lunch break post

Back to work. Well, relative to Spring Break skiing, it's work. But it is only a three-day week. :)

I have started my internship with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, and am back at home for a couple months. First of all, let's discuss this internship and what it involves, and why I'm doing it.

I am thinking that, potentially, a career combo of Spanish and law could be killer cool. As is my custom, though, I did not want to even approach that possibility without a tad of experience or testing it out. So this time at CVLS is like an observation period. I am a little sponge. I love hearing the office's conversations and phone calls, and at some point I will get to go to mediations with them, and even to court. Sweeeeeet. For the moment, however, I am doing intern-y things. Things I like, things. :) Have I ever mentioned in this blog how much I love Office Depot? Yeah. It's quite possibly my favorite store ever. Anyway, so the things I am doing--entering in case information to the database, making copies, sending out letters, scanning mass amounts of documents, making small calls--are very fulfilling. Also, they tend to be somewhat mindless, so I can easily take in my surroundings and learn.

It is good to be in a city again. Three days a week is better than none. I am slowly realizing the draw of basically all young people worldwide to the cities rather than the suburbs. There's nothing to doooooo. Especially because all my friends are in school--either high school or college--and, therefore, busy. So I have ended up in the gym every day (a plus! I'm not complaining!) and/or helping with math homework (sisters...) and/or skyping Colombia, because, OH YEAH, I left my heart behind. woops.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it is great to be back with my family again, but last week and this, I have felt some serious Bogota-withdrawal. There were always street arepas, coffee shops with real coffee, friends around and about to go out with, and modes of public transportation that trump battling it out with your sister for the family car.
The other thing is that it's strange to live at home and NOT be studying anything. I feel like I should be in high school or something. Because while living in the gray house here in Wheaton, it's all I ever did. Limbo till August will be strange...

Ah well. Here's hoping I am back there in South America soon. (July, perhaps? :) )
Hope you've had a pleasant week so far! It's almost Friday. Hang in there.
xox