home sweet home
I've been housesitting for the past 10 days and today I am back in my apartment. Yay! I didn't realize how much I enjoyed the space until I wasn't there. Although I t hink it might be more about it being MY space than the space. But, I do like it. I like the pictures on the walls, the furniture, how little and cozy it is. It worries me a bit, since in September I will definitely not have so much control over my space. I will be renting a room in a home that isn't my own. But, I know that I can handle that. Really, I can. I'll just miss my bed...
I get to babysit the toddlers I love, again! On Saturday. Apparentally both are talking a lot more, which will be really exciting. I can't wait! I've missed them, and their mom. She's young, basically only a year or so older than me. And she's cool and a musician. If I was staying around Chicago, we'd probably be friends.
I'm plodding along in cleaning out/packing up my stuff. I'm reluctant to do this, because then I'll have to look at boxes and blank walls. But, it must be done.
I'm reading a fabulous book called New New Journalism. It's a book I need to read for the program in the fall. The book is comprised of 16 interviews with "new journalists". Basically, New Yorker style non-fiction writers: Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Susan Orleans, Alex Kotlowitz, and a lot of names that I didn't really know, but knew their work. What's so neat is that it is reaffirming what I want to do with my life. And, so frequently, throughout their interviews, I think "yes! exactly!". Oh, I am so excited for this program.
I get to babysit the toddlers I love, again! On Saturday. Apparentally both are talking a lot more, which will be really exciting. I can't wait! I've missed them, and their mom. She's young, basically only a year or so older than me. And she's cool and a musician. If I was staying around Chicago, we'd probably be friends.
I'm plodding along in cleaning out/packing up my stuff. I'm reluctant to do this, because then I'll have to look at boxes and blank walls. But, it must be done.
I'm reading a fabulous book called New New Journalism. It's a book I need to read for the program in the fall. The book is comprised of 16 interviews with "new journalists". Basically, New Yorker style non-fiction writers: Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Susan Orleans, Alex Kotlowitz, and a lot of names that I didn't really know, but knew their work. What's so neat is that it is reaffirming what I want to do with my life. And, so frequently, throughout their interviews, I think "yes! exactly!". Oh, I am so excited for this program.