Across the Planet for Free Ice Cream

Training day at Friendly House was a very... interesting time. Going in I didn't think I was going to make any friends with the other new employees. Because of this fear and feeling of misplacement I was very alert. I even felt defensive. It was not a cold day but I was wearing a sweatshirt. Think about when you walk into a party where you don't know anyone and, to you, they like everything but the things you like. Now would you rather a plain t-shirt or a sweatshirt to go over it? Well I'd go with the mild safety of a sweatshirt. Anyways this led to that and I made a friends.... not by lunch (I had lunch by myself, eating a meat pie from a Lebanese bakery. Turns out meat pies are the worst things ever in the world ever) but I drove a girl named Nadia home!

Nadia, though we only talked briefly about her past, has had one hell of a childhood. This morning we had to break off into pairs with people we didn't know (hey! That's... EVERYONE). I was terrified for only a few seconds though because I felt a finger poke and voice say, "Hey get over here, you're my partner." Nadia has lived from Philadelphia to New York City and all around Worcester, being a foster child. She just graduated from Burncoat and is living in a Hotel on Lincoln Street with her friend. She plans on going to Quinsig for a year then hopes to transfer to Northeastern or Penn State. I have so much respect for Nadia already and admire her for the things she has had to overcome and her aspirations. In both of these senses I could never being twice as good as Nadia but I am more than okay with it.

The evening included driving to Katie Lockhart's work in Westminster with Yona and Greg to get free ice cream and laugh with Katie. Westminster is really damn far away. In fact, 83 miles round trip but totally worth the free root beer float. Katie's birth certificate says "Katie" not "Katherine". The fog was absurd on the way home. Driving home from Paxton by myself is a time that I truly cherish.

There is a song of the day and it is "Love Song" by The Dandy Warhols.