First Weekend

Taken by someone who didn't tell me to smile.

Orientation went wonderfully on Friday, minus the fact it was -17 out or something. We went to Columbia to get our ID pictures
yeah.... I wasn't ready. We finally met everyone in our program which was pretty intimidating but the roommates and I did well. We got there early and were dressed like adults (except we played hacky sack at the bus stop). The entire program (all 32 of us) ate lunch together and planned a party at someone's apartment in Lincoln Park.

Taken by Andy

It was a success and I believe some had too much fun. It consisted of loud shouting and right and wrong name guessing awarded with heavy high fives and led to ukulele playing and dancing. I felt perfectly at peace. It looks like we will now be partying in long skinny apartments with pretty wood floor and high ceilings. I feel chic. I am still directionally challenged in Chicago but I pat myself on the back for waking up in my own apartment each morning.

Colleen, Zan, Andy, Sarah and myself Friday night taken by Colleen.

This is the view out my bedroom window. Yesterday morning,  we went to a waffle place, which we thought would be good wholesome american style BUT it was some fancy pants waffle place that took euros and costed more than our apartment. We did leave quite full though. They also had pure melted chocolate shots which Andy decided to get a full glass of...
 This is a shot I took last night at our new friends, Keebler and Taylor's place. Damn good time. Also, on the walk to this party I was crossing a busy street and ran into two people I worked with at Put-In-Bay. Weird.

Keebler & Taylors

First day of class FINALLY starts tomorrow (first time that statement was shared with excitement)! Tonight we are going to a show at the Improv Olympic and it's going to be very very very funny.
Everyone have a wonderful evening and we'll be talking soon!
Thanks for reading.