Day 2 - Lucky Purple Dress

I caught the end of Good Morning America, Robin Roberts and Sam Champion are still my favorite news personalities. Then the local news came on, I was more entertained by the Chicago quirky group of newscasters, then the Now at 9 clique on the ABC network in Phoenix. I found an advertisement for an Office Coordinator position at the Hyde Park Union Church. This church is 0.5 miles from my place, so I decided get interview ready and head over there with my resume. The humidity is good for my hair, and I was wearing my lucky purple dress. I spoke to Anthony who currently holds the position, asked a few intelligent questions, shared a laugh and thanked him for his time. I hope that comes through, but I am still looking everywhere. I thought that I could walk to the public library from there, but the heatwave had other plans, I was so sweaty, I gave up my perfect parking spot to drive to the library. This library is so old and dark, it looks like there used to be ladders to reach books, before the retrofitted scaffolds and staircase that make up the second floor. The classification system is mixed between Dewey and LC, I didn't know they could do that. I spent an hour and a half perusing a reference book for fellowship programs for students pursuing graduate degrees in archival science. I found a few that I will be following up on. Other observations from the day include a Michael's which is a grocery store, not a craft store. Hopefully my parallel parking skills will improve over time, right now it looks like a person with two broken arms has parked my car. As much as I love the walkable nature of my new community, early mornings or early evenings are the only times to be out to prevent the misery of this humidity.

Day 1 - Fireflies

In the morning, I took Tariequa and Tenaysia to the UIC-Halsted train stop so that they could take the train to O'Hare. I was very sad to watch them leave, because I am officially on my own. Tariequa said it best, "its time to do what you came to do". I got turned around on the freeeway but thanks to Sir Wellington (my iPhone) I made it back to my apartment. Today was for relaxation. After watching movies, napping and playing on the computer, I took Simba (the roomate's dog) out for a walk. The neighborhood park was full of kids, other people were walking their dogs, and the fireflies were lighting up the sky. I can't believe that last week I was living in a studio and now I am roaming around the most historic neighborhood in Chicago.