It is Week 2, Day 3 of Code for America. I stepped foot into Code for America as a Fellow only a week ago. Wednesday last week was the inaugural day, the kick-off to a 10-month civic tech building adventure with an amazing cohort of 24 developers, designers, data scientists, and product managers. Still jetlagged after over a month traveling to two continents (three if you count my home base), I was a bundle of nerves on Day 1. But I had been a bundle of nerves for months, ever since I received that quite unexpected but truly delightful acceptance email and even more so after I learned of the amazing caliber of Fellows. How much more nervous could I get?

Well, rest assured, I didn’t let myself down. By the end of Day 1, I was on a jittery high. But beyond these escalated nerves and pure exhaustion, I was also incredibly excited and eager for the journey to come.

To be continued …