My short week at FLOC ended well. I am still in orientation, learning the insides of curriculum planning for the school year. I have looked thoroughly through the lesson plans, and I'm excited about everything that I get to teach - a large gamut ranging from career exploration to personal finance. Next week my colleague and I will receive some training on how to be a disciplinarian. Luckily the program coordinators will handle the bulk of that responsibility. I'm very impressed with the mission of my placement and my hope is that I can help it succeed as much as possible.
On Friday my housemates and I did our first major grocery shopping. For the five of us, our budget allows us to spend 93 dollars a week on food. We were proud of ourselves, we left the Giant (east coast chain) grocery store spending only 59 dollars. We held off buying our produce items, we're hoping to do as much shopping as possible at local farmers markets and a co-op near by.
Friday night my housemates and I got invited to a rooftop party in Adam Morgan. I was blown away with the view of the city, including Capitol Hill in the distance. Saturday included a lot of walking in the Dupont Circle with some Jesuit Volunteers from the other DC house. Later in the day, a former JV invited us to his pool party in the Silver Spring area of DC. Today, just relaxing with a cup of coffee. Tonight my community and I are attending Mass at Georgetown and visiting my little brother Brian who will be starting his sophomore year of college up there on Monday.
I've never had a September begin without anticipation of sitting in a classroom. Now I get to be in the class but in a new way.
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Too bad you guys don't have price rite in the DC area.
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