Week Four of my fellowship has been a little chaotic, what with the move to our new location on Old Henderson Rd. The building is not quite finished, so there has been a significant delay in unpacking several rooms. The new building does look more modern and professional: it is split up into two parts – one for the administration offices and the other for programming. The programming section of the building is the side that is still under construction. With everything going on, it has been interesting to try to unpack and resume normal work. Even in the short time amount of time we have been here, the building has really started to come together. The office I share with the Clinical Program Asst. is also starting to take shape. The new office we share is spacious, bright, and warm. We are pretty happy with the new office and new furniture.

The new building is located by several Asian markets and bakeries, so I have had the opportunity to experience Japanese food and pastries, some pictures of which I have included below.

Most of my time has been spent unpacking, re-organizing, and trying to get back to a normal workflow. Unfortunately, since the building is not completely together, everyone’s ability to resume normal work projects has been delayed. Next week, I have a few meetings scheduled with community agencies on the west side to discuss offering a workshop type program at one of the agencies’ locations, so I am hoping that we are pretty much back on track by next week, and are moving forward with the west side project.

Luckily, we had great movers, and many of our regular volunteers stepped in to lend a hand in helping us unpack. It was a lot of work to pack everything up, but I think everyone likes to forget we actually have to unpack everything within a few days. In my opinion, I think unpacking is almost the worst part of moving. I think this is because people tend to unpack everything immediately to create some form of normality. I think everyone has been amazing during this process.