Day 8

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Fullerton Beach

Tonight I got to walk with my friend Haley who lives a few blocks from the dorm where we both lived our freshman year of college. She told me that she had seen this year’s freshman move in. I told her that that marks my six year anniversary of living in Chicago, and since I lived at home until I was 18, I’ve officially lived here for a third of the time that I lived at home. It’s crazy for me to think that I’ve really spent my adulthood here in the city.

I know that I should come to some sort of big realization or deeper meaning to this, but I’ll just leave it at this: I’ve lived in Chicago for six years and I’m pretty proud of that.