it's been a while
Hmm, around the last time I posted in here I was quite a mess. I'm not so much of a mess now, I promise.
I'm done with my classes as of 2:30 today. I have a nice break, then a final Wednesday and Friday. Then I'm going home.
Most important update - as of this week,I finally have a place to live in Chicago (!!!). This has been the biggest contributing factor to the crazy stress I was going through not too long ago, and I'm so relieved it's all settled now. A girl from Ohio named Amanda and I will be subleasing one bedroom in a 3-bedroom apartment in Lincoln Park. We'll have two roommates, Max and Alex, who go to DePaul. Max is my age and Alex is either my age or a year younger. They finish classes on June 15, then Max is taking off for two weeks to a month, and I believe Alex is gone for the summer. I really hope this will be a good way to make friends right away, because lord knows I need some out there! Hah.
The apartment should be sweet because it's not a huge apartment building, just a 3-flat. I believe the main floor is the kitchen, living room, mine/Amanda's room and a bathroom, then the basement is the other two bedrooms and another bathroom, as in we get our own, which is fabulous. Also fabulous is our rent - since we're splitting one person's rent it'll only cost us $350 + utilities each. Aaand it's 0.3 miles from Venus (4 blocks).
Since rent is so cheap I can afford to work fewer hours (wherever I find a job), so that'll be cool.
I leave in two weeks, which is nuts.
Remember at the end of last summer when I said I found this sweet magazine and thought it'd be sweet to someday spend a summer in Chicago? Weird.
Tonight was the last night of work, which meant lots of sappy senior goodbye stuff. I surprisingly didn't cry, even though there are so many people I'm going to miss. I guess it just hasn't hit me yet, but still I cried a lot in the fall when seniors left. Oh well.
I think I've said this before but there are so many parallels between The State News and musicals at North Farmington. Really, a lot more parallels than you'd think - it's kind of nuts.
As much as I love my job (sometimes it's hard to tell I love because I complain so much, but really, I do), it'll be nice to spend this last week just relaxing and studying for my finals.
And this little 5-day break I have until my first final is much needed - tomorrow night is our work banquet at the Marriott in EL and then huge party at my friend Lauren's. I am so psyched. Then Saturday will involve more parties and getting rid of the vodka in my freezer.
I'm probably forgetting something. Oh well.
For your reading pleasure:
this is my favorite story I've written all semester. It's about drag shows.
I'm done with my classes as of 2:30 today. I have a nice break, then a final Wednesday and Friday. Then I'm going home.
Most important update - as of this week,I finally have a place to live in Chicago (!!!). This has been the biggest contributing factor to the crazy stress I was going through not too long ago, and I'm so relieved it's all settled now. A girl from Ohio named Amanda and I will be subleasing one bedroom in a 3-bedroom apartment in Lincoln Park. We'll have two roommates, Max and Alex, who go to DePaul. Max is my age and Alex is either my age or a year younger. They finish classes on June 15, then Max is taking off for two weeks to a month, and I believe Alex is gone for the summer. I really hope this will be a good way to make friends right away, because lord knows I need some out there! Hah.
The apartment should be sweet because it's not a huge apartment building, just a 3-flat. I believe the main floor is the kitchen, living room, mine/Amanda's room and a bathroom, then the basement is the other two bedrooms and another bathroom, as in we get our own, which is fabulous. Also fabulous is our rent - since we're splitting one person's rent it'll only cost us $350 + utilities each. Aaand it's 0.3 miles from Venus (4 blocks).
Since rent is so cheap I can afford to work fewer hours (wherever I find a job), so that'll be cool.
I leave in two weeks, which is nuts.
Remember at the end of last summer when I said I found this sweet magazine and thought it'd be sweet to someday spend a summer in Chicago? Weird.
Tonight was the last night of work, which meant lots of sappy senior goodbye stuff. I surprisingly didn't cry, even though there are so many people I'm going to miss. I guess it just hasn't hit me yet, but still I cried a lot in the fall when seniors left. Oh well.
I think I've said this before but there are so many parallels between The State News and musicals at North Farmington. Really, a lot more parallels than you'd think - it's kind of nuts.
As much as I love my job (sometimes it's hard to tell I love because I complain so much, but really, I do), it'll be nice to spend this last week just relaxing and studying for my finals.
And this little 5-day break I have until my first final is much needed - tomorrow night is our work banquet at the Marriott in EL and then huge party at my friend Lauren's. I am so psyched. Then Saturday will involve more parties and getting rid of the vodka in my freezer.
I'm probably forgetting something. Oh well.
For your reading pleasure:
this is my favorite story I've written all semester. It's about drag shows.