Foggy Orton Park on my bike ride to Tandem
The beginnings of fall colors outside of my apartment!
Cutting, cutting every day.
Wall of ink. Mmmmmmm.
I got to help print those images in the background!!!!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Random Days and Tandem
Foggy Orton Park on my bike ride to Tandem
The beginnings of fall colors outside of my apartment!
Cutting, cutting every day.
Wall of ink. Mmmmmmm.
I got to help print those images in the background!!!!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Settled In
So...now I have another job, but this one's for keeps. I'm working at an After School Care Program with K-2nd graders. My first day was last Friday. I work about 23 hours a week, and make enough to make my budget happy. The shifts are fairly short, but regular. It's close-by.
I already quit Eddie Bauer (wahoo!) and now I have to quit my restaurant job. I contemplated keeping it too, but I think it would be too much. I'll work at Tandem from 8-whenever I go into After care and I'll get off at 6. I may or may not take some sort of lunch break in there depending on the day. Anyways, my weekdays will be full and my weekends full of fun things.
For instance- this weekend was wonderful. Friday night I volunteered for a music festival. I was hoping to meet some people. I didn't really meet too many people, but ended up getting free tickets to Andrew Bird making it more than worth it. Yesterday I hung out with my neighbor, Erin a lot. We walked to the Farmer's Market and then ran various errands in our neighborhood (Ace hardware, bike shop, thrift store). We also enjoyed part of the neighborhood fair that was going on. We saw an accordion player who was awesome! Last night I babysat for Bruce, a printer at Tandem. I had fun hanging out with his daughter Lily. Then I got to go see Andrew Bird. It was amazing. He's such a talented performer.
Today I went to the Willy St. Fair. There was a huge parade at 11:00. There were jugglers, tons of people dressed up, and a bubble machine car (which featured tubas expelling giant wads of bubbles). There were lots of food stands and lots of live music. I met lots of new people today. First- Tasha, who is the girlfriend of a guy who works at Tandem. Coincidentally she lived a block away from me in Gainesville last year. Also, I went to a BBQ last night thrown by a UW Printmaking Grad who works at Tandem and met a lot of Printmaking 1st years. Everyone was really nice and easy to talk to. I guess it helps having a common ground in art.
Life is good so far. I can feel the days slipping away too quickly already. The leaves have started changing. The air is starting to get colder. Every day is a new adventure. I'm glad I decided to move to Madison. It feels overwhelmingly right.
I already quit Eddie Bauer (wahoo!) and now I have to quit my restaurant job. I contemplated keeping it too, but I think it would be too much. I'll work at Tandem from 8-whenever I go into After care and I'll get off at 6. I may or may not take some sort of lunch break in there depending on the day. Anyways, my weekdays will be full and my weekends full of fun things.
For instance- this weekend was wonderful. Friday night I volunteered for a music festival. I was hoping to meet some people. I didn't really meet too many people, but ended up getting free tickets to Andrew Bird making it more than worth it. Yesterday I hung out with my neighbor, Erin a lot. We walked to the Farmer's Market and then ran various errands in our neighborhood (Ace hardware, bike shop, thrift store). We also enjoyed part of the neighborhood fair that was going on. We saw an accordion player who was awesome! Last night I babysat for Bruce, a printer at Tandem. I had fun hanging out with his daughter Lily. Then I got to go see Andrew Bird. It was amazing. He's such a talented performer.
Today I went to the Willy St. Fair. There was a huge parade at 11:00. There were jugglers, tons of people dressed up, and a bubble machine car (which featured tubas expelling giant wads of bubbles). There were lots of food stands and lots of live music. I met lots of new people today. First- Tasha, who is the girlfriend of a guy who works at Tandem. Coincidentally she lived a block away from me in Gainesville last year. Also, I went to a BBQ last night thrown by a UW Printmaking Grad who works at Tandem and met a lot of Printmaking 1st years. Everyone was really nice and easy to talk to. I guess it helps having a common ground in art.
Life is good so far. I can feel the days slipping away too quickly already. The leaves have started changing. The air is starting to get colder. Every day is a new adventure. I'm glad I decided to move to Madison. It feels overwhelmingly right.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Random pictures
I feel like so much has happened in the past 3 weeks that it'd be hard to go back and chronicle it all...so here's just some random pictures...hopefully after this I'll be able to write on a more regular basis about stuff as it's happening.
Prairie/bushy/flowery field by Picnic Point
Mustard Museum (for real)
Random hiking/cross country skiing trail
Coooooows
Woltil's Heating & Co in Kewanee, IL
Corrrrrn
Taliesin (Frank Llyod Wright's Wisconsin home)
New Glarus Wilhelm Tell Festival
New Glarus Brewery...Mmmmmm
Honey Bee (My bike) and Peggy (my lovely beater bike for visiting guests)More soon...but I got yet another job! At an aftercare place...more about that soon. (I'm quitting Eddie Bauer)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
And now for some random videos...
New Glarus Yodeling Concert that my dad and I went to.
And just a small sample of the absurd amount of corn fields we saw when driving up here.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I got a job!
