Since I updated last, I started a new job at Garfield Park, got assigned my practicum site at Swift Elementary, commuted for a year and a half to do testing at a high school in Elk Grove, and did a LOT more homework.
Also did some fun things too like go to the Lakeview East art fair, go to a fun bar in Wrigleyville, and go to the awesome amazing Museum of Science and Industry.
Not feeling homesick per se, it's more like I'm reflecting on how different home is from here and not different in a bad way. Knew I'd have to get away to see it more clearly. But life is just faster here and thus more stressful. Comparing it to the SLOW pace of Philmont doesn't help either. Sometimes I just wish everyone here would stop for one second--stop touching their phones, stop racing across the street before the light's even changed, stop slamming doors in people's faces rather than take the time to hold it open for them, stop honking their horns, just STOP. And think about how life is more than just getting to the next place. And I know I struggle with this a lot. I have a lot of trouble not doing something. That's why I miss yoga a lot too. I need to find a place that does it again and get some of my zen back.
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