In the Last Days

The last several days of orientation in Chicago passed without much outside incident, save that I discovered that Dunkin Donuts managed to make a pumpkin-flavored additive that renders their otherwise unpalatable coffee very addicting. While groups were packing up to leave Chicago, there was yet again another round of “lasts” that found Krista and I traveling downtown with different people in order to see Chicago one last time and to take a ride to the top of the Hancock Building to accomplish the task in spectacular fashion.

nside the house, the teams began leaving, forcing those of us left behind to consider now that our time to go was indeed very close and very real. First, the team to England left on Saturday. Then Brazil left on Monday morning, meaning that only our group and the three Sweden folks were left...