Day 1

it's clear i have become a government employee. today, 4 of us (2 pharmacy residents, 2 optometry) were handed a stack of paperwork and left to our own devices for about half an hour before anyone explained what each sheet was. then we given cryptic instructions for the rest of our scavenger hunt for various government offices, each located in a different building and each fulfilling a different minute task. it was a lot for 4 doctorates to decipher.

maybe we were a case of being book smart with a lack of common sense.

this statement is further supported by the fact i got lost on my return trip from the grocery today.

i also already had to do the one thing in chilli i really was trying to avoid: go to walmart. i hate walmart. i truly believe it is evil. a wolf in sheep's clothing; the degradation and destruction of small town america cloaked in cheap prices and smiley faces. but, i needed a shower curtain liner and the nearest target is in grove city.

it is amazing how human nature makes us want what we can't have. i have only been in chilli for a day and already i "miss" all these things i take for granted at home. target, for one. skyline. indian food. thai. watching my twilight blue ray. going to the bookstore (a big one, at least). now, if i was in cincinnati i would not be thinking about any of these things. but something about the air in chillicothe makes me crave saag paneer and barnes and noble.