My first weekend

I found quite a lot to do this weekend and met a number of very interesting people that will shortly become my friends, I'm sure. It has been a nice break from very long days, as well. (I work 9-6, which means I have to get up at 7:30 and don't get home until 7).

Saturday I met one of the other interns, Yolanda, and walked around downtown with her. I saw several memorials I had not visited on Tuesday and had a great time talking. Even those I'd already been to were better when I had someone along. Yolanda goes to MU and is a journalism major. She is quite jovial and I look forward to working with her.

Today I went to church with a friend of a friend. He came and picked me up and introduced me to all his friends. After service, they invited me along for dim sum. I hadn't ever had dim sum before, and I can't say I was impressed. It might take a lot to get me to do it again. Nonetheless, it was very nice to be invited along. The people I ate with were all very pleasant, and it was a very diverse group. There were 14 of us and only 4 of us were white! What a spectacular change from Springfield, MO.

Tomorrow there are a lot of intern orientation activities and I look forward to meeting all the others.