My monthly retention meeting for working clients last night was canceled. After all of the planning and mailings and phone calls, Daniel decided to pull the plug on the whole thing. Why? Because it was raining. Or more precisely, drizzling. The meeting wasn't outdoors. The streets weren't flooding. It probably wasn't even raining hard enough to require the use of windshield wipers, but apparently it was bad enough to scare most Angelenos indoors for the rest of the night. Not that I'm complaining. I definitely appreciated the excuse to not stay at work till 8:30, but seriously, what the hell? Oh LA...
North Carolina last week was fabulous. Duke was... Duke. It really felt like I had never left. I did a horrible job of letting people know that I was coming, but apparently word travels fast. After randomly running into 2 people on campus Wednesday morning, I had about 15 angry phone calls and texts that night asking me where the hell I was and why I didn't tell anyone I was visiting. Whoops. I ended up getting to see a whole lot of people, though, and the entire trip was like a flashback to senior year fabulousness. Carrie and I even got to go to Big Beers on Thursday night, where I got plastered and ended up wanting to die on the drive to Greensboro the next morning, but that's a different story entirely.
Even the retreat was a lot of fun. The actual programming was complete bullshit, but after last year's interns' descriptions of the freaks in the other programs, I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was to hang out with the other interns. It was really refreshing to be around so many new people and to hear about their stories and experiences doing pretty much the same stuff we're doing. There were definitely some... interesting... people in the mix, but I really enjoyed every single person that I met.
Even the retreat was a lot of fun. The actual programming was complete bullshit, but after last year's interns' descriptions of the freaks in the other programs, I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was to hang out with the other interns. It was really refreshing to be around so many new people and to hear about their stories and experiences doing pretty much the same stuff we're doing. There were definitely some... interesting... people in the mix, but I really enjoyed every single person that I met. 
That being said, seeing all of the other houses solidified the fact I am very happy to be in LA with the roommates that I have. There were amazing people in all of the houses, but it really seemed like ours had the best dynamic as a whole. We were the only house that hasn't had anyone leave, doesn't have a couple dating within the house (bad, bad, bad idea), isn't in fucking Omaha, and genuinely enjoys being in each other's presence (most of the time, anyway). Basically, EUIP is the shit. But we already knew that. Work this week has been pretty awful. It's a slow week in terms of clients, but I've had piles and piles of paperwork and filing that have kept me in the office for at least 11 hours every single day. ugggggh. I also had to take an hour-long enneagram test for some sort of team building deal that we're doing at a staff meeting next week. I came out as a 6, or a "loyalist". I normally think these personality tests are far too general and subjective to carry any sort of significance in real life, but I read through the description of a 6, and it's me to a fucking tee. Even explains my habit of deciding that people hate me. Creepy...
Alright, that's all I got for now. The roommates are heading out dumpster diving (yes, my roommates like to eat out of trashcans. don't ask; I don't get it, either), and I'm off to In N' Out. Paz y amor.
Quote of the Day:
"Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. Rule 2: Don't be an asshole." -Anne Lamott
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