Three weeks…seriously?

So I’ve been Peoria for 3 weeks, and it doesn’t even feel like that. This past week I sang in the chorus for the Peoria Bach Fest, which was awesome! We sang some really cool stuff, plus we had professional soloists and a “full” orchestra (which in Bach’s time, was not the orchestra we know today) who played and sang a lot of stuff as well. The coolest thing was the people I got to meet- other Bradley folk, some alumni, and some locals, including a guy who turns out to live down the street from where I’m staying this summer! 

Overall, this summer is going really well. A bunch of people moved in this past week/weekend because that’s when their leases started, so there are even MORE people around too! 

Oh, and SUPER exciting news! My friend Katy is a promotions intern with the Peoria Chiefs, and she texted me the other day and told me that there was an opening for the PA announcer position at the organization, and she knew I liked doing that kind of thing and she and I had discussed it previously, as well. So she gave me her boss’s number and I called her and left a voicemail, not really expecting anything. Her boss called me THAT DAY and asked me to come down to O’Brien Field THAT DAY to read for them! On the microphone! For the whole stadium! Even thought I was really nervous I got offered the job! So I’ll start next week when they kick up their next homestand. I’m REALLY excited because this plays perfectly into my new major. It’s real, hands-on experience and will look awesome on my resumé. SO PUMPED!!!

I suppose that’s all for now…41 days till my birthday! Also, I’m excited for that as well. haha

Till then,

Kevin