in a hotel

Tonight, I sleep in the Palmer House Hilton in the Loop.

I was going to post (again) about my mind's most recent thoughts about this whole gospel talk within AAIV, but I release it from my mind tonight. Being alone in a hotel (or being on my own in general) is quite foreign to me.

I walked out of the Hotel onto Monroe/State with high expectations of I don't even know what. Sight-seeing, I guess? On a Sunday night, where everything is closed.

I walked North one block and realized I didn't feel safe, and walked one block south to return. Went back to my room, realized I forgot contact case/solution, so I walked back out to the 24/7 7-11 store. Witnessed a homeless black man yell at the Indian employee to "go back to his country." Indian employee called the police immediately after the black man made some threats, and the black man left. He apologized to me (for witnessing this in his store, I suppose), and I told him, that there was no need, I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. Walked back to hotel, realized I forgot my room card in my room, asked the British-accented black front-desk man, and he kindly conjured a new room card for me.

It sounds like an eventful night, but...not really. It's too quiet in this hotel room. This bed is foreign to me, and the 40' TV screams, "Watch me!"

I have an interviews (or really, interviews) with Etherios tomorrow, so they kindly gave me a hotel for the night before. Quite honestly, I don't know much about the company, but this is quite a "2nd round interview" after only a phone interview, which I barely remember.

This only reminds me that my pending future of as a single, working adult will be much different than what I am used to.

In other news, this weekend was filled with interesting events. I'm glad college challenges me in more ways than I'd like to be challenged.

Pastor Peter spoke on Luke 6 @ Focus on how suffering is when our idols die.

So much on my mind, but I am too lazy to write. I think I'll try to catch a sunrise tomorrow morning. I'm pretty good at waking up early when I sleep in a foreign bed.

1am to 5:30am sleep? We shall see...