Chicago Day 3 and 4

Ooh, my legs are sore.

Yesterday was mostly going to lectures and meetings with various faculty types in between freezing my underinsulated skin off in the rain and cold. I seem to fit squarely in the Human Development area, which is a weird chimera of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Sort of my thing, I think. Also talked to a friend of lonescorpion who gave me some news on the darker side of the institution (particularly as relates to health care and the professors giving a damn) and that was a little less settling.

In the evening we had a "reception", which means all the prospective students crammed in a room with current students and free beer/wine/soda, after which we were supposed to go out to dinner with the current students. I was pretty strung out by this point as it was and when lonescorpion showed up I pretty much broke down and decided to give the entire thing a miss in favor of blubbering in the corridor of Pick until he calmed me down and then going back to my room to spend the evening soaking in the internet. That would also be why you didn't get a post from me last night, it probably would have been a little too hysterical to represent the situation properly. I'm better now.

Today was sunny, a little warmer and far better. Our little katamari (now up to four people: Kelly, Kate, and new guy Taylor) went wandering around campus and looking at buildings and the Smart Museum until Kate and Taylor had to go catch their rides to the airport. Devoid of further MAPSS obligations we decided to take the bus (my first Chicago public transport!) and go to the Art Institute, where Kelly did great fangirling over the modern art before we went to dinner. I'm really hoping we can get lodgings in the same place, she's such fun to hang out with.

So I'm worn out and my legs are sore, and Sunday I go back to deli work, but right now I'm doing pretty well.