Well today was a very exciting and logistical day. I never realized living with 10 people was going to be so complicated! ...okay I knew it wouldn't be a piece of cake, but actually, the difficult part wasn't the amount of people but just figuring out meals, transportation, house rules, goals, things of that nature. Minda came over and we basically spent the day having our "retreat," talking about what it really meant to serve, instead of merely "help" or "fix." Wow, I just used a lot of quotation marks there. Anywho.
Things we decided:
- Watermelon WILL be essential! (Thanks Alice/Charlotte ;) )
- Summarized rule: "JUST ASK!"
- The sweet tea trio (David Womble, David Oberst, and Lauren) will have a self-sufficient supply of sweet tea
- The word communal was used WAY too much.
We went out to dinner at Zapata, which, contrary to popular belief, does not mean Shoes, as we established with Zapato yesterday. Ah, the details of Marion life.
Most of us are going to take a CPR class later next month, which should be exciting too!
Also, I helped fix the internet today. Hooray tech support!!
Retrospectively, I feel like I already am a lot closer to my housemates. I set character goals of humility, flexibility, and integrity this summer in my personal reflections. I realized today that this summer is just as much about me changing the people in Marion as the people in Marion changing me - we aren't on unequal footing with these people; we have a lot to learn from their experience, wisdom, and cultures. Of course, being a southern small-towner (Georgetown is only about 1000 more people than Marion), this place isn't a terrible culture shock for me; however, a step out of my place of birth may be just what I needed to examine the very culture that has raised me, along with its issues of poverty/economic disparity, education, and things of that nature. Tomorrow is Bank of America, and WALMART!!! WOOO!!!
Also, Alice: "Do you wanna talk?"
Everyone Else: ...... (Silence)
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