Last week I packed up my bags and was driven to the airport by my family to fly to San Francisco. It was definitely hard to say "see you later" to my family, but I was immensely excited to come to the West Coast! I stayed strong during the goodbye but definitely teared up in the security line, then later on the plane. It takes a lot of strength to quit a good thing, and put distance between your loved ones, but it's definitely been worth it. The past week I have never felt like I was at work. It was so much fun! I helped get pledges in Berkley for 2 days, worked in the office on full-time recruitment, then flew down to L.A. to work at USC for the next 3 weeks on their recruitment drive. I love my coworkers and we have met some cool students! Today I get to visit Irvine! A PIRG worker that I'm staying with while in L.A. is the former chapter chair of Irvine so he is bringing me to meet the students I'll be working with! I am really excited. I think it will be great to hear even more input about the school and to hear about their vision for the year. Part of the next 3 weeks will be spent on me creating the schedule for each week this term. We have big goals to hit so I'm preparing how we are going to hit them.
Aside from work I've gotten to do some fun things! My coworker, Danny, was commuting from Moutainview to Berkley so I rode down with him last Tuesday so that I could see my friend Tyler! It was great to catch up with him and meet his mom. We enjoyed some really conversation even though it was a really short visit. Then yesterday I enjoyed some delicious fish tacos and watched Orange is the New Black, just felt like relaxing because I did work long days this week some of which was in this 90 degree Southern California weather. Then today I hiked the 2 miles up to Griffith Observatory! It was quite a trek... Plus I was silly and did not just 1 but 3 "no-no" things to do for a hike. I ate Chinese food/frappaccino right before, was wearing flip flops, and didn't bring water. It was rough. But it was worth it! I was proud for persevering and making it to the top even though I really really wanted to turn around. The views of L.A. were beautiful from up there and the observatory is incredible. It was build in 1935 and encompasses great history, space, art and architecture. James Dean's Rebel Without A Cause was filmed there which made my dad excited. Made me want to see a James Dean because I've never seen one. Luckily I'm in the land of cinema! A coworkers husband just worked on a movie with Andrew Garfield. That was cool to hear about. It's called 99 Homes. It's about foreclosed homes, and I want to see it now.
Anyhow! Things are really great! I Skyped my beautiful family today and have been in great contact with all of the people in my life who are steadfast and continually support me. I just feel so blessed that I am able to be here.. and that I'm healthy and happy! Just enjoy where you are and be in the present, that's what I've learned.
I'll keep you posted on how things are going! However, I'll be pretty darn busy so I don't know how often I'll be posting, but I'll try to stick to the title of the blog.
Much love and happiness,
Alyssa
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