Sketchism

Greetings!

So far, so good. Here’s a listing, explaining the events of my first day in Chicago. I just wrapped up Day 2, so I’ll be writing about that very soon. You’ll have to excuse any typos (it’s late and i’m tired) and also my lack of photos. I’ve been taking them, but I’m not on my computer and I can’t upload them here. I’ll be able to do it in a few days when I get to Baltimore (pretty please, Nat?) Anyways, here’s the bulleted edition of my first day in Chicago…

• woke up at 4:00am and took shower


• went out the door with Mom


• arrived at airport, realized flight was not with US Airways, but with TED (division of United)


• checked in successfully


• ate bagel w/ mom at the airport’s dunkin donuts


• said bye, walked through security checkpoint. no problem.


• sat down in terminal with my magazine for 15 minutes before they started boarding the plane.


• had an entire row to myself


• after takeoff I laid down on the row of chairs and napped for a good 30 minutes.


• before landing, I could see the city was covered in snow. lovely.


• found my way around airport just fine. eventually hopped on the train to the city


• 1 hour later I met up with Becky Machado at the Clark/Lake stop.


• hopped on another train with becky to finally arrive at the ‘Chicago’ stop.


• she gave me a brief tour of the campus, and finally arrived at the dorm I would be staying at.


• dropped my bag off and also met roommates Preston and Jameson. cool guys.


• walked to have lunch w/ Becky at Jay’s Burgers. Ordered the Moody special: burger, fries, milkshake.


• took the food w/ me to Moody’s cafeteria w/ Becky.


• met Bruce and Kyhle. also nice dudes.


• got back to the dorm and took a 30min nap.


• went online, made plans for the day, including Blue Man Group show.


• left to Target with Bruce and new friend Tiffany. Sweet gal too.


• after running to catch up with connecting trains, we arrive at Target.


• bought a towel. should’ve bought snacks to tame the hunger.


• realized I didn’t pack black pants and white shirt for my ushering gig at the BMG show.


• went back to dorm, did some more planning for the trip.


• spoke to Becky on the phone, said her friend would buy my clothes for me.


• left with Bruce to meet up w/ Becky’s crew at her dorm lobby.


• got the clothes and changed into them. saw the receipt of clothes: $63. ouch ouch.


• left with bruce and becky to eat at Chipotle before the show. Kyhle arrives later.


• Bruce and I left to catch the trains. we’re walking extremely fast.


• arrive at station confidently, hop on train. 2 stops later we realize we’re going in wrong direction. time to hustle.


• change trains and exchange small-talk on the trip towards the show.


• finally arrived and we start running down streets until we finally get to the Briar Street Theatre where we will be ushering.


• met the 2 other ushers: Blaire and Sara.


• we get instructed on how to usher and then we… usher. easy.


• eventually we sit down in the 5th row and watch the amazing show. for free!


• show’s over. time to clean up. only takes about 15 minutes to pick up all the paper and trash off the floor. good team.


• say bye to everyone, leave with bruce to catch train to Moody.


• arrive around 12:45 tired. weary from walking on these boots all day.


• change into pajamas, climb bunk bed, and slept until 9am.