as if i need to really say it, chicago rocked, just like i knew it would. mike worked most of the time i was there which actually gave me time to work on rating the millions of spanish writing samples i have for my honors thesis and i also got in some quality time with his roommates and his girlfriend Courtney. This led to several new experiences, including my first bowl of true indonesian raman (it comes with an oil packet!!) as well as my first ride ever in a convertible. loved it! even the drive home with mike was wonderful, despite the 2 hour delay we had due to the hood mechanism... but if i had to be stuck out in the middle of anywhere, it might as well be with mike. i laughed so hard i cried. twice.
i've been sick twice since i've been down to 10 mg... which is about average. i'm staying on top of it better though - i'm not nearly as hesitant to take narcotics- i've learned that waiting usually leads to the er. i've got 21 days left on these pills from hell, as long as i can stay relatively healthy.
the climbing wall is closed this week, which is not cool at all, but at least i can still swim. i'm leaving for omaha friday for krista's rocking awesome birthday party and then on to norfolk for the week to help out with vbs, which i love. as soon as that's over jenn and i will be frantically moving out and into jm's place. that will be interesting to say the least - he and his roommate aren't out yet since it's not the first of the month... but jenn and i only have that weekend to move, otherwise we work, so that's all we've got. kaitlin moves in in august, so at least it won't be five of us there at once, just four haha like that's so much better. not sure when jm's leaving. not sure if jm knows when jm's leaving. whatev, we'll just deal with it when it comes up. i'm psyched to move out of this apartment, it's been nice, but it'll be great being close to campus especially since i start working on campus that monday!! plus, change is good.
jenn and i met some extraordinary frenchmen last night. they want to open up a french restaurant here in lincoln. sweet. they're cooking for us tomorrow night!! i can't say i've ever had real french food, besides a crepe or two while i was in paris, so i'm excited. plus, they're french, including french manners, french accents, and they're just fun. we could all use a little more french men in our lives.
read educating esme while on the plane to chicago. loved it. made me actually think about switching to elementary ed, but then i remembered that my esl endorsment is good for k-12, so i'm covered. it also made me nervous about teaching - she makes it sound like the hardest thing in the world, which i'm sure it is, and i guess, if something isn't hard, it's probably not worth it. that's the way it seems anyway.
still trying to get through bastard out of carolina, but i think i might have overdosed on young adult lit this summer. i'll try to finish it, but i've got to read something else for a while. still need to finish life of pi too... someday. i'm four books away from meeting my summer goal of 25. go me.
i can't decide if the side effects of steroids are worse than the symptoms of tapering off of them... they both suck, just in different ways. would you rather be "innapropriately happy," frantic, unable to sleep, manic, and overly anxious, or depressed, melancholy, fatigued, suicidal,and sore? hmmmm. at least i'm getting variety right?
this is my last week of real vacation aka nothingness. after this, i won't be able to spend four hours at the rec every day :( i'm going to miss that. i think we'd all be better off if we had four hours a day to be active in something that we love. i am excited about vbs though, i'm sure i'll be ready to come home by thursday, but i haven't been around little kids in way too long. i really should find a solid one day a week babysitting job here in lincoln, if for nothing but my morale's sake.