Anya+'s+Introduction

Hey everyone! My name is Anya Zaremba and I am here for my Language Arts M.A.T. I graduated Northeastern in 2006 with my undergrad degree in Communications and got into the catering business. I don't know why I thought I would enjoy working 80 hours a week, but I figured out pretty quickly that I did not want that life. I work at Wrigley Field during the season and many of the suites servers are teachers. They always talked about how much they loved their jobs and how rewarding it is to teach. I realized that I wanted that for myself.



Every summer I train for a marathon or a few half-marathons. I love running, and the intense training allows me to fully enjoy all that summer entails. Street festivals, wine tastings, impromptu trips, FOOD...you get the picture. Last year I convinced my soon-to-be sister-in-law to run the Chicago Marathon with me. This was right after the race. Don't let our smiling faces deceive the fact that it was rainy, cold and icky outside! We were SO glad that was done. Maybe I'll do the triathlons this summer...



  These are my two dudes. Smokey is the gray one and Boo is black. Love them to pieces, even though they are complete brats. Actually, Boo is an angel, which makes Smokester the devil. They go outside when the weather gets warm. The winter months is the only time I close my back window. Normally they have free reign of the outdoors. These two love me so much that they bring me presents. Yeah, dead mice and birds are NOT my idea of cool gifts. The night before the marathon Smokey brought me a live mouse. I went to get gloves to save it, and when I got back the mouse was gone, and Smokey was pawing at a folder on the floor. Never saw it again, but I did hear something that night and Smokey jumped off my bed to go after something. Sometimes they bring friends home. I have woken up to another cat in my place more than once, and I raccoon even tried to come in.  .  I love traveling, but don't do it enough. These are a few pictures of my most recent trips. This past winter break I went to Italy for ten days with three girlfriends. It was an amazing trip. I fell in love with Florence and am looking into getting my ESL endorsement out there once I finish my degree here.