So I'll try to just write point by point what my new life is.
1. My house!
Okay, so we live in the Parish House, in Dorchester! It's an old house connected to Second Church, which my program director works for. It's a pretty nice house, nice kitchen, living room, 3 bathrooms, etc! There's four of us girls and one guy, and then our RA is a girl and our RD is a boy! I love everyone. The four girls share a room and it's pretty big! We each kind of have our own little section. Here's a look at mine, but now as I'm sure you can imagine, it's a BIT messier.
So the house is awesome. And everyone here is great! We really are focusing on having intentional community, and so we have house meetings, and have dinner together sunday through thursday! We take turns cooking. YEAH. I KNOW. COOK .. ME? WHAT?! Where's my mom! GAHHHH. But I cooked my first meal last Sunday: Chicken, couscous, roasted vegetables and salad! Actually came out great. I was freaking out quite a bit and Maggie, roommate, definitely had to help A LITTLE, but for the most part I did it!!!! Actually felt really accomplished! Here's a pic of SOME OF MY CREATION!
Until then I had to do dishes. Ew. Gross. Hate. We also have weekly CHORES! ROOOUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHH! Okay I'm exaggerating. It's not that bad. Simple stuff, take the trash out, clean the bathroom, etc. This is my trash week. I should prob take it out when I'm done blogging, getting kinda full. :/
2. DORCHESTER!
Alright, so everyone that I told I was moving to Dorchester always responded with, "Oh....Dorchester...be careful. Well, I mean, there are some nice parts." So of course I was freaking out about it before getting here. But honestly, I love Dorchester! So far it's been great. Everyone's been friendly and great! I have a membership to the Y, and it's like a ten minute walk! I gotta get a library card, can't say it was first on my list of things to do. Oops :) And for everyone who was EXTREMELY concerned, Dunks is a ten minute walk! Whew. I go every morning. Duh. Hoping to become a regular! But there's also another good cafe that me and my housemates like to go to! It's called Dot2Dot. They call Dorchester "Dot" here. It's cool. I don't think I'm going to use it until I really feel comfortable because I know when I do say "Yo, hangin in DOT" ... people are just gonna think I'm weird. But anyway, that cafe is GREAT! Dot is great. Ahh, see? It's just AWKWARD when I say it.
3. CLASSES!
Guh, classes. Okay, so I'm taking four. I'll just give you a little run down on each one.
1- Spanish Cinema at Harvard. Okay, so this one's interesting. Went into it FREAKING out, thinking that it was HARVARD and it was going to be the absolute death of me, but really -- it's not too bad. The one thing that's a little frustrating is that EVERYONE in the class is PRO - they're like "Oh, my family is from Venezuela, my Dad is from Ecuador, my grandma is from Cuba.." etc, and I'm like oh I was in Sevilla for 5 and 1/2 months? Gah. Whatevs. I do what I can! Anyway, so we just watch movies weekly and then discuss them in class. I like it. First movie we had to watch was Pan's Labryinth - in spanish of course, LIKE WHAT? That movie is SO weird. I can't even SAY! Wow. But anyway, the class so far is not bad! And I LOVE going to Harvard Square -- it's the nicest area!
2- Independent study. That's going really well! I'm doing it in broadcast journalism, so I find local stories and make newslike videos out of them! I did my first one the first week I got here on Pat Toomey (I'll show you the video not tell you her story) and then I just am now working on one on inauguration of the new president at Gordon College! It's fun! It freaks me out interviewing people on camera, but I love it at the same time!! I definitely know it's what I want to do.
Here's my first story: (WATCH IT!)
3- Intro to Urban Ministry
We're all taking this Urban Ministry class at the Emmanuel Gospel Center in Boston. Kind of a class that takes time to study Boston and all its characteristics and then teaches us how to minister to it's people! Pretty cool. 3 hours on Monday nights. It's actually a Gordon-Conwell (the seminary) class, but we're all taking it. Should be cool. My favorite part is that it's in Copley, and that's a really nice area! Prudential Center, Boston Public Library, all the cool stuff! So I want to go in before class and just hang out there!
Pretty much this area:
4- Internship seminar
A class where we go and talk about our internships, write in internship journals, meet with our supervisers..etc.
AND MY INTERNSHIP, DUH!!!!
Okay, so the thing that's rough is that I want to tell you every last detail about Channel 7, but I can't -- we're not allowed to blog about our internships, learned that at orientation. But I understand it and I'm not going to not follow the rules! Just to let you know, it's AWESOME! SO SO SO AWESOME! I love it so far. 7news is RIGHT in government center, and so it's so great being there right in the city! Thursdays 4-11 and Fridays 12-7! I seriously can't get enough! And I even have my own ID badge that says 7news and has my name on it and picture! I FEEL SO LEGIT!!! Ahh, awesome. But if you wanna know more, just ask! I totally wanna share EVERYTHING.
COOOOOOL!
Ah, I just LOVE IT!
So everything's going awesome so far. I love Boston. I love riding the T. I feel like I've been on the T at least once a day almost every day, and I LOVE it. It's SO city! I love the hustle bustle of everyone getting on and off the T. I love people walking fast in business suits with coffee in their hands. I love the occasional group of loud obnoxious teens on the T. IT'S ALL SO CITY! I'm definitely more and more feeling like a city girl, and it's awesome. Love walking down the street, headphones in, coffee in hand, like I know everything. Gah.
Things I've done/Places I've been so far in Boston/Dorchester
- The Prudential Center -- we went to the top of the Pru during orientation! It was awesome! Such a sick view of the entire city.
- Walked through the Commons, went on the African Heritage Trail -- all orientation stuff! Tiring, but very fun! I love the Ducks statues in the Commons -- makes me think of you, Dad! ;)
- Grendel's Restaurant and Bar in Cambridge -- met up with my aunt Di and cousins Ken and Stan and ate there and walked around! Super fun!
- The Icecreamsmith -- home made ice cream place in Dorchester! So cute, so good. It's in the Lower Mills! We had to take a trolley there, but it was delish and great!
- Ronan Park in Dorchester -- ran into it when I went for a walk! GREAT view and really nice place!
- Morning Star Baptist Church in Dorchester - we went two Sundays ago! Liked it a lot!!
Okay, I've done more, but it's been a while and I'm forgetting everything. Whatevs, it's fine, this is too long anyway. I'm sure I've lost half of you. Anyway, enjoy my life. I will be posting more, NO WORRIES!!!! And better. Promise. And more pics. Duh.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCEEEEE :)
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