chicago 2016

Chicago was just selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to be the United States' applicant on the world stage for the 2016 olympics!!! Pretty exciting, I'd say!! Check it out here!

the Lord is risen indeed!

I can't believe it is already April and it seems like Lent flew by...probably because I was mourning the Jayhawks loss and failed to realized that March Madness came and went in just a few short 31 days. However, March was also pretty busy as I had visitors here in Chicagoland! And now I have pictures to actually prove that I do live in Chicago - unfortunately, no pictures of the apartment still. I definitely need to put "digital camera" on my wish list...but for now, here's a little taste of me in Chicago. Photography credits to Emily and Hannah...thank you for having technology ;)!

In other news, I have not come to a decision of whether to stay with Teach For America or not. So as soon as I know - of course I will let all of you know. Work is definitely calmer nowadays and I'm evening getting home in time to make dinner, enjoy it, watch a good show on television, update my blog, and then read my book for an hour before heading to bed. This is quite the life...now I just have to figure out how I can get paid to just do those things. Hmmm.

Oh well...now for the pictures!!

This is me at "Howard" - this the station that I drive to every morning to catch the Purple Line Express into the city!


Emily was here for St. Patrick's Day...we went into the city so that I could "show" her Chicago. I don't know that much about the buildings or the city...but I do my best. Every March 17th the Chicago River is dyed green...pretty vivid as you can see!The KU men's basketball team was playing Chicago for the first round. Unfortunately, no tickets for me - but the Alumni Association "Uhaul" was in a random parking lot.out by Navy Pier. Any little bit of KU that I can find here in Chicago makes me feel like I'm back in Lawrence!!

And of course!! I had to leave my own mark in Gino's East Pizzeria where they encourage graffiti!

On day two of Emily's visit, I showed her around Evanston. Northwestern's campus juts out a bit into Lake Michigan where you can see most of the Chicago skyline...it is pretty incredible at nighttime - but here's the day version! The Sears Tower is on the far right.

The St. Louis Keels came for a visit and took me out to dinner in Greek Town - it is always nice to have visitors to help me explore the city!!