Hello Los Angeles!

After a long morning, a long drive and multiple wrong turns, my parents and I finally made it to Los Angeles yesterday. It was a very smooth drive and traffic was not that bad until we got into this busy city. Seriously Los Angeles?! Why so much traffic?!? Where are all these people and cars coming from and where are they going?! I've always heard about the trials and tribulations of going anywhere in LA but I never thought it was going to be this bad. A 15 mile adventure took nearly an hour. I am beyond certain that I could have walked quicker (yes-an exaggeration).

Regardless of the traffic I made it to Loyola Marymount University which is BEYOND beautiful! While nothing can top the brick and ivy that I have called home for the last 5 years, LMU is breathtaking. It sits on a bluff overlooking the city and the view is spectacular. The buildings are white and pristine and make me feel as if I am truly in a foreign land. While I understand that words cannot due proper justice, I assure you that pictures will be posted as soon as my new camera (which is pink btw) arrives.

To top it off all of my worries about not getting along with my roommate are now irrelevant because I don't have one :( I'm actually a little disappointed! I am one of four interns (3 girls and 1 boy) and the two other girls have already been working for 2-3 weeks so they were placed together. While they are only a across the walkway, I now wish I had someone to share my spacious apartment with. On the bright side I hope that time alone will allow me to actually work on my thesis as planned (at least until my TV gets fixed). The TV was another unanticipated perk along with cups, plates, and a ton of other goodies provided by my supervisor for the summer.

My supervisor, who I will refer to as "B" for the purposes of anonymity is FABULOUS! She's really nice, really funny and I can tell that we are going to get along really well. She even had all the interns, Area Directors, Residence Directors and summer RA's over for dinner tonight. It was a good glimpse into the environment that I will be working in this summer. It was also a wonderful reminder of how small the field of Student Affairs is seeing as how three alum of the MA program at Pacific work at LMU, a former LMU undergrad just graduated from the program and last but not least, two directors at LMU were actually wed by one of Pacific's Student Life Directors!

Well, that as all for now since I am really tired, I need to unpack and tomorrow is my first day! Wish me luck :)