The Future Life & Times of Erin Donlon

The Future Life & Times of Erin DonlonAn overview of goals for Erins futureby Erin Donlon

1This is Erin Donlon.Right now she is: 23 years old, a student at MacCormac College, and working towards becoming a court reporter in the city of Chicago. Who knows where she will be in 7 years, but here are our predictions.

by Erin Donlon2CareerAfter completing her Associates at MacCormac College with a degree in Court Reporting Erin accepted a job at McCorkle Court Reporting firm.She works hard in her first few years, taking any case that she can so that she can afford to pay off her student loans, which she does in under five years!by Erin Donlon3Career, cont.Erin currently works mainly transcribing for doctors offices for depositions.She originally tried working for the court systems, but she likes the freelancing for McCorckle betterFor a link to McCorkles website, click on the link here: McCorkle Court Reporters

by Erin DonlonCareer, cont.Erin finds court reporting very fulfilling, and is also taking classes towards becoming a pastry chef in her spare time.

by Erin Donlon5A Breakdown of Her Dayby Erin Donlon6Friends

This is Mal, she has been my best friend since we were 16, and I do almost everything with her.These lovely people are Rob and Tamara. Rob works for YouTube and is an extremely talented musician, and Tamara is an actress and stand up comedian. If you click on the button below, you can go to Robs channel.by Erin Donlon7Friends, cont.

This is Bryan, he and Erin have been dating since 2013, but they have known each other since second grade. In school they spent most of their time making fun of each other, so in true sitcom story line fashion, it led to romance. Bryan is a paramedic who in his spare time writes music and works on YouTube collaborations with Rob, such as the World's Fastest Clapper video. You can click the button below to read about Rob.by Erin Donlon8HobbiesBakingPaintingWatching moviesReadingGoing to concertsDoing stage makeupTrying out Pinterest recipes and making my friends and family eat the results.

by Erin Donlon9Yes, Stage Makeup.She started working with stage makeup at her first college in Minnesota and ever since has been the go to person for her friend's costumes.

Bryan- Halloween 2013Carrie- Halloween 2012Erin- Halloween 2013by Erin Donlon10Places She Has Visited

by Erin Donlon11PoetrySince early 2011, Erin has been published in poetry in various literary journals. Here is a copy of one of those poems that was published in 2017

by Erin DonlonResidenceErin currently lives in Roscoe Village in an apartment with Bryan. Coincidentally, they live above Rob and Tamara, who informed them of the apartment in the first place. Erin thinks it was Robs master plan all along to get Bryan to live by him, as he has been suggesting that Erin and Bryan move in since 2013. If you click on the house, you can go read all about Roscoe Village.by Erin DonlonIn the next 5 yearsShe would like to have children or at least be tryingBe more set in her job at McCorkle, and potentially start her own firm with another court reporter friend of hers.Get her accreditation as a pastry chef and if she doesnt start her own firm, she would like to be a baker part time.by Erin DonlonSheet1DatePlaceJun-15Las Vegas, NVJul-16Rome, ItalyMay-17Boston, MAAug-18Quebec, CanadaOct-19Dublin, Ireland20-JulSydney, Austrailia

Birdbath

I watchedThe dark path behind meSlithered under my shoes, and took hold of meDirt spilled into the sides of my shoeThe ground climbed up my legNo, I wasn't draggedBut consumedIt's an interesting feelingwhen you're at the bottomMaking friends with rocksI kicked one over just to see its bellyand the grey pebble was consumed...I've never cried so hard in my lifeSmoke spewed out of the cracksDark gave way to blackand the walls collapsed into meI felt the force of gravityHe was trying to pull me back upbut soft hands kept tearing at my feetCalling out his name, I plungedinto my own bath of bloodAnd tried to find where my voice had goneAnd that's where I met himTall, dark, and a beauty of the purest sinHe just watched as I lay nakedI don't know what look I woreor what I tried to spit up from my bellyBut I vomited all over his nice Italian leather shoes"Fuck you!" I coughed, fierce and proudlike the lioness I'm supposed to beAnd he just laughed, His full lips curling into a crescent moonI called out to the beast above"do you want me now?"As I wrung the blood out of my hairThen, do you know what that businessman did?Cracked a fake smile on his clean, beautiful faceand strolled out casually, like a million bucks $$$oh Scarlet Cardinal, sing to me your loving tunebe birthed in my bath of bloodshow me that you bleed tooAnd I'll show you the world underneath my wingsomber tales of friendless salvationthat bled right through my brand new shirtOne day you'll see, one day you'll knowand dance dumbly into my dark front doorWhen that day comes, we'll fly togethermy Scarlet Cardinalmy salvation...