On the way home from work today, Maya and I were talking about how something feels like it shifted this week for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, this is the first week when I\u2019ve felt solidly in control of all the moving pieces in my work. I have been feeling overwhelmed at times because my organization is running three programs, and I\u2019m doing work related to all of them in addition to a literature review. Last week I stared at the thirty-three pages of research I have written for my literature review that needs to be condensed into a two page report by this Friday (tomorrow) without knowing how I would go about it. Today I am down to three and a half pages of summary, with plans to also give my supervisor more broad versions of the information in a longer report and in a presentation in case she wants more detail at any point after I leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two other great things about my week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. My lovely roommate Olivia brought homemade strawberry jam she made at her site back to our dorm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. One of my coworkers brought aloe vera clippings into the office for us to take!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I toured some of the homes that Bridging Neighborhoods is in the process of renovating. I\u2019m still really enjoying learning about how homes are constructed and learning some of that vocabulary. I learned that in many Detroit homes, the pipe that takes everything to the sewer is made of terracotta and can be one hundred years old. An issue with this is that tree roots can grow through the terracotta and cause issues, so Bridging Neighborhoods puts a new durable PVC pipe into every home they renovate. I like learning about those kinds of things in houses I have never considered and all the steps Bridging Neighborhoods takes to make sure homes are mold and dust free, even though some of the tests aren’t required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the tours, one of my coworkers drove me around the River Rouge area, through Warrendale near where it becomes Dearborn, and by the Ford and AK Steel plants. We saw a lot of dumping in empty lots and on curbs in neighborhoods. This was really sad to see, especially since kids were running around the neighborhoods too. I think it’s really awful that people saw those streets as a place to leave their garbage. I asked my coworker about where the nearest grocery store and pharmacies were to the roads we were driving on. It seems like some of these neighborhoods really weren\u2019t at all built with the best interest, health, or ease of the residents in mind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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