UB Days

UB is a big city. And big cities have positives and negatives. It is a small shock to be around so many people again; I am excited to head out to site on Sunday morning. Peace Corps has done a decent job of showing us around the city. Unfortunately they decided to bar us access to our settling in funds till tomorrow; then decided to schedule a two day conference, our swearing in on saturday and finally our exodus on sunday, thus leaving us very little time to shop on our own to buy needed supplies. On top of that they have not given us cell phones, which frustratingly complicates matters.

We went out to a local bar last night, about 30 of us. It was 50 cent drafts, so of course we became fish for a few hours. It was a blast, reliving summer events and contemplating future journeys on a scale comparable to the Odyssey. Tomorrow we meet our supervisors thus revealing exactly what grades we'll be teaching and how many hours we'll be expected to work (basically what we're doing here, what are we doing here?). I look forward to another exhausting day.

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