So Jake is showing good potential, however, my pick is ED!! He is definitely going to win, I can hear the wedding bells, he is so cute :)
Oh my goodness I am in love. With Nashville. This place is fabulous. The other day I walked into Panera and everyone looked up and smiled and nodded at me like we were old friends. Today I went to CVS and needed to get directions somewhere, I literally had everyone in line helping me (all with different contradicting directions) and three people drawing me maps. I'm serious, people here are ridiculously nice.
I have a house!!!!!! It is a cute brick split-level? I'm not sure if this is the correct terminology...but anyways, it has a ballin basement for parties galore! (Mostly on Saturday nights) and then a cute patio and a fireplace! It has great little nooks and cranies, and I love it! It's sooo charming :) I'm living with two girls, Stacey and Paulette, you will love them. They're quieter than the rest of the girls in TFA (who all have like Type AAAA personalities), so naturally I gravitated towards them. I discovered that I only take charge when no one else will and these girls are the same. We are getting so sick of these people who are uber-organized, uber-energized and uber-happy ALL THE TIME. What is wrong with them!? LOL. Anyways, Paulette is from Michigan, she went to University of Michigan, and Stacey is from New Hampshire and went to Tufts. I can't wait for you to meet them!
I am currently preparing to go to Hotlanta for my five-week intensive training session, but I will have weekends off..THANK GOD. I am coming hom from July 11th-July 19th, so get ready!!!!!!!!! And..if anyone wants to plan a trip to Nashville, the first two weeks in August should be a good time, I'll still have to work on lesson plans and readying my classroom, but I could always use some assistance (Kylie :) )
Boys are...few and far between. There are only 8 in the Nashville Corps and half of them are in relationships, but...there is this one guy Zach...who is a REDHEAD and went to Boston University. He's a really nice guy, but I don't know if there are sparks. He doesn't really make me laugh, so, that's a problem. Speaking of redheads, Mike quit his job at hickory ridge after they shadily decided to demote him from Hickory Ridge manager to just a pro-shop employee with a pay cut and everything. He was on salary with a verbal contract for a year, and it hasn't even been 6 months, soooo. Good for him. We aren't really talking, but he contacted me after he lost his job, so I guess we're there for each other in crisis and that is all.
I'm so excited to be apart of Teach for America and educational reform in this country, you have no idea! It's such a pressing issue, and I am blessed to be able to enact the change I want to see. It's so inspiring to see the support for our program from everyone in Nashville, everyone is very invested in changing the face of this achievement gap through measurable results and high standards. I'm really ready to get my hands dirty and jump in feet first to help these students who deserve and should demand better.
So, that's my soap-box. I miss you so much!!
Love,
Caton
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