Last night Mike and I went downtown to Grant Park (if you are not from Chicago, that is the park that is along Lake Michigan at the south end of Michigan Ave. If you have ever been a tourist in the city you have probably seen it.) Chicago shows movies in their parks d
uring the summer but the biggest Movies in the Park events are down in Grant Park. They set up a GIANT screen and you bring your lawn chairs and blankets and fill-up a giant field. Well, last night we got down to the park via the El around 7:30 and were greeted by thousands of people already covering the field. Being the crowd weaver I am, I went all the way to the front and we found the perfect spot in the front row. We brought a blanket, two pillows, a big bottle of ice water, and a bucket of Mike’s homemade popcorn. The movie ran from 8-11 and we didn’t get home until after midnight, but it was
AmAzInG! Why? Because the Sound of Music has been and still is my all-time-favorite. And it was fun watching it with a crowd that cheered whenever something good happened, clapped for all the songs, and booed the baroness. Plus we ran into an old friend from UW-Madison who we found out lives only 3 blocks from our new place! Ah, good times in Chicago 
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You gotta listen to this:
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Want more? Sure ya do…
How many hours can a person stare at a computer screen each week and not go bonkers? I just may find out…..
A few thoughts on working in the office
1) Having three people working in a small room completely filled with stuff doesn’t make for a productive work environment
2) sitting at the same desk for 8 hours a day staring at the same computer screen for 8 hours a day and talking to other people for only about 30 minutes a day (and most of that on the phone) makes you want to scream
3) If I want to work outside at one of the tables or if I want to go down the street 2 blocks to the coffeeshop, where I know I can be much more productive, why shouldn’t I be able to?
4) eating lunch at your desk is depressing, I don’t care how busy you are
5) and finally… it has only taken me two days of 8-hours-a-day-working-alone-at-my-computer to realize that I am completely not cut out for this. thank goodness I am going to be with students a few hours every day in just a week… and extra thank goodness that I am going to be a youth minister after that, where I will be encouraged to get away from my computer and desk and actually go interact with humanity… whewww
