dave & elyse hyatt

It's been a while since i've updated my blog, and for that I apologize. mostly it's because nothing new or exciting has been happening....i'm still just working :-)

we actually moved areas though, we're selling in chicago itself right now, i'm about a 15 min train ride from downtown where i'm at right now. the people are really pretty nice, it's about 90% hispanic which is my interesting tidbit of info for the day. 2 of the guys on my team had their appendix repture last week, the bizarre circumstances is that both of them were in the same appartment, and had surgery within about 3 days of each other. contagious? maybe.

anyway, i hope you enjoy the random pictures i took....the 'car umbrella' was a picture taken in my old hood (lake station, illinois). the name is pretty self explanatory, but just in case you're confused, the car had a large hole it's roof, so why not save some $ in repairs, it's much more cost effective is it to merely place an umbrella where that gaping hole was....problem fixed.

the next is from the chicago blues festival i attended 2 weeks ago (which was fabulous by the way) - it just doesn't get any better than good music, good food, and lots'a pretty ladies in the outdoor air!

Next is Buckingham fountain, which i'm sure many of you remember from the theme of 'Married with Children'.....oh come on, we all know you watched it religiously!

The next is of the Chicago Theater. the day we were there, they were shooting a movie inside the theater, so the road was blocked off and camera crews were waiting for the several stars to arrive. i watched in anticipation, and then got bored as i realized i didn't know who any of the actors were.

Lastly, the decoration i recently did to my appartment room, thanks to Jacob & Sunny's package they sent me. it actaully looks like someone lives in here now!

i love & miss you all~

so yesterday was an extremely windy day out here in chicago, and i have to admit my hair is getting pretty long.....long enough that after it being blown around in my face all day long i decided i needed to get a haircut the following morning.

So this morning i woke up early and tried to find a barber, but ran into the problem that there weren't any barbers that open before noon! So what could I do, wait till the weekend.....no.....

so i borrowed a pair of clippers and figured how hard could it be, right?

Anyway, here's a picture of my first haircut down by myself. Not to bad right? And to think that I've been paying $15 for someone to do what i can obviously do just as good :)

I thought I had already posted my interesting facts about the new city that I'm selling in, but somehow forgot to mention them.....

The city I'm currently selling in is Gary, Indiana:

Last year, Gary had the highest per capita murder rate in the United States.
9 out of 10 crimes in Gary are violent crimes
Gary's local murders are 8.75 times the national average

Please feel free to research this further at:
http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Gary&state=IN

Wow I love going to work each day :)

Hi guys, so this afternoon (after church of course...) i went into downtown chicago with some friends. It's a lot of fun, there's a lot to see and do, but today we just kinda bummed around the town. We went to the apple store, mostly because I can't resist checking out all the new gadgets, and then after we ate at a pizza place called Giordano's. It was the best pizza I've ever had!!! It started raining pretty hard, so we kinda called it a day earlier than usual. Here are some pictures of me and some of the guys in my team at Giordanos, me at Chicago River and some randome pictures of the town. much love~