everything is so good right now.
tomorrow im leaving for a whirlwind of a week, where Ill be driving up to albany tomorrow then to montreal for wednesday and back down to the city to make it to work by 1 so i can pick up some residents and drive them up to new paltz to come right back to work again on friday before leaving saturday morning to go home for the weekend again with the intent of returning to nyc monday night. got it?
im really excited to do all these things and to see dave and to visit mcgill for the first time as an accepted student. yayayay! my agenda for wednesday is as follows: leave albany with sister around 8am, arrive in montreal around 12 noon. check out the various housing offices to try and figure out where ill live, and depending on time explore some student neighborhoods and get lunch. meet with my field coordinator from 2-3, then with my academic advisor from 3-4, then attend the field orientation with the other students in my track from 4-5:30. drive back to albany, and arrive somewhere near 10pm. i cant wait!
back here in good ol nyc things are going swimmingly as well. tomorrow ill be going on a home visit to a resident's home for the first time, so im excited to both get out of the building and learn another aspect of the job. im taking some residents to new paltz on thursday as my shift to get them out of the house (theyre on spring break) and i really hope they have a good time.
ive had a great last two weekends with my community, going out and about in the city, astoria, and scranton PA. these weekends make up the moments i know im going to miss the most next year.
tonight for spirituality night jon lead all of the gsv's in a "pre-spirituality" night in anticipation of our last (!!) gsv retreat. its the spirituality retreat, and it will be silent. no music, no books, no cell phones.. and i dont want to be a debbie downer but it doesnt sound like much fun either. its going to be 3 days of reflection and meditation, with a mix of guided time and alone time. i am not good at that much alone time and ive never tried to be quiet for that long. i think its going to be really uncomfortable and either lead to cyclical thinking (read, worrying) and/or lots of boredom. but ill give it a shot and see what i think. even if its really difficult or terrible its only one weekend, right?
so, friends, thats where ill leave off this time. toodles!
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