So we still haven’t started hardcore stuff, I still have quite a bit of downtime, it still feels like freshman orientation here, just with a lot less drinking…however I did visit the bar twice this weekend. So the cool way of talking here is "ameri _______ fill in the blank. There are Amerisins, Amerilove, Amerifun. My opinion is its very ameriLAME. Basically it sounds ridiculous, but these people are really into it, I’m pretty sure I have made a few enemies by making fun of some of the ridiculousness out loud…but that’s okay because I only have room for a certain amount of friends and I think I have already found too many...
There aren’t as many people who just sit around and play instruments as I expected. I was hoping that just about everyone would be jamming and what not, but today was the first time I heard any whole made music. Maybe I have made the wrong friends…
Some of you, especially the young adults reading this, may be interested to know that you are not allowed to candoole on government property. No form of sexual contact...if you are caught you get written up and a $75 fine! However, my roommate overheard people talking about sleeping over in a boys bedroom…so I’m pretty sure there are some sneaky kiddies here.
Seeing as I had the weekend off and the majority of today, I have some adventures to share. Before I do, I’m sure many of you are wondering what I actually do. So far, we just sit in classroom situations all day long and learn about rules, regulations, the American red cross, what to expect out of projects, and service. It’s not too bad. We get our teams on Wednesday and start PT soon after…so that when hell begins.
BUT, until then I will play. On Saturday I visited Old Sacramento, what I learned: Sacramento does not have much to offer. On Sunday a group of friends and I went to San Francisco. We went down to the wharf, had a nice time eating at in and out and of course visited the sea lions (there was a dead one L). One of the girls we were with had a great book about the west coast, and we used to go on a fantastic hike. We started off in the Castro (the gay district, where a rainbow flag hangs instead of an American flag). While there I used a public restroom on the street and the door didn’t close all the way, so that was an experience… We walked up a huge hill then up the side of an enormous mountain. It was really awesome, at the top besides seeing a lot of goats, we were standing on top of San Francisco. We had a phenomenal view. Then the hike took us down into Haigh Ashbury where we strolled around in book stores and thrift stores and all that good stuff. It was a very nice way for us to spend our Sunday.
This morning we had to muster (meet the group) at 7:45 and then had the day free till our 2:30 muster, so two other people in my group and I decided to walk down the street a bit to see if there was anything to explore. As we walked we decided to just hop on the lite rail which took us into down town Sacramento where the Capital building is. We were able to take a nice little tour of the capital building and see Arnold’s office. The boys I was with were very excited about seeing the "governators" office. I basically just enjoyed the entire building, there are old rooms on exhibit and the senate room too…and a lot of people who wanted to give us helpful information. We were also in our uniforms and someone thought we worked there!
I know a lot of people have been asking for me to send pictures of me in my uniform. I promise that next entry I will have the pictures, we always talk about it, its just that at 6:30 AM that’s the last thing we are thinking of, and when we return it’s the first thing we want to take off….plus I don’t have the full ensemble yet…the boots or on special order still.
ok so i had 3 pictures i was going to post...but i can't figure out how to do it, and I have to go get lunch...so I'm just going to have a friend do it for me later...sorry people
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