Journal Entry - Feb. 16th

This week was the first time I've met with my Mentégé (I've combined them, you see, because I'm lazy). It was a little awkward and she seemed really nervous, and kind of unhappy, about the whole thing. I'm hoping that things will get easier after we meet a few times.

We talked a bit about ourselves, what we liked and didn't like. We talked a lot about her plans for high school and college, and where she might want to go and what she plans on doing. She wants to become a pediatrician (which is awesome, and vaguely what I'm doing) and so I told her that I'd give her the information from Salem Hospital about shadowing a doctor, or getting a student internship, which would help her get a better idea of what kind of schooling she'd need and what they do every day. She seemed very excited about that.

I meet with her again this next Tuesday, and I told her I might bring something for us to do. I also gave her my cell number just if she needed to reach me to let me know she couldn't make it sometime for some reason.

Hopefully it all goes well, and gets a bit easier. It's always tough to talk about yourself or to someone you don't know for a long period of time.