Wow. This is a thing, this getting settled in and acclimated to Chicago and to being back in school. I'm beginning to get something of the rhythm of studying and being in class, have 2 jobs (total 18 hrs/wk), and am getting my fanny kicked by Greek. That's the class where grief happens, but I'll get it. No quitting, no failing. Plenty of help around to get my head unlocked to assimilate that stuff.
Getting settled into the new city is turning out to be harder than I expected. Missing everyone, of course, the mountains, the weather, the altitude and the deep blue sky. I knew that there would be a considerable adjustment, I just didn't expect it to be as challenging as it's turning out to be. Life, I suppose. Miss Molly-the-minpin sure helps!!!
The upside, and it is a huge upside, is that darned near everything I want or need is withing easy walking distance. Wonderful vet 3.5 blocks away, 2 wonderful markets, 3 book stores, restaurants, a co-op ATM where I can make deposits to my Bellco account, and another in the same co-op group that's 2 blocks away, no fee. What isn't handy? Target, DSW and Coldwater Creek! Target, bummer. The other two? Probably just as well!
About Me
- themostsplendid
- Half-way through seminary, a student who is learning more from the lived experience than the classes, which are rich meals filled with tantalizing tidbits. Coursework is fun, poses challenges to mind, heart and soul, and are the meat and potatoes fuel me. The lived experience is filled with sweet things, piquant things, spicy things and bitter things. All of these things combine, and conspire to cleanse, clarify, take apart and reassemble the bits and pieces of being so that the bags, blotchy spots, unnecessary burdens, hurts and sadnesses may be left by the side of the road. Sharing here this journey, hoping to teach and heal as I am taught and healed.
