So after a four day road trip to Denver with my dad (I got to see Buffalo NY, Detroit, and Gary IN all in one day!) I made it to Boulder last Thursday to stay at my aunt Susie's house, where cocktail hour starts at around 4 pm every day and ends...well when you pass out I guess.
On Monday I drove down to Denver and checked in with TFA. They put us up in this SUPER weird sketchy college and made us wear grown-up clothes and sit in boring meetings all day talking about Teach for America "core values" and using a million acronyms. There wasn't really even internet which is why I'm just posting now. But the people are great and it was a lot of fun. Every evening there was some sort of planned social event involving drinking so despite my best efforts (every night I swear I'm not going to drink and every night I get peer pressured into it) this has been kind of a repeat of senior week. Except not nearly as fun because you guys aren't there. And also because we have to wake up at 7am and go to meetings during the day.
Oh, and apparently beer die is widely played in the midwest, although no one believes me when I say it was invented at Colby and they play a totally bastardized version which is infuriating. People think I'm a little weird when I get really upset when they don't know about bizz and buzz or plinks or that you're supposed to get a nickname when you plunk (and for that matter, in Nebraska they call plunking "sinking"), but at least I have three or four people who want to play with me soon. I plan on schooling them all.
In conclusion Denver is a sweet city. It has been so nice to be able to see the mountains (still with snow on them) every day and eat delicious Mexican food. I even got to see my school today - totally ghetto but everyone is really nice - and have figured out the neighborhood where I'm going to live. Sadly, I leave tomorrow to drive to Houston which will be different to say the least. The humidity is going to be miserable, but I've very glad I have such a fun corps to make the five weeks go faster. So yeah, I am having a great time, but I really miss you all. Those from the Boston area will be happy to know I proudly cheered for the Celtics last night. A month ago I hated all Boston sports teams. What the hell did Colby do to me?
In terms of keeping in touch, I'm the worst. But I'm going to try hard, and hopefully blog this will help. My email has changed to vacoit@gmail.com but my cell phone is the same. Facebook is also an excellent way to get ahold of me. Also, many of you have promised to visit me and I'm going to hold you to that. The promise of Colorado skiing and the fact that Sophie, Beth, Jamie, Rich, and Jake will be here too should help. Either way you've all got a couch to crash on in Denver.
See you later,
Val
P.S. Alex watch your back.
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you lush
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