Time to say goodbye

This week has been bittersweet.

The baseball game was so much fun! I met Chris at his house (which is beautiful). We chatted for a while and then walked a few blocks to Wrigley Field. We were both a bit overwhelmed when we got inside, but found our seats easily. We had really awesome seats- right along the first base line. The best part of the evening- I ate a Chicago-dog at a baseball game!! :) It was the best hotdog I have ever eaten! The Cubs lost against the Brewers, but we still had a great time. There is so much history and tradition at Wrigley Field...what a great way to spend an evening out in Chicago.

I had to say goodbye to everyone at my internship on Wednesday. It was really hard to leave, especially when I had to tell my reading students that I would not be able to tutor them anymore. It broke my heart. My supervisors took me to a Jamaican restaurant a few blocks from the office for an amazing smoothie before lunch!! (It was a good thing that they didn't tell me about this place before.) I cried when I finally had to leave after T-GRO. It was so difficult to say goodbye to these wonderful people who have become good friends after only two short months.

I gave my independent study project presentation on Thursday and then went to Zeva's house for seminar. All of us girls had a lot of fun just chatting after class was over. We were supposed to go on a Mural tour for Core Course. My roommates, Matt, Casey, and I went to Pilsen. It was raining and storming, so we didn't get to finish the tour. I was really dissappointed by that.

Heidi is leaving tomorrow and I am really sad about that. We have done everything together this semester. I am going to miss having her around. It is going to be really difficult saying goodbye tomorrow. After she leaves, a few of us are going to the zoo and maybe some shopping and then Chinatown for dinner (one last time).

I am excited to go home on Thursday, but I am going to miss Chicago and all of the people I have met here. It's really strange to think that I will probably never see most of the students on this program again. I hope I'm wrong about that.