The Seventh Week in Chicago

Life at work is still pretty tough. My partner calls me a slacker and is still being mean to me. I have learned something that helps out a bit though thanks to Ron. If the conversations are about him and how great he is then I am less likely gonna hear hate jokes. It is tough not having a project at work and I have a feeling we won't get any assigned really until next year. I hope I don't have to work with him forever. I have asked people in the lab, particularly my team, to let me know if I can help them with things. I suppose I shouldn't care what they think. It isn't my fault I don't have something to work on consistently at the moment. The machinist told me to give my supervisor time to find something for me to work on, but I am getting anxious being there because I kinda have nothing to work on.

Other than work still being awful, this was the first weekend I truly had fun since I have been here. I went to two meetups. I went to one in Argyle which was for a Chinese restaurant and met a meetup goer who I met 4 years ago. It was pretty amazing because he remembered my name and what I like to do which is art. I stuffed my face with so much exceptional Chinese food that night that I looked like I was in the third trimester of pregnacy when I left. I don't think I need to go to Chinatown anymore for so-so Chinese cuisine. Anyways, this was really like my first intentional night out in the city without knowing anyone. Not all that scary, but it would be better if I didn't keep on forgetting my cellphone. I would have written about it yesterday except that I was really tired after stuffing my face.

I know this is the eighth week in Chicago, but I have to blog about today too. Today I went to a board game meetup at someone's house and had tons of fun. The people were very friendly and they fed us too. Haha. The host had two cats which I didn't get to see much, but I met a nice guy who gave me a ride back home after the event because it was dark and ran later than I expected. I played this game called Agricola with horrible playing instructions. The guy who wrote it should be fired. Seriously. I would have won if we kept playing because I was popping babies like crazy in that game and they give you a turn. They ended up as beggars because I didn't have enough food to feed them, but I did make a nice home for them by upgrading it to the max. Hella funny. When I got home I attempted making those breakfast muffins again. I think finding a cornbread/muffin mix you like is really important. The one from Whole Foods did not taste so good because it wasn't sweet and more on the bland side. I will probably get another mix the next time I attempt this. It was a really good learning experience. This weekend flew by so fast and I am very sad that another week of work begins tomorrow.

The Sixth Week of Chicago

Today when I got home a huge package from my sister came which made me feel better after another day of work. I don't know why I have a hard time adjusting, and I feel like I am making more trouble than I am worth. I can probably talk to you guys about it because it would definitely be better than blogging it. Haha, this blog has my engineering coworkers a tad worried I am saying bad things about them LOL! This week I went swimming for the first time in years and it was pretty different. I kind of wished the pool was more open so I could just float in the water and think about my life while drifting in a confined space but all I can really do is swim laps. After work I went looking for things in the city. I went to the famous popcorn shop to get some popcorn and a card for someone. I met a nice couple in line who asked if this place was so good it was worth the wait and we talked for a bit. They came down from Pennsylvania and had a son in the Chicago area participating in the marathon I was going to volunteer at. I told them I moved here a month ago and probably have to learn to make friends. They told me they thought I was a nice and sweet girl and asked if I was single. Then they said their son is single too and that I might see them at the marathon where thousands of people are going. HAHA! That's kinda funny right? They have their son's interest in mind. What sweet parents. LOL. Anyways, it was kinda funny.