Well, I made it. I am in Chicago. To stay. For 3.5 months. Don't miss me too much. Or do. That'd be okay, too.
Not the best picture in the world... cloudy day.... kind of snowing.... but the el and the city none-the-less.
We are in a really nice hotel for the week, although we picked out our roommates and apartments today. Tomorrow morning we are going there to sign the lease, so hopefully it all works smoothly. We don't move in until Saturday, but facebook message me if you want my new address and I'll send it your way. The roommate process was interesting.... Essentially, we just started talking to people that we had never met and asked them if they had a roommate yet. I'm praying that it all works out well - roomming with people that I don't know anything about. Not that I've ever had to do that before. Haha.
Katie and I went on an adventure today. This morning we got our U-Passes (aka, train/bus passes that work unlimited for the whole semester) and we got a 1.5 hour lesson on how to navigate the city's public transportation system. So this afternoon, Katie and I had a 2 hour gap and decided to test out our developing skills. So we took the el. We started on the blue line (they go by colors) and by the end of our time we had ridden every el train (except the purple express because that one is different than the others). There are like 6 or 7 and we surveyed them all, seeing the city from the train that runs above it. Some of them we were only on for a couple miles, but hey, we rode them anyhow. It was definitely a great adventure. Maybe tomorrow I'll check out the bus system.... that makes me a little more nervous than the trains.
It has been busy busy busy, and I expect it will continue to be that way for.... well.... the whole semester. But I'm going to do my best at updating and keeping current on this blog, but no guarentees. The semester will have flown by before I know it, I'm sure.
And prayers on Thursday and Friday. That is the start of my internship and I get to begin with classroom/training/tests and stuff. And I really want to get there without too much difficulty.
Miss you all lots! Hope everyone is doing well! I'll let you know when exciting things happen in my life - and don't forget, Chicago is a great place to visit!!
You are so brave!! I get nervous about public transportation too.
ReplyDeleteYou are in my prayers and I look forward to updates on how you are doing with everything.
Love you!!!!!!!
buter!
ReplyDeletei'm so glad you're blogging! and thanks for your address as well. :)
love you and miss you TONS.
-tika
I posted the pics we took on snapfish. But I like this one, too. Have fun! (but not too much fun ;) Love ya more! Mom
ReplyDeleteHEY! It sounds like everything is starting off well :)
ReplyDeleteIt's sad about that cathedral fire. I'm sure it's a beautiful place and I was reading that they had just finished updating/renovating after a piece of the ceiling fell down [which, coincidentally reminds me of SAU with the whole UHall fiasco. :D]
Denver is great, I really enjoy it over here. It's just so chill and laid back, super nice! The only thing I dislike about the place in general is how unfriendly people seem to be. I see people walking and I smile at them and they don't even smile back! :( BOOO!
The internship is also going well. I'm just now starting to get into it but I really just love it right now. I'll prolly post a DITL [day in the life] soon. Just as soon as I figure out what a day in the life really looks like, haha! :)
What about you? How is everything? Where are you interning at and what are you doing, specifically?!