So today we all started at our placements. This was my first day at Sarah's Inn, which is an agency that helps survivors of domestic abuse (check out http://sarahsinn.org/). I'm the Volunteer Coordinator, which is a new position that has been carved out as an internship. I met my boss, Colleen, before now, and we spent most of the day talking about how Sarah's Inn works and what the volunteers are like. This month I can make myself useful with clerical duties, but I won't really be an effective YAV until I complete the 40 hour training which all volunteers go through. That training is in October, so right now I'll be spending a lot of my time getting to know the volunteers and other staff members.
This first day I didn't have many things to actually do, since I still have a lot of things to learn (like, where staplers are kept and how to sign onto our server). So most of what I learned is that the people at Sarah's Inn are overwhelmingly friendly, and that being accepted as an adult is extremely exciting. This is the first time I haven't been a student worker, the first time I've had my own office, the first time I get to choose when I come into work and don't have to write down my hours. It feels absolutely fantastic.
On a more humorous note, there is a squirrel somewhere in our apartment. Potts is the only person who's seen it, but he assures us that it exists. It is probably also a tad dazed, because he watched it run into a shut window. Sadly, the squirrel could not be convinced to leave through an open window, and we have no idea where it is.
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