Today did not go as planned.
Unfortunately when I woke up I felt like I had been hit by a bus. You know
those big yellow ones that drive kids to school. Yeah, that one. My whole body
ached, mostly my head. My roommate Elizabeth had also felt awful. This was not
supposed to happen seeing that we had made plans for today. As I could barely
get out of bed I soon realized that it was probably not a good idea to do much
and I probably would feel awful spending hours in a museum. So I decided to
play it safe on the couch. My roommates and I had to go to the Center for our
morning caucus check. I looked at my hopeful potentials and saw no change. Big
surprise. I came home and had a nice breakfast consisting of a cheese omelet and
a bagel. I also took a Dayquil and some ibuprofen in hopes to combat this cold
or whatever it was. I did homework for a while. A lot of reading that I was a
bit behind on doing. Early afternoon I decided to take a nap that lasted about an
hour or so. I slept excellently and was not even a bit cold. That doesn’t
happen often in my apartment. I went back to the center for our afternoon
caucus check. One of my hopeful internships had been labeled “not available”.
That was the third one. Bummer. I decided to go talk to my advisor and see if
maybe I should consider other options. Before I could talk he told me that all
of my hopefuls were a bust. He gave me a list of five more to read about. I was
back to ground zero. I actually did not freak out or even seem to mind. Ironic,
I know. I looked in the files and decided that I was not completely sold on
any, well maybe one. I went back to him with a couple of questions and he
directed me to go talk to another advisor, Deborah. She is seriously one of the
sweetest ladies ever. She and I connect very well and I always enjoy talking to
her. She also felt really bad and was really committed to finding me an
internship I really liked. We talked through some of the internships and she
offered more suggestions that I might be interested in and seemed like a good
fit for doing. Luckily, I found three that I was very interested in and we
contacted them all. Unfortunately, the first two options no one answered so we
left messages. The last one the supervisor said she would call us back. Within
twenty minutes she had called back. I now have an interview tomorrow at 11am.
Woo! It is at Defenders Association, which is a nonprofit agency that offers
services to 70% of the arrested people in Philly. The specific department is
the juvenile social services and I would be shadowing a social worker. I will
know more information tomorrow after the interview. After taking care of all of
that I came back home and the girls made cheesy potato soup for dinner and I
made grands biscuits. We can tell who the real cook around here is not me. J I skyped with my
cousins for about twenty minutes tonight and that was really nice. It was good
to hear and see my support system even from afar! If you want to skype I would
love it. My friend Alycia and I went to a bible study with young adults and it
was so nice! Everyone was so welcoming and I felt really comfortable there. I
can definitely see myself going back. I got back around 10 and worked on some
more homework and studied the organization I am going to interviewing with.
Overall the day was a good one and I am feeling much better. I hope to get a
good night sleep and wake up feeling rejuvenated!
Goodnight!
low: waking up feeling bad.
high: my roommate did a wonderful job taking care of me!