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Hello, ridiculously bizarre day.
#1. Somehow I have been elected into a position of leadership (namely, President) of my departmental Honors Society, Sigma Iota Rho. This is the second time in six months that someone has brought my leadership skills before me and affirmed them (the first being when I was, out of the blue, nominated for Campus Campaign Manager for Teach for America, which I declined). Six months ago, I wouldn't have counted myself as a leader at all, but today my fellow officers and I met with our faculty advisor and actually hashed out a cohesive and feasible plan to raise SIR up from the ashes of its former self. We've got so much planned already, and all of us are really excited to get this going, but most importantly, these people have faith in me, or so it seems, to do a good job. And so far (albeit a mere twelve hours later) I have been.
#2. I got approved for a 2000 dollar loan. That, in itself, is bizarre.
#3. I diagnosed my problem with Spanish, and brought it to the attention of my Spanish teacher. I'm conversationally proficient in German (though it's pretty dormant right now), and I'm quickly gaining proficiency in Spanish, and reconciling the two languages in my head as separate entities is become a real issue. So when I'm speaking in German, I'll throw in a "pero," but when I'm speaking in Spanish, "Ich bin" will slip by. I've got to get over this quick.
#4. I bought three hamburgers for this crazy homeless woman (Lady #1)at her request today. Literally, she shoved three dollars in my face and asked me to go buy her three hamburgers. So I did, and handed them over, which she immediately forgot, and approached me five minutes later explaining that she used to be a professor at Loyola and would I like a hamburger (no). This quickly evolved into whether or not I was married (I answered yes), where I was going (to my house), and who did I live with (my husband). All the while, another insane woman (Lady #2) behind me was shouting about how "Damn, that bitch smell like ass, she need to go wash herself that skank ass bitch," while even ANOTHER insane woman (Lady #3) was beating some man repeatedly with a what looked like a plastic bag from 7/11 containing a couple of books. I felt especially bad after Lady #2 left, at which point Lady #1 approached me for a third time and apologized for Lady #2's behavior. I sincerely doubt that Lady #1 had the capacity to maintain her personal hygiene, neither mentally nor fiscally, and judging from the really ragged bandage around her ankle, I'm wondering whether she smelled because of some infectious wound. Either way.
And then I got on the red line going home, and was immediately assaulted at Argyle by 8 million fans of "The Fray," who had just gotten out of the show at the Aragon.
So yeah. Interesting day.
#1. Somehow I have been elected into a position of leadership (namely, President) of my departmental Honors Society, Sigma Iota Rho. This is the second time in six months that someone has brought my leadership skills before me and affirmed them (the first being when I was, out of the blue, nominated for Campus Campaign Manager for Teach for America, which I declined). Six months ago, I wouldn't have counted myself as a leader at all, but today my fellow officers and I met with our faculty advisor and actually hashed out a cohesive and feasible plan to raise SIR up from the ashes of its former self. We've got so much planned already, and all of us are really excited to get this going, but most importantly, these people have faith in me, or so it seems, to do a good job. And so far (albeit a mere twelve hours later) I have been.
#2. I got approved for a 2000 dollar loan. That, in itself, is bizarre.
#3. I diagnosed my problem with Spanish, and brought it to the attention of my Spanish teacher. I'm conversationally proficient in German (though it's pretty dormant right now), and I'm quickly gaining proficiency in Spanish, and reconciling the two languages in my head as separate entities is become a real issue. So when I'm speaking in German, I'll throw in a "pero," but when I'm speaking in Spanish, "Ich bin" will slip by. I've got to get over this quick.
#4. I bought three hamburgers for this crazy homeless woman (Lady #1)at her request today. Literally, she shoved three dollars in my face and asked me to go buy her three hamburgers. So I did, and handed them over, which she immediately forgot, and approached me five minutes later explaining that she used to be a professor at Loyola and would I like a hamburger (no). This quickly evolved into whether or not I was married (I answered yes), where I was going (to my house), and who did I live with (my husband). All the while, another insane woman (Lady #2) behind me was shouting about how "Damn, that bitch smell like ass, she need to go wash herself that skank ass bitch," while even ANOTHER insane woman (Lady #3) was beating some man repeatedly with a what looked like a plastic bag from 7/11 containing a couple of books. I felt especially bad after Lady #2 left, at which point Lady #1 approached me for a third time and apologized for Lady #2's behavior. I sincerely doubt that Lady #1 had the capacity to maintain her personal hygiene, neither mentally nor fiscally, and judging from the really ragged bandage around her ankle, I'm wondering whether she smelled because of some infectious wound. Either way.
And then I got on the red line going home, and was immediately assaulted at Argyle by 8 million fans of "The Fray," who had just gotten out of the show at the Aragon.
So yeah. Interesting day.