Fortunately, it is for the better.
:)
A few weeks
back, a friend of mine emailed me and suggested that her and her boyfriend (also a good friend of mine) were looking into moving to Chicago. Originally they wanted to move to NYC. But since that was such a big jump for them, and a lot more expensive, they were think of alternate destinations. They are both actors and her boyfriend was looking into possibly accepting theatre work at other places across the Midwest. She knew that Carroll and I were moving to Chicago in the fall and asked on my thoughts of them possibly moving down with us. After talking to Carroll, and the two of them discussing it in detail, we were all in agreement: The four of us would be moving down together to Chicago.There are many details up in the air such as location, apartment, jobs, and the exact moving date, but all in all I'm excited about the future for all of us. It will be a nice balance to have all four of us living together. Not only are we all good friends, but we are ALL actors. I think this will be a great support system for us all. Furthermore, we will be able to live in a bigger apartment and hopefully pay less in rent. Carroll and I have been looking at possible neighborhoods and we have narrowed it down to 7 that we like. Our two favorites that stand out are Lincoln Square and Ravenswood. The other five that we like that are affordable, have a good crime rate, and are interesting in general are Andersonville, Buena Park, Edgewater, Roscoe Village, and St. Ben's.
Carroll is coming to visit this coming weekend, which should be a lot of fun. I got off of work, and we will spend times, chilling, seeing the city, watching movies, and talk about Chicago more in detail. The plan is that in another month or two, I'll visit Eau Claire (where the other two live) and we can talk in a group as to our plans for the fall. All we know for sure is that we will be moving some time in the fall. I'd be open to moving down a little earlier or a little later than October (which is the original plan), but nothing too extreme as they both have their disadvantages. If we move TOO early it will give us less time to save up money. If we move TOO late, it will very difficult to find jobs closer to the holidays.
Other than looking to the future, the present isn't too shabby as well. At work I got to witness something that one only dreams of: a co-worker/boss getting fired because she was bad at her job and disrespected everyone around her. That's the good news. The bad news is that we are left picking up the slack since she was the assistant manager. I now work 6 days a week until he hires someone else, and it's been starting to take it's toll. The nice thing with having two days off a week is that you get to have one day to catch up on things, run errands, etc. and the other day is for some R&R. However, with only one day off there isn't much time to relax.
Besides that, I recently got to go to the Cubs-Brewers game with my Dad on Easter. It was a great game, the Cubs won, and I couldn't have asked for more. The Cubs are doing well this year (as expected) and the Bulls are also in the playoffs. Also, the Bears traded for star quarterback Jay Cutler, so it's safe to say it's good to be a Chicago Sports Fan right now.
Peace Out Playa.
