It’s been a looooooong week. 2 weeks ago I had food poisoning over the weekend and missed a day of work. This week i caught some sort of bug that everyone has been getting. The kids have been sick and so has the team. I was sure I dodged it this time but I was wrong! I believe, this is the 4th or 5th time I have been sick since I started Americorps 7 months ago. Freaking ridