One more day of interviews

Tonight I will try to get to bed fairly early so that I can get be ready to go at 8:00 tomorrow morning. Another girl and I have to be at the Field Museum at the same time for interviews. My head is swimming right now. All for of my interviews so far are probably better than anything I imagined I would get. All of them have a wealth of pluses and minuses, but all are very interesting. The past two years the Field Museum has had designers from Dordt working as interns on the CS program. They both really enjoyed it. I'm keeping my mind as open as I can, but I don't see how it could possibly top the other options I have right now. We'll see how it goes. I'm kinda half hoping that I have no interest in the one later tomorrow because my decision will just be easier if I don't have six phenomenal options. We get into our little huddle groups every night to discuss our various options. It's very nice to hear what's going on for other people. It's especially interesting to hear the reaction of others who visited the same sites as me.

Meg packed me some cereal bars before I left. I was kinda like "umm, i don't know what i want food for yet, i'm going to be living in a hotel for a week" (that was in my head, not out loud). Well, anyone who appreciates me being alive today can thank Meg for that because when the morning is so packed..... yeah... you get the picture.... cereal bars are awesome, even if the boxes are kinda awkward in my backpack.

The CS staff put together a little church service earlier this evening. It was a really nice time for some songs and reflections. I've been kicking myself lately for not trying to get into the super nice apartments, because i know that if i'd wanted to be there i could be. The place where I'll be staying is a tiny hole in the wall...okay no...there are two holes in the wall which the beds fold out of. The kitchen is the living room is the bedroom is the study is the rec room is the dining room.....and then there's a ancient bathroom...good water pressure though. K, so anyway, back to the reflection time. In thinking about all of the homeless people in Chicago, I am so much more at peace with myself paying a little bit less and getting no more than what is needed. At this point I am only kicking myself for being selfish and greedy. Considering all the work and money that people are putting down so that my naive little self can be here, I have been incredibly blessed. Michelle (CS staff) mentioned at one point during the service that only 1% of the people in the world have a college education. I am not to afraid of being corny to say that I am getting one of the best educations of that 1%. so if i ever complain in this blog about my little apartment, don't be afriad to remind me of that. I am given to forgetting that sort of thing and focusing on the moment.