Sunday, April 26, 2015

April 23rd

This week, Dylan and I visited with Jerry at his apartment for a little while before heading to Andersonville for lunch. We ate at a restaurant called Hamburger Mary's which Jerry had been raving about for the past few weeks. The burgers definitely lived up to the hype. One burger in particular was a patty in between two separate grilled cheese sandwiches....two of them. So as you can imagine, we enjoyed ourselves. Afterwards, we stopped by a few furniture shops and then topped the day off with very depressing visit to a pet store. Overall, I'd say it was a pretty successful day. However, there was a sense of sadness for the duration of our visit with Jerry. We didn't engage in our usual give-and-take comedy routines. Perhaps, it was due to the fact that it was our last meeting with him. Hopefully everything will be back to normal on Thursday. Looking forward to it.

Alrik


This week was a sad week for the three of us because it was the last time we all could do something together aside from the final party. This week we were excited to venture to a restaurant that Jerry loves to go to, Hamburger Mary's in Andersonville. This place had exquisite burgers that you probably cannot find anywhere else. For instance I had a burger in between two massive grilled cheese sandwiches. After we ate, we decided to walk the huge meal we consumed off in Andersonville. Jerry always talks about the brown elephant so we stopped in there for a bit to look at furniture. After the brown elephant we went to a couple other antique shops and a "pet store", that did not bring us any joy... In the end it was a great day with Jerry but it was clear to see that he was upset that this was our last meeting. Since I will be around Chicago I believe that I will try to meet up with Jerry a couple times throughout the summer. I know he will be happy to hear that.

-Dylan 

Friday, April 10, 2015

April 9

This week we were actually able to meet with Jerry! We started the morning by swinging by McDonalds for some breakfast sandwiches and coffees then went to Jerry's house. Today was a lot of catching up and checking in. Jerry loves to hear about what is going on with our job search and always gives us his views and background experiences, which is helpful. As always there is a crazy story that Jerry tells us that we cannot believe happened. This week I was telling Jerry about my research paper on Watergate and it instantly sparked a story. Jerry told us about how he and a couple friends had ventured near the Kennedy compound and how all of a sudden an combat truck pulled up with 18 armed men on top, which followed them out for about 3 miles. Jerry said that it was unbelievable but as always, talked about it in a very light manner. Later on we spoke about his past cars and all the bells an whistles they had.
As our time came to an end Jerry asked about how many more sessions we had together. After we told him the number, we could see he was sad to hear the news. Alrik and I both know that we have had an impact on him and we are going to attempt to stay in touch after the program is over.

-Dylan

Sunday, April 5, 2015

April 2

Unfortunately, Dylan and I were unable to meet with Jerry last week. We left our apartment Thursday morning prepared to meet him, but realized that Dylan's car was not in its supposed location. After throwing around a few scenarios, we discovered that the car had been towed by the wonderful management team of Silver Properties Group (our building complex). So instead of enjoying some good conversation with Jerry, Dylan and I had the pleasure of taking an Uber to the cesspool that is Lincoln Towing. Fortunately, we successfully retrieved the car with no casualties. If all goes smoothly for us this week, we will go out for some burgers with Jerry on Thursday. Fingers crossed.

Alrik