Today ushered in the 3rd week of my time with AmeriCorps and my placement in "Interactive Parenting Media." Most Monday's are usually "office" related days in which I do mail (usually to send to the people that called in to the show on Sunday) and that takes a good chunk of time, especially since there are lots of callers into "Nuestros Ninos." I also try to get a start on the Community Calendar for the week and for the most part, get a lot of the "little but important" things out of the way for the week.
Besides work, life here in the Bay is coming along quite well! Juliana and Emily are wonderful (duh!) and this past weekend, we went to a concert called "Power to the Peaceful" at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Alanis Morisette and Michael Franti were the frontliners for the concert, but there were some other great acts. When we got there, there wasn't that many people yet (we arrived before Ms. Morisette or Mr. Franti came on) but by the time they played, there were over 70,000 people there! Wow! It was a wonderful day to spend my Saturday!
Sunday I worked at 6am (like usual!) and it was a good morning on Childhood Matters (episode on Grandparents) and then on Nuestros Ninos, I had to answer the phones for the first 20 minutes. YIKES!! Although I have taken numerous credits of Spanish, many more than a Spanish major is required, I still struggled when talking to them on the phone... :( But on the brightside, it leaves a lot of room for my improvement!
Some other honorable mentions of my time here in the Bay has been Santa Cruz... we went and visited a friend who was staying down there and it was amazing! Jumping dolphins, diving pelicans, and swimming seals were a few of the incredible joys we saw! Hooray for Santa Cruz!
The Laney flea market is also wonderful and full of amazing bargains! (Just avoid buying stolen goods) otherwise, it's great!
Well, that's all for now.... Evan Foulke has just called on Skype from El Salvador and he deserves some of my attention!
3 comments:
Sometime, Add a link for "nuestros ninos". Or the other radio show, if you are talking on it.
Spanish call-ins from excited parents? I bet your Spanish will improve.
Hi, Felsha. Welcome to Oakland! Sounds like a wonderful job.
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