I can’t believe this semester is over half over! I know this is really cliché, but it’s going by so fast. I just had midterm evaluations last week with my editor and supervisor. It was pretty basic, just stuff I'm doing good on and stuff I need to work on.
So about that black-and-white tie event from my last post- I got to go! It was awesome! They had a silent auction going on, so I walked around and got to look at all the really cool items/vacations/gift certificates that I will never be able to afford. But hey, I can dream. They had a games gallery set up in another room; it had a few of your typical carnival games, like a basketball hoop and even a psychic! I told the PR head that I would just be staying for the gaming part, but as I grabbed my coat to leave and saw the amazing dinner being served, I realllllly wish I had said I would stay for the whole thing. But if there’s a next time…
My magazine also had their annual “Singles Event.” Every year they run an issue with the top 40 bachelor and bachelorettes in Chicago, then they throw a big party for all of them; the party was a little less than two weeks ago. It was a formal party so I got to dress up (I love getting dressed up) and help out at the party. My job was to follow a photographer and write down everyone’s name that he took a photo of, so it was a great chance to mingle and get to talk to people. However, I did make the mistake of wearing heels to work that day, and naturally I had to wear heels that night as well. So by the time I left at 11 o clock, after over 14 hours in heels, and irregardless of the cold rainy weather, I walked home from the party barefoot. If anything the cold just helped numb the pain a little more.
I also experienced my first St. Patty’s day celebration! A bunch of us got up early Saturday morning and headed to the river to see it get dyed green. Then we headed over to the St. Patty’s day parade, which was ridiculously packed. I think I saw a total of two minutes and only because I convinced my friend to let me sit on his shoulders.
That night we had an art event at Loyola University. THAT was an experience…not actually the event itself (though they were a very good choir) but GETTING there. First of all, my friend Christina and I left late---Oops. So when we actually got off our stop, we booked it as fast as we could to the campus (in the rain might I add). We found the campus, found the intersection we needed but there were about four buildings so we had no idea which one to go in. So we decided to hit the giant blue emergency button. A lady answered and asked us what our emergency was. We told her we were lost and as she was giving us directions she got disconnected (on the bright side, at least we weren’t getting mugged or anything). We pushed the button and she came back. She told us which building our event was in and we began sprinting yet again. We find the building, walk through the doors…..and hear dead silence. Now, call me crazy, but if a huge choir is in the middle of a performance, I would imagine you would be able to hear something if you’re in the same building. So we called Christina’s roommate, who gave us our teachers number, whom we called, whom called us back, who told us the name of the building, which we proceeded to ask a cleaner if he knew where it was, who didn’t know English and clearly didn’t know where the performance was, which is when we went back outside, ran to the building across the street and found our destination!!!! All in all, the choir sounded amazing…or at least they did the last 20 minutes of the performance. Let’s just say it was a St. Patty’s day I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
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