, and one of a place called "Christian Science Reading Room". That seemed like a really good irony. I wonder what Christian Science is like.. or the faith-based science education that some Christian universities provide. What I imagine is like:

Biology lesson: "This is a cell. Look at its organs Isn't God truly grand? Look at how He created these microorganisms, and us from these small cells"
Anthropology: "Some scientists use carbon-dating to find out the age of earth. Looking at some soil samples, they say Earth is millions of years old, and that humans have been here only for a few thousand years. Even this proves that their method is wrong. Earth is about 6000 years old, and was created in 7(6) days as we all know. "
Medicine: "When a sick patient comes, before we start operating on the patient, we first pray to God for his/her health. Then using simple tools, and mostly prayer, we try to get the patient back on his/her feet again. If they enf up dying, don't feel guilt, it is God's will. They are going to a better place"..