New City, New State, New Time Zone

We've now lived in Chicago for a week and a half, and the days seem to be flying by. As you can imagine, most of our time up to this point has been defined by unpacking and applying for jobs. Finally, it looks like things are coming to a close on the unpacking front. When we first unloaded the truck and got everything from our old two bedroom apartment into our new studio, things seemed pretty overwhelming...

But slowly, box by box, our apartment started to take shape, and now it's almost completely organized. Here, I'll take you on a small tour...

This is our entry way. On the left is closet space, and on the right hang our movie posters.

As you come out of the entry way, on the left is our living room.

Just off the living room is our kitchen. And we though the amount of counter space at our old place was rough...

If you take a right out of the entry way, you'll enter our bedroom/office.

And just beyond our bedroom is more closet space and our bathroom.

So, the place is small, but we've managed to fit all of our stuff in, and it is helping us learn to humble ourselves, to realize we don't really need as much as we think.

Between unpacking sessions, we've been out hitting the pavement, looking for work. At this point we're both looking for pretty much anything, just so we can get a little revenue generated, so we've been applying anywhere and everywhere- book stores, restaurants, movie theaters, law firms, etc. We've both had some interviews, but at this point neither of us has officially been offered anything. Hopefully that will change in the coming week.

Luckily, we've been able to take the occasional break from unpacking and applying to get out and actually enjoy the city. Over the past week and a half, we've been to several free comedy shows (bet you can guess whose idea that was), and we've also made a trip into downtown (where the Christmas lights are already starting to show up), and we've even taken a walk along the coast of Lake Michigan near our place (despite the temperature being in the the low 40's).

We're basically tourists.

We're looking forward to really getting into the swing of the Chicago life, whatever that may hold for us. And we just hope it's exciting enough to keep our lives interesting and to keep you guys reading!