Day 0: Leaving Chicago

I never would have imagined how much I would fall in love with Chicago when I came here. Many of you know about my tortuous decision to even go to the University of Chicago, and I will say I will never like the wind. But the city grew on me so much so quickly and it will now forever be the first city I ever fell in love with.

Sorry Pullman.

The last couple of weeks have been amazing. Checking off a couple of must-do college things (jaegermeister shots/bombs, power hour, shotguns) and just hanging out with friends and celebrating the past four years and the fact that we made it was incredible.

Lol, commencement was also so fitting. 498 commencements and this was the worst one with rain and cold...but for me, I still enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. And getting that diploma and throwing that hat...man. It's so poetic, because I really feel like in many ways, my experience at the University of Chicago was exactly like commencement. On the outside it seemed difficult, something I had to sit through, and just generally unpleasant. And yet there was a continual sense of joy and excitement, and I enjoyed every moment of it.

Okay, well not quite every moment.

But still, I must say that I do not at all regret going to the University of Chicago am damn proud that it is my alma mater, and although I may have made many a stupid decision, they all culminated into who I am now, and I like who I am a lot.

Many would say I like myself too much.

Anyways, all this is still just to say "I love you" to Chicago, the school, the city, its people, and yes, perhaps even the wind. You will forever hold a special place in my heart, and for all you lucky people who get to stay there, I will miss you immensely, I am incredibly jealous, and I encourage you to continue to savor the fact that you live in truly one of the greatest cities in the world.

Goodbye Chicago, hello Philadelphia.

I'll be back

Introduction

So this is going to be my blog about TFA and my life and times as a teacher. But it's 12:30 and I think I'm supposed to be up in a few hours, so goodnight =)

Addendum: I'm gonna be a couple of days behind my posting because 1) I'm lazy and procrastinate and 2) it will give me time to reflect and process the days.