Clara was right, not to be cliché.

So now my summer has officially begun. And by that I basically mean I am in Evanston semi-permanently, and my summer job has begun. Let me describe briefly my duties. I outside in a chair. I listen to my iPod. I read books. I write things like this and letters to my friends. I talk on my cell phone. And I make $7.75 an hour. I love you Illinois minimum wage. What my job actually entails, besides all those challenges, is directing foot and vehicular traffic for Ravinia, an outdoor music festival in the north shore Chicago suburb of Highland Park. And for those of you who aren’t from the Chicagoland area, “north shore� is pretty much a synonym for “has a ton of money and everything that comes with it�. I digress. The foot and vehicular traffic straggles in at a less than steady rate, thus leaving me with a lot of downtime/ time to ponder.

So here I am, pondering away. It feels like freshman year is about a million years behind me, when the truth is, two weeks ago at this time I was only starting to get ready to go back home. Bonnaroo was in between then and now, and that was basically just a crazy kick-off to what will be an otherwise uneventful summer. Besides Lollapalooza and a fam vacation to Hilton Head, SC in August, I don’t have a lot going on. This is not a problem whatsoever. I have to “work� 6 days a week, but I have every evening free, meaning many a Sox game will I attend.

So yep, that’s the update. My summer routine is now in full swing, and it’s going to be one of the easiest ones ever. I honestly cannot believe that they pay me to do what I do...

And now, because the Sox and the Cubs are both currently in first place and battling eachother in the Crosstown Classic both this weekend and next…

GO SOX!