so here i am. pittsburgh. for a whole year! no more college, yet not living on my own. i'm pursuing pittsburgh by ways of voluntary service in a program called pulse-- pittsburgh urban leadership service experience (pulsepittsburgh.org). im thinking it will be a great transition from college.
in college i studied social work and will be using it this year to work with homeless women and research homeless, mental health, and big cities. all this starts in one week.
so orientation week. what have i seen thus far? an exciting city where people everywhere say "oh that's a great place that's coming back". a great group of ladies to live alongside. several encounters already with people asking for money, but i guess that comes with city life. a beautiful park just a few blocks away with a huge fountain that people wade in (or at least we did! yep, my idea. :D) a farmers market also nearby with huge amounts of produce (bc of some recent events, i can proudly say i know what a bushel and peck quantities are!). a beautiful episcopalian church in which the jr warden played an excerpt on the organ for us. a surprise appearance of police keeping our street calm last night... yep. pretty great stuff. :D so where we live isnt the upper class neighborhood but its nice. people seem to respect our house and i have no worries that if i keep my street smarts, we'll be safe.
so pittsburgh! i've finally returned to good 'ole PA. i am so excited to pursue a life here this coming year! check back for more happenings ;)
