many the mile...

66 days and 3, 171 miles later - I'm back here in the Windy (and somewhat rainy) City. There's been much ado in the past month especially so I'll break it down a little:

New Job: During the 4 week that I was in Houston, I was officially recruited to apply for a full-time position on Teach For America's institute staff. I decided to apply the following week, interviewed the next week, and just 2 weeks ago - received the offer for Manager of Institute Support for the charter Chicago institute. So, just like there is an institute in Houston - next year Chicago will become the 7th Teach For America institute. We'll be training about 530 new corps members here next June and July - and it's my job to make sure that Chicago is ready for all of them!

Travels: So since I got the new job, my travels back to Chicago from Houston took a few detours. After moving out of Moody Towers - I spent 3 days with the Keels in Lawton and enjoyed the days with Kelly and Jesse at the Ft. Sill Pool and the Comanche Nation Waterpark and spent the evenings with some great food, even better drinks, and of course - catching up with the Major.

Token "aunt/nephew" picture - #1

Then...On my way back to Lawrence, I received word that I needed to return to Houston to be trained for my new job - so I spent the weekend in Lawrence/KC and then flew back to Houston for a week of training...came back to Lawrence for another weekend and decided that it was finally time for a vacation.

Meanwhile, my "middle" sister gave birth to my newest relative: William Thomas Buschelman - so that meant I needed to make a trip to Dayton. To save on gas/miles/time driving - I decided to head to Dayton for a few days before coming back here to Chicago. Again, it was a great few days of hanging with Liesel, Dom, and Will - and then some great food, even better drinks and of course - catching up with the Lieutenant.

Will

Will (in color)

Dom and Eric enjoying the Greene

Dom - obviously paying attention to something much more important.

Token "aunt/nephew" picture - #2

So now, I'm back to the normal life and will truly start my new job up on Monday - just in time to head towards Madison next week to complete my sibling tour.

Phew...now it's time to unpack.

-mitzi

P.S. Say what you will about Fox News...this bit definitely rivals Saturday Night Live: