Chicago Calling

My ticket has been booked for the 16th of August. Yet to receive it but it’s been done. Again a deadline to finish up things here. Home. Wrote out a nice short letter of resignation and mailed it to my manager for further processing. I hope to God it goes off without a hitch, cause it’s a very short period of notice that I’m giving them. Of course I could’ve mentioned it to someone before, that I was thinking of quitting, but I was scared of losing the one thing that gave me a bit of professional security. I couldn’t risk having doubt placed upon me.

We’ve planned out most of the things. But the whole ‘what to take’ is becoming a pain. I need clothes, mainly, but I can’t carry my entire wardrobe to another country. It would be stupid to go there and buy an entire wardrobe too cause I’ve got a pretty cool collection of clothes – formal, informal, dresses, shoes… I’ve to leave some of the less important ones behind and have someone bring it when they come to Chicago.

I’ve also a list of the places I need to visit at Chicago. The Sears Towers for one, and the Navy Pier. The Shedd Aquarium would be of my liking, I’m sure, as would some of the several jazz clubs that the Windy City is famous for. The John Hancock Center, the Adler Planetarium and the Lincoln Park Zoo.  There are several other places that I would love to visit, and I’m open to recommendations, cause I’m not that familiar with Chicago. Georgia, Florida and Tennessee are ok, but Illinois…I just know that it’s near the Great Lakes, closer to Canada than it is to Atlanta, and the city of Chicago has many lakes that would be lovely to take a stroll around. My university is close to downtown Chicago, so I guess that helps. OH! And the libraries. Definitely the libraries. Could never forgive myself if I went to a new city and didn’t visit a library. And considering how I will be spending the better half of the next two years in the city, I definitely must have a library that I can drool in.

And it’s also the place where The Dark Knight was shot!! – downtown Chicago.

Leaving to my temporary home tonight, to finalize my resignation, complete my assigned work and bid farewell to a company that’s given me the professional roots I’m so thankful for. I’ve a great set of friends at Bosch, and I’m sure as hell going to miss them. But the farewells come later. I still have a few weeks for that. Hoping to be back home at least for my birthday before I leave for good. My last birthday here for the next few years. GAAAH!!

Must get dressed if I’m to catch the train. Tschuss dann!