Well I got 2 jobs...sort of, but I'm only keeping one.
The first job I got was at a restaurant called Bon Appetit. It's really near my house and is a pretty small restaurant. I went in for an interview Sunday and that's when things started getting a little strange. The interview turned out to be training...which I wasn't dressed appropriately for at all. I was confused, but went along with it. Training went pretty well...like I said the place is small so there wasn't much business at all. The owner was pretty nice, but is also the chef and manager. There was one other kitchen staff (but he spoke only Spanish). So, a normal shift would be just a waitress (one) and the two of them. Not ideal for meeting people (which I was hoping a job would help me do) and could potentially be awkward if I don't get along with the boss since there's no one else there...including not many customers. I left feeling alright about the job, and planning to train again on Friday night, but then I realized I had no idea if I actually "had" the job so I called the restaurant. Apparently I was supposed to do a 3 week trial period (which he has another girl doing too) and then he'd pick who he got along with better.
The more I thought about it the less ideal this seemed. What if I put in the time and then didn't get it? Also, I had doubts about how much money I'd actually make since business was/is definitely not booming there. So I decided to go ahead with an interview I had lined up at Eddie Bauer (the clothing store).
After interviewing there for 20 minutes I got the job! Hurrah! The whole job search has been much much easier than I ever dreamed. The girl who interviewed me was really nice and so was the other woman working that day. The pay isn't great and the mall isn't exactly close (it's about a 20 minute drive), but it's a definite thing and the people and atmosphere there seems really good. I also get 50 percent off most of the clothes! (double hurrah)
I go into train today! I'll let everyone know how it went later and more on Madison, but now I have to get ready to go into work!
The first job I got was at a restaurant called Bon Appetit. It's really near my house and is a pretty small restaurant. I went in for an interview Sunday and that's when things started getting a little strange. The interview turned out to be training...which I wasn't dressed appropriately for at all. I was confused, but went along with it. Training went pretty well...like I said the place is small so there wasn't much business at all. The owner was pretty nice, but is also the chef and manager. There was one other kitchen staff (but he spoke only Spanish). So, a normal shift would be just a waitress (one) and the two of them. Not ideal for meeting people (which I was hoping a job would help me do) and could potentially be awkward if I don't get along with the boss since there's no one else there...including not many customers. I left feeling alright about the job, and planning to train again on Friday night, but then I realized I had no idea if I actually "had" the job so I called the restaurant. Apparently I was supposed to do a 3 week trial period (which he has another girl doing too) and then he'd pick who he got along with better.
The more I thought about it the less ideal this seemed. What if I put in the time and then didn't get it? Also, I had doubts about how much money I'd actually make since business was/is definitely not booming there. So I decided to go ahead with an interview I had lined up at Eddie Bauer (the clothing store).
After interviewing there for 20 minutes I got the job! Hurrah! The whole job search has been much much easier than I ever dreamed. The girl who interviewed me was really nice and so was the other woman working that day. The pay isn't great and the mall isn't exactly close (it's about a 20 minute drive), but it's a definite thing and the people and atmosphere there seems really good. I also get 50 percent off most of the clothes! (double hurrah)
I go into train today! I'll let everyone know how it went later and more on Madison, but now I have to get ready to go into work!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
10 things I love about Madison so far
1. The smells. Everywhere I go it smells good. I'm not sure why this is...maybe the different plant life...maybe because more people cook with their windows open. My apartment especially (inexplicably) smells wonderful. I love coming home to it.
2. The sound of trains. I don't know why I love this, but I love to hear the sound of trains in the distance.
3. The food. The produce here is wonderful- especially from the Farmer's Market. It's so fresh and you can taste the difference. Also, anything dairy-related rocks here, especially the cheese and ice cream.
4. How easy it is to get around on a bike. There are bike paths and bike lanes everywhere.
5. The flowers. Everyone has gardens, and I swear every garden has different flowers.
6. The funky shops/restaurants. Also...everywhere.
7. The weather. In 3 months I'll probably be singing a different tune, but right now the weather is perfect.
8. The people. Everyone here just seems more down to earth and friendly.
9. Tandem. You walk in and it smells like ink. Mmmmmm.
10. Just being in a new place - having so many new things to explore and do.
2. The sound of trains. I don't know why I love this, but I love to hear the sound of trains in the distance.
3. The food. The produce here is wonderful- especially from the Farmer's Market. It's so fresh and you can taste the difference. Also, anything dairy-related rocks here, especially the cheese and ice cream.
4. How easy it is to get around on a bike. There are bike paths and bike lanes everywhere.
5. The flowers. Everyone has gardens, and I swear every garden has different flowers.
6. The funky shops/restaurants. Also...everywhere.
7. The weather. In 3 months I'll probably be singing a different tune, but right now the weather is perfect.
8. The people. Everyone here just seems more down to earth and friendly.
9. Tandem. You walk in and it smells like ink. Mmmmmm.
10. Just being in a new place - having so many new things to explore and do.
Drumrolllllllll....Finished Apartment!
Bedroom
Living Room
Living Room
Bathroom
Dining Room/Office
My cute little kitchen
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