So we still don't have the internet! The other house in L.A. does, so I am taking advantage of it while I am here. I really need to be working on my student loan deferment so this is going to be brief:
Retreat: The retreat was a lot of fun. I met the other 19 volunteers. We are spilt into four houses in three cities. 12 of us are in LA-6 in each house. Our house is called the Miraculous Medal house. The other house is the Boyle Heights hosue. We spent a great deal of time eating, bonding and learning the basics of the program.
House: I love my housemates! They're totally great. They are from CA, WA, NY OH and Holly from MN. We have family dinner nights and it's great!
Traffic: Sucks. When 6 lanes are moving on average of 20 mph and is slowing down and speeding up with a lot of merging...noboby is happy.
Work: It took a week longer because of poor communication. I could elaborate, but it is horribly frustrating. We have started our first week-it is very different and is too early to tell just how it is going to be.
We are having plenty of fun and are super busy. There are plenty of stressors, but things are going great overall! Hopefully the next update will come off my own internet!!
Work on those healthy stress relief tactics we taught ourself last year... and by that I mean working out- not drinking :) It sounds like you are having a wonderful time. Keep me updated as to what the first "real" week of work in the hospital is like. Say hello to Ms. Thompson for me.
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To be honest... i feel like it's more one house of 12 rather than two houses of six... considering how much we chill together.
ReplyDeleteas for the traffic... you learn to drive around it all. :)