A long-awaited update!

Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I have updated the blog, but things have certainly been busy!

Of course, you'll have to excuse my failure to update last week, as I made my way back to Boston (but really Worcester) for the weekend so that I could take my EMT Practical!
It was certainly a hectic and nerve wracking time...but luckily I had friends such as Toby and Alex who were there to help me prepare for the entire day before my test. Unfortunately, I don't find out for anywhere from 2-6 weeks after taking the exam whether I passed or not. All I know is that I didn't fail only one station (there are several stations; if you fail only one, you can re-test on that station the same day...if you fail two or more stations, they don't tell you...if you don't fail any stations, they don't tell you). So I anxiously await the results of the exam, as they should arrive in the mail some unsuspected day...
While I was home, I also got to see Teresa, who came out to Worcester to have lunch with me. That was pretty awesome because I was going to miss her graduation party, which was scheduled for the next weekend (and all of our other roommates would be there!). The first night in Worcester, I stayed with Dan, which was great--we saw Milo at the pizza place where he works and we ate some delicious pizza pie. The second night, I stayed with Toby and he was a perfectly wonderful host--he even came with me to my EMT exam to be my patient! My friend from my EMT class, Tasa, drove us to the exam in Bolton, MA at Nashoba Valley Regional High School and that was cool because she was my partner for most of the stations. It was great to get to work with someone with whom I had been working throughout my entire EMT class.
Also while at home, I got to hang out with Grace for a huge chunk of time, since she and I went to Courtney's moving away party together. It was slightly awkward at times (there were a lot of people we didn't know), but it was overall really fun, since we got to hang out and talk, which is something we haven't had time to do in a while.
I only ended up spending about 8 hours at home...most of which were spent sleeping.
Overall, it was a successful trip. Well, I guess I can really gauge that when I get the results of my exam back...

Back home in Chicago, things went right back to crazy hectic-ness. The day after I got back, I had an interview at the Lincoln Park Zoo. I thought that would be an awesome place to work, as it would utilize both portions of my degree (Theater and Biology), but apparently the people hiring for the job did not feel the same. That sucked, because I really thought the interview went well.
A few days later, I got an e-mail about an interview at Borders for a part-time position in the cafe. I thought this would be kind of a great (and ironic) job for me to get, seeing as Molly starting doing this very thing when she went to Olympia. I called Molly and we had a talk about things I should say and do in the interview. Well, I had the interview and I thought it went really well--but I have yet to hear back. The interview was last week and the woman told me that if they were going to hire me, they would either a.) call for a second interview by friday or b.) if they found someone who was right, they would call them next week or by the beginning of the next week to offer them the job.
So, that's vague.
I would really love to have that as a second job, as it is literally about 3 doors down from the other place I am working AND it seems like the schedule would be really flexible...which is something that would be perfect for me.
The search for the perfect (and/or rent-paying) job rolls on.

Today in the city of Chicago is Pride, which my roommate tells me is one of the 3 largest gay pride parades in the country. We went out to the parade (literally just around the corner from our apartment--did I mention we live in the very gay part of Chicago? it's fabulous!) for a couple of hours. It was good fun, but I am certainly glad I didn't have to deal with taking the train or a bus back home...traffic central!

Friday night I had my first improv class at iO and it was a lot of fun! I am really excited to have another class (although there are no classes next week, due to 4th of July), as the teacher seems like a lot of fun and most of the people in the class seem either really talented or like they are going to be great once they have a bit of training.
After my class, I stayed at the theater with a few people from my class and watched The Improvised Shakespeare Company, which is (duh) and improvised Shakespeare show. It was AMAZING and definitely a show I will go to see again and again (thank you, free admission to shows with my ID card!). I am really excited to work with these people and make some new friends!!! :)
OH! OH! And there is a guy in the class from Perth! Totally awesome!!!!!

Hm. That's a lot of what's going on. It's been crazy. Andy got a job (did I mention that?) at a pizza place that will be opening up next week, starting out as a dishwasher (and you spent $200,000 on a Computer Science degree, you say?). That will certainly be a good addition to our income. We just need to make enough money to pay the rent so we can afford to get KITTENS!!!!! That's all I want...kittens.
Tomorrow, I have an interview at a casting agency for an internship. Hopefully, if I can get an internship and work for a few hours per week with this casting agent, it could be helpful to meet people and network and all that schnazzy stuff.

Well, I'm pretty exhausted. Standing out at a parade for a couple of hours can take a lot out of someone who rarely ventures outdoors!
I'm thinking about going to see some improv tonight, so I must decide on that.

Time go to find something to eat! Ta ta!