free time??

Another round of exams done. Now we have a few weeks off from exams before finals start. They’re going pretty easy on us for now because we had only 1 class today, which I accidentally must have missed. Woops. It was anatomy (which we had a test on yesterday) and it was at 8:00 am. We also went out last night, so with those factors combined, class attendance would definitely be minimal.

After our afternoon anatomy practical exam we went up to Rockford to check out a house for next year. It’s a house owned by a retired prosecutioner and his wife who works as a warden at a juvenile detention center in Chicago. She recently got the job there so they are basically moving to Chicago and want to keep the house occupied. They said they will probably be coming back to Rockford a couple times a month at most and when they do they will stay in the basement which is basically completely separate from the rest of the house with its own kitchen, bathroom, etc. We would rent out the upstairs as our own. We thought it was kind of weird at first, but the guy, Tom, said it would be ours and they would not intrude. He mentioned partying until the wee hours of the morning and stuff like that, and made sure that they would not step on our toes at all. It would be our house and occasionally they would stay in the basement. Fine by me. Also, the house is only a couple blocks from school which is great. The best part is that rent is $1200 for 4 people. Then for it fully furnished its an extra $100 total. Amazing if you ask me. I’m paying almost twice that much in Champaign for a studio. One of my roommates took pictures of it that I’ll post when I get copies. We also found out that Rick Nielsen of the band Cheap Trick lives next door. For those who don’t know Cheap Trick, they sing the song that goes “I want you to want me, I need you to need me.” So that’s pretty cool. We think that were just gonna blast Cheap Trick sometime when its nice out and if he comes outside we’ll be like “oh man this is our favorite song, have you ever heard of Cheap Trick?” Then we’re in. Yep, that’ll be the life.

OMG this could potentially be our neighbor!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQ9dm7zaQU