City rantings catch up

Aug 29, 2007 10:10

Hello all! I’m alive!! Most of you all know, but for those of you who may not, I am currently living in the great city of Chicago. I’ve been here for a little over 3 weeks after failing miserably to find work in MI. I had forgotten how much I loved the city. Chicago is fabulous. It has strange squirrels with skinny tails (one of which leapt out of a tree straight at me, I think it was trying to eat me but then thought better of that idea), it has people all over that are just amusing to see (like the fashion clichés straight from the voguish magazines ever imagined or the people in outfits that wouldn’t even make sense on sci-fi network), it has the oddities of literally crossing a street and finding yourself in neighborhoods so drastically different to that of the one you just left that you have to wonder if you in fact teleported to another place altogether, and best of all it has pigeons in all colors, shapes, and sizes!! (I love pidggies!!) I think I have met every dog in the neighborhood where I’m staying. My favorite of which is currently the two brown Dobermans that are lean and muscular enough to inspire scary feelings in just about anyone and who are almost identical but who’s appearance is made absolutely adorable by that the slightly larger one (Duke) wears an all metal spiked collar, while the other (Daisy) wears a pink ribbon with a giant flower on it. They are just sooooo cute! And then there’s Darwin, the ridiculously fuzzy golden retriever that is terrified by everything and has to be frequently rescued from the horrible taloned and vicious monsters known as squirrels and pigeons. Admittedly, my days have been dark and lonely without the shining light that is my Loki. This has been far too long to be without My Love. But that should be fixed soon, I plan to relocate him as soon as possible. Though I don’t have my own place as of yet, I will soon hopefully, but it’s just too long to wait, I need my kitty now.

After a few weeks of really searching, I was beginning to become disappointed with my lack of any real solid job offers. I’ve been working as a temp for this time and admittedly have been making consistently more than I did at Habitat and at times even more than I had been making at Perrigo. Then it all hit at once. The American Heart Association made an offer the same day that Grenzebach Glier & Associates scheduled a final interview. I held off AHA till I found out about G&G (yesterday), AHA increased their offer, and then mixed into the mess was a third offer from the Chicago Teaching Center. After a lot of thought and talking to people, I’ve accepted the offer from AHA. So right now it’s just pending a background check, and I will officially be home in a new job. I did find it rather odd however that the main HR person at AHA that I interviewed with and ultimately was hired through, is located in guess where...Grand Rapids Michigan...go figure. But hay, I have a job! It pays enough to live on, it’ll be fun to work there, and the lengths they went to to get me were extraordinary so I know they really want me (it’s nice to feel wanted). As soon as I get my debts paid up to current, I can look for my own place, just me and Loki.

::looks out the window:: wow...I’m on the 27th floor looking out Chicago downtown and the Chicago River (this building is 444 N. Michigan Ave so it has great view and location) with the beautiful Wrigley Building’s (one of my favorites) dome/tower right in front of me, and more importantly, there is a lady bug crawling on the window. Somehow it seems strange that one would be this high up, but then why wouldn’t it be... I’m here on a temp gig for the morning doing absolutely nothing. I’m here to answer the phones but apparently they only ring about once an hour or so. So, I’m killing time by writing here about what’s been up with me and generally rambling on incessantly. Yay $12/hr!

I was very disappointed that I missed Gencon. I just didn’t have the $. But next year I’ll make up for it, and it will be good.

Hmm...I think I have run out of things to talk about...either that or I’m just tired of writing, but I might just be tired in general. I was up at stupid early this morning. Oddly enough I’ve become a fan of the “Wait, wait, don’t tell me” NPR quiz show. I get it on podcast and it is good. It’s a funny way of keeping up with current events. There’s just something about hearing about the squirrels that were arrested by Iranian officials on charges of espionage. Go Secret Squirrel!! It’s news, but it’s also amusing. I still chuckle every time I think the $54-million pants. “It’s a good thing that such a great member of our judicial branch is standing up for our rights and for those of us who cannot stand up for ourselves, because we have no pants.”
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