Los Angeles. . .

I'm in LA right now. I got in yesterday at about 2 pm. I took the free shuttle to the hotel which was nice because I expected to have to pay for a shuttle. When I walked in the doors, I saw a few people at the front desk with extremely large packs and immediately thought "PEACE CORPS." I was right. So a bunch of us met up in the lobby at 3 pm. The eight of us all took a bus down to Santa Monica, hung out, and ate dinner. It was great to finally meet everyone else. It made the whole experience seem more real and it was good to talk to people that really truly understand exactly what you're going through. After we got back to our hotel, we became the official welcome wagon and we met maybe 6 other people or so. We hung out at night and now this morning, at 8 am, we will meet everyone else. There will be 23 of us total going to Vanuatu in group 20B. I am so excited to meet everyone else.