Last night we had a series of Tornado watches throughout the city. Even though the weather has become more mild, I still have my A/C unit in my window. The unit isn't big enough for the entire window, so I have boards and pieces of plastic holding it all together. (Old school, I know) SO, when winds like last night occur, the space between the boards and the plastic and the window form a sort of tunnel, where screaming wind likes to gush through.
Point of story: I woke up every hour from the time I went to bed until 6, when I just couldn't take the pounding and got up.
Needless to say, I rolled into work this morning exhausted. As I walked up the stairs I was greeted by an intern and someone waiting for ESL to start. I proceeded to unlock my door and all of sudden LOUD, blaring sirens began. I didn't know what to do. I knew we had an alarm system, but the only thing I had heard about it was in reference to pop....so I called the number on the system and they asked me the password. Of course I didn't know it, but I started naming different kinds of soda and alas, it worked!
Highs in the 50s, rain, loud winds and alarms. What a way to begin the week!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Get excited!
For the few of you I haven't called screaming or laughing or crying from excitement, relief and nervousness.....
I GOT A JOB!!!!
That's right, I started about 1 1/2 weeks ago and am LOVING it. Granted, the first day was a bit overwhelming, especially when I discovered that my spanish vocabulary is very limited to everyday topics (not immigration). But things are getting easier everyday and I think I've finally found a job I enjoy.
I'm working for World Relief as their Bilingual Intake Coordinator. I do intake/make appointments for the Immigration and Citizenship program and do reception/administrative stuff for the rest of the 40-person staff office. There is always something exciting going on with clients from all over the world coming in every few minutes!
Thanks to everyone who's been SO supportive the past few months- this period of being so unsure would've been much more difficult with you all! :)
I GOT A JOB!!!!
That's right, I started about 1 1/2 weeks ago and am LOVING it. Granted, the first day was a bit overwhelming, especially when I discovered that my spanish vocabulary is very limited to everyday topics (not immigration). But things are getting easier everyday and I think I've finally found a job I enjoy.
I'm working for World Relief as their Bilingual Intake Coordinator. I do intake/make appointments for the Immigration and Citizenship program and do reception/administrative stuff for the rest of the 40-person staff office. There is always something exciting going on with clients from all over the world coming in every few minutes!
Thanks to everyone who's been SO supportive the past few months- this period of being so unsure would've been much more difficult with you all! :)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
He's Baaaaaacccccckkkkk!
This is who I found at the airport.
That's right. The famous Boonjamin has returned! We talked a lot, he woke me up early every morning (which of course is relative to unemployed people) with a LOUD 'Good morning!', we went out, we stayed in, and just had a good time. He also makes some killer pancakes...
If you haven't yet, hit him up for some stories. Welcome back, friend!
That's right. The famous Boonjamin has returned! We talked a lot, he woke me up early every morning (which of course is relative to unemployed people) with a LOUD 'Good morning!', we went out, we stayed in, and just had a good time. He also makes some killer pancakes...
If you haven't yet, hit him up for some stories. Welcome back, friend!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A month, really?
It doesn't seem like it could've been that long. But apparently...life has been happening....
So for my "comeback post", I'll leave you with this:
The Giving Tree Band
We went and watched them perform last night. Love the bluegrass. Love the first carbon-free album. Love that they lived in a national forest for a month, biked to their recording studio, used only solar energy to record the album and everything is made from post-consumed recycleable materials. AND they are planting trees to offset the energy used for shipping.
Yeah for good music people doing GREAT things. :)
So for my "comeback post", I'll leave you with this:
The Giving Tree Band
We went and watched them perform last night. Love the bluegrass. Love the first carbon-free album. Love that they lived in a national forest for a month, biked to their recording studio, used only solar energy to record the album and everything is made from post-consumed recycleable materials. AND they are planting trees to offset the energy used for shipping.
Yeah for good music people doing GREAT things. :)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Fun-employment
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.
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.
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