My first full week

This was my first full week of classes and internship. It was very busy, but quite enjoyable!

At St. Dunstan's, I attended a few sessions from a conference that was held in the building. I learned about some of the new projects they're working on to help those losing their sight, a condition that sometimes comes with sight loss called the Charles Bonnett (pronounced "bonay") Syndrom (it causes visual hallucinations of patterns, people/animals/objects, and occasionally scary things that don't exist), and had tours of the nursing floors and the IT Training room (where they teach people how to use a computer without using much vision). I also spent quite a bit of time just talking with St. Dunstaners. They all have such amazing stories, and they just love to share them!

My classes were pretty easy this week, since they were the first ones. The first class we all just shared what our agencies do and what our tasks are each day. We also talked about a few business items and were given our first assignment (which is only a 1.5 page paper about our agencies - just about the easiest assignment there is!). The second day of class, we met the three students from England that will be coming over to EMU in July and August to do the same thing. They're not Social Work students for some reason, but they're possibly interested in it. They will have placements in Ypsilanti and will live on EMU's campus. They seemed pretty nice and we were glad to meet each other. We can ask them for help while we're here, and they can do the same as they're preparing to leave and when they're in Michigan. It's a neat partnership.

The weather here this week has been pretty awful. Monday and Tuesday was incredibly windy (I heard it got up to 120 mph in some places) and chilly. Wednesday and Thursday were overcast, chilly, and breezy. Today it rained and was quite cold this morning. The sun is coming out now, but it's still really windy and cold. It's funny to say this, but I miss Michigan weather! At least it wouldn't be so windy and the sun might have a chance to come out and warm up the air in Michigan. I think it's so cold and windy here because we're right on the ocean. It is pretty cool to walk out of St. Dunstan's each evening and look at the ocean while I'm waiting for the bus, though.