As many of you know, I began my AmeriCorps year 3 weeks early without pay, so they're letting me end 3 weeks early WITH pay! What have I been up to?
Nashville!
I went to Nashville a few days after my last day at work. I stayed with Melissa and had a fantastic time meeting her friends, watching Sex and the City, napping, and stealing good music ideas from her. I also got to see Alicia before she leaves for our beloved Bolivia. I will miss her SO much. We ate good food together, had deep talks about life, God, Bolivia, our future AND not-so-deep talks about how to wash your hair with only baking soda, girl/boy relationships and how to cook without using processed stuff....we also swam across a lake! (this was a true miracle, since I thought I hated swimming and exercising- turns out I love them both!) I also got to hang out with Natalie and Linda. We had good mexican food and cookies, drank wine, caught up and talked about where we wanted to be in the next year or so. It was fantastic. We ended the night attending their neighbor's stand-up routine at a bar down the road. It was perfect. :)
Shortly after returning from Nashville, I decided that I hate Chicago weather. So I packed up again and drove to Kansas for another week!
Kansas
Home is where the heart is. And my heart is with my family. They are wonderful...never a dull moment! I spent the 4th with all my family, eating a ton, having a canon blow up in my face (I couldn't hear anything but ringing out of my right ear for about 3 hours!) and fishing. I babysat my nephew, who is at that 'I get into everything' stage and was exhausted after only a few hours! My sister played with my hair while we talked about how much our lives will change in the next few years, and I learned how to make Banana Bread with my mom and sister. I cry everytime I have to leave them...and this time was no different.
Back to Chicago
I just got back this weekend and hit the ground running. Apartment searching. No Doubt come back tour (where my friend and I almost got kicked out for jumping VIP boxes!). Digging up garden and replanting everything. Job searching. Apartment searching. Harry Potter watching. On the Road reading (which has not influenced me in a good way- I just want to hop back in the car and head west!)
And now real life begins.
2 comments:
Chadd's reaction to the VIP box jumping, "You know, you guys were wrong. And if I had been there with you, I would have been arrested. I've learned [in his ripe age of 23] that guys have to follow the rules and girls can get away with a lot."
Also, you didn't shout out to badass Gwen and our rebelliousness because of her! ;-)
I think that night deserves a blog entry to itself!
But I'm glad you had a good time in Nashville and Kansas and I hope the job/apartment searching is going well!
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