First week

Happy birthday to Mom (today) and Dad (last Sunday)!  And Happy Fourth of July weekend everyone!

I have now finished my first full week of work. (My weekends are Sunday/Monday)

The most important thing I have learned about my job thus far is this: I love it.

Other relevant things:

• I speak to a lot of people each day
• I work at several locations throughout the day, so I get to talk about a bunch of different topics
• Kids are adorable and really are excited to learn

Highlights:

• From a big family that I'd seen twice in the same day: "Thank you so much for your enthusiasm...you even have our 2-year old interested"
• From an explorer's grandfather: "Thank you for what you do"
• From a young explorer after I gave him a badge: a hug. Which isn't that unusual, but his mom told me after that he hadn't wanted to hug anyone else that day :)
• Have conversations at one of our badge locations in French and Spanish.  My Spanish was super broken, but I was able to get the message across. 

End of day two!

Bonus photo comes with a story for this post: There was a professional intern mixer on Thursday evening, which I went to. I asked one of the waiters there whether the vegetable dumplings were vegan and found out they weren't.  I was fine, and just got myself some pita and fruit.  About 10 minutes later, the waiter came out and found me with this plate of vegetables.  I was pretty amazed and so incredibly grateful.  I just got up and gave him a hug :)  It was my very own magical moment, and it made my night.