Innocente!

Long day! Too tired to move. Guilty of littering, $365 later, it's over! So happy Sara was there. Relief. I cannot wait to sleep and sleep and sleep some more tonight and well into tomorrow.

I made it!

What a week so far (in a great way). I arrived in Chicago on Sunday afternoon, had some quality time with the best friends, got unloaded at Todd's, then starting work bright and early on Monday morning. I left Todd's at about 7:15, not knowing how long it would take me to get down to work. I flew down Lake Shore, and it only took me 15 minutes! Awesome. So I was early, do I show up a half hour early, or go get Starbucks? I chose Starbucks, finding a close one with my phone, and walked in right before a rush. I got a heavenly grande soy mocha frappucino with extra coffee, and headed down to work. I still arrived about 15 minutes early, so I sat in the car and checked my facebook and email and texted a bit, and then went in. I was still 10 minutes early and they weren't quite ready. They had also just returned from a weekend away, so there was little to no food in their house, which was funny, but made it easy for me, especially at lunch (uncrustables and corn and Hawaiian Punch). The mom hung out for about two hours before heading to work, which was perfect, and then I was on my own! The kids are really good, the little boy is a handful for sure, but he keeps me on my toes and it makes the day fly by. I love being asked 5 year old questions again too, that also keeps me on my toes! I've been exhausted all week, but I'm really happy with the job and am overjoyed to be back in Chicago.

We don't have internet at Todd's, but we will get it when we move into a 2 bedroom, which will hopefully be soon! He has a possible subleaser lined up, who wants to move in asap, so our fingers our crossed. Now we just have to find a place and move in, ha, and we will be set. Easy peasy! I hope... Mister may be with me sooner than I thought he would, maybe later this month! So exciting.

That's about all for now, oh, my court date is tomorrow in Wisconsin, I hope it goes well is all I have to say about that. It will. I'm hanging at my bff's so I don't want to be rude and blahg all night.

Update!

I wrote the previous post yesterday, but didn't post it for some reason. My bags are slowly getting packed, and I'm definitely ready to go go go. I wish I could go tonight, as it's going to stressful, to say the least, to drive 8 hours to Chicago, unload my life, visit with T and S, and then start workin' bright and early on Monday morning. And, I've got approximately two hours to finish packing and load up the car, since I've got to work tonight from 5-1 am. I'm going to be so tired, but it will be worth it to have some dollars lining my pocket. Then I won't feel guilty about hitting up the first (and possibly every one thereafter) Starbucks I see. I probably deserve a burrito from Qdoba too, but what am I doing??? I need to get packing!

See you in Chicago!

All my bags are packed

Okay, not really, but I’m ready to go. Okay, again, not really, but
I’m ready to start working again. And it will be great to be back in
Chicago. I’m going to miss my dear Mister, but it will only be for
(hopefully) a month. While I love T dearly, I’m not particularly
looking forward to sharing a studio apartment with him, nor am I
excited at the prospect of having to re-purchase literally everything
one needs in order to leave a comfortable, albeit unembellished,
lifestyle. I need a bed, couches/chairs, a dresser (but who am I
kidding, I’ve never had a dresser outside of my childhood home and
college dorms). Once we get an apartment that has more than one room I
am planning on using a futon mattress sans futon frame as a bed.
Unembellished is an understatement. But I will have my dog, my best
friend, my job, and my city, what more could a girl want?

I’ve been living with my parents for the last eight months. I came
back home after I lost one of my part-time jobs in Chicago. I had
another one, but I wasn’t able to find anything to fill up the rest of
my time. I guess in a way I gave up and retreated to a place that I
thought was safe (which it is, and I know I’m always welcome here),
and I thought I would better be able to focus on school unencumbered
by a social life and surrounded by woods. It’s where I once thrived in
school, so I thought I could thrive again. Long story short, I failed,
again. Longer story short, here’s a list of schools I have previously
failed at: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Hamline University,
Michigan Tech University, Columbia College Chicago, and last but not
least, Northern Michigan University. Not failed out of, but just
failed at, in general.

So I’m going back to what I know. I’m going to be a nanny, and it’s
kind of my dream job (call me crazy, I know I am) and I rock at it,
but I don’t want to do it forever. But what else can I do, at this
point in time? I am not going back to school until (if ever) I am
certain I can succeed. And I’ve thought that five times before with no
success, so I’m going to go ahead and pass on that for now.

I take it back that I’m not ready to go. I am ready to go. I’m just a
little scared. But more excited. Yes, I’m excited and happy to be
moving out of my mom and dad’s house and heading back to the city I
love. It’s scary and exhilarating, but I am hoping for the best.

Lett me be the first

To welcome you to my wonderfully exciting blog! More to come, I promise.