CHICAAAAAAA-GO!
So I feel like I've been going non-stop for the last month, with barely any time to catch my breath let alone be a good friend to anyone. I don't know what my deal is. There was one weekend in there that just wiped me out. I think it was graduation weekend because I got hella drunk with some fabulous people and had such a blast, and then went to a party the next morning and worked all afternoon/evening.....and work all week wears me out anyway. And then the weekend after that I drove an hour and a half north and back BOTH DAYS for two different graduation parties, then work, then Memorial weekend I was in Missouri and got basically no sleep and the sun definitely took it's toll on my energy level, then work's been freakin' busy 'cause we're getting ready to relocate half of our group to another facility, so my little group is in charge of coordinating a bunch of tasks for that, and then I got up way too early last Saturday to paint for a few hours, then drove to Chicago and moved a friend and basically had tons of fun and then got back last night and I'm having to start the cycle all over again at work. It's like that run-on sentence right there....it never ends. But I'm grateful that my weekends for the last month and a half have been AMAZING.
But all I can say is that my mind is sharply focused on Chicago right now. Finally seeing Tiff's apartment and spending a weekend with her, Heather and Molly made me realize how life will be when I'm finally there. And even though we were all too exhausted (or sunburned!) to do much, it was so incredibly what I've been missing here in IC. I still don't think my dad's too excited to see me go, though. Last night after I got home I started looking around at jobs again, and he must've been too 'cause he yelled out that there was a local marketing position with Panera. I felt so bad saying it but I just blurted out, "Dad, I don't want to be in Iowa anymore. No offense to you 'cause you're one of the few things for me here, but I'm drowning otherwise."
But yeah, I just applied for a marketing assistant with McGraw-Hill in downtown Chicago. They publish educational materials and textbooks....sooo, kind of a perfect blend of marketing, which I want to get into, and educational publishing, which I currently work in. In my mind I'm like, "Why wouldn't they hire me?!" but in all practicality I probably won't even get a phone interview. Hrmpf. Part of me would love to go there without a job in October and just be lazy for a month or so, but the other part of me doesn't wanna blow the money I've been through hell to save up these last few months. I'm really hoping that these next few months fly by. They might with all the things coming up: random road trips to visit Tiff and Molly and see some shows, Dave in July, my dad wants to maybe go to Colorado for a few days at the end of June. There is no point whatsoever to my incessant ramblings so I'm going to bed.
P.S. This entry sucks. As have most of my entries since I entered the "real world." Apologies.
But all I can say is that my mind is sharply focused on Chicago right now. Finally seeing Tiff's apartment and spending a weekend with her, Heather and Molly made me realize how life will be when I'm finally there. And even though we were all too exhausted (or sunburned!) to do much, it was so incredibly what I've been missing here in IC. I still don't think my dad's too excited to see me go, though. Last night after I got home I started looking around at jobs again, and he must've been too 'cause he yelled out that there was a local marketing position with Panera. I felt so bad saying it but I just blurted out, "Dad, I don't want to be in Iowa anymore. No offense to you 'cause you're one of the few things for me here, but I'm drowning otherwise."
But yeah, I just applied for a marketing assistant with McGraw-Hill in downtown Chicago. They publish educational materials and textbooks....sooo, kind of a perfect blend of marketing, which I want to get into, and educational publishing, which I currently work in. In my mind I'm like, "Why wouldn't they hire me?!" but in all practicality I probably won't even get a phone interview. Hrmpf. Part of me would love to go there without a job in October and just be lazy for a month or so, but the other part of me doesn't wanna blow the money I've been through hell to save up these last few months. I'm really hoping that these next few months fly by. They might with all the things coming up: random road trips to visit Tiff and Molly and see some shows, Dave in July, my dad wants to maybe go to Colorado for a few days at the end of June. There is no point whatsoever to my incessant ramblings so I'm going to bed.
P.S. This entry sucks. As have most of my entries since I entered the "real world." Apologies.