Tonight I'm parked in my bed in the dorm. I'm sick of the library and we're supposed to get snow starting tonight. So that's also just great. Not too long ago Nat and I had a great skype sesh.. I always go into it thinking oh, 20 minutes or so, just catch up..but no. An hour. But, what can we do? She was glad to hear the news that she had played a persuasive role in: I've decided I'm going to spend the summer at home. The original plan was to look for a more serious internship in NY or NJ or stay in Philly, all with friends I've met here, but there will be time for that. My summers at home (and time, in general) are winding down. Regrettably. So that's that. I think I can still do some cool stuff even though I won't have the fancy schmancy NYC internship. That's overrated anyway, right?
I think my roommate and I just ate possibly the worst pizza ever made. She claims it's better then the other $5-large pizza place. I disagree. And know we're taking a break from work to watch a Seinfeld episode online. Oh, college.
The big event today was my first day of tutoring in Chester. Chester is the town right down the road from happy, cozy little Swarthmore with a pretty sad story. A very brief background is that it used to be a boomtown pre-WWII until something happened. That something is still something I'm trying to figure out, but basically urban sprawl choked the city, it became riddled with violence and poverty, and the place where happy, cozy Swarthmore sends all of their trash. It's really a devastating sight. Anyway, I got dropped off at a little church (there are around 500 in the town), holes in the stainglass, graffiti on the building. But the kids were amazing. I'm seriously in love. I was basically in charge of the girls that were there and they made me work for it. My arms were yanked every which way to help with spelling, fractions, and word searches. My hair was put up for me. I tried my hand at double dutch. They're actually a pretty motivated group, as far as I can tell. The church staff is in part to thank for that. They are quite amazing. I'll be going back every Wednesday evening for about an hour and a half, but I wish it were more often. Not that I really have the time. It is such a breath of fresh air to be around kids, and the energy they radiate. Ahh I love it. I'm so excited.
I also signed up to work at the mobile co-op in town. In the whole city of Chester they do not have one grocery store. It's unfathomable, really. And I'm again unsure of why. We got a whole packet of info on Chester before we started so when I get a minute I'll look more in depthly and report back.
MIssyou LOveyou.
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