We have officially started the third week
of graduate school. I still cannot believe that we are in our second semester
of graduate school; it truly has been flying by. It has been a change for me
though; I am still adjusting to the small town living. I got my undergraduate degree from
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). It has been so different compared to
Chicago. It is weird not being able to jump on the “L” train to get to anywhere
in the city. Also being so close to home, though I did not live that at home
during my undergrad, it was always a quick train ride away. It used to take me
around 45 minutes to get from school to home using public transformation. Now it is at least five and a half
hours to get from Carbondale to my home in Chicago. Though I miss my friends and family in Chicago, I have been
really enjoying my time in Carbondale.
My friends have been showing me all the
new and interesting things that college kids to in Carbondale. They took me to
17th Street Barbeque, which was so delicious, and to “Beer n’ Chicken”
on Wednesday nights out in the middle of I don’t know where for chicken, beer
and a good time. I have also been
to Winston’s, who knew a grilled bagel could taste so good! But I have also
have heard about some upcoming evens such as Murphysboro’s Apple fest. But I
think what I am the most excited for is football season! UIC did not have a
football team, and they did not have much school spirit either, so I am so
excited to get the full college football experience and go tailgating and watch
the SIU salukis win!
So far with my Architecture classes we
have started thinking of what we would like to work on for our thesis, I have
been looking into a pediatric urgent care center with LEED certification. But
it is all still in the works, I will tell you more as I work through it. In
Studio we found out that we will be working on an Olympics legacy project for
the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. We are still learning more about
Rio de Janiero, but in the second week we took a trip to Atlanta, Georgia to
see how Atlanta handled there Olympics legacy project.
In the next blog I will tell you all
about the trip to Atlanta and about what has been going on in my other classes
and more about what new things I have done in Carbondale. Hope you enjoy.
Thanks -Meg
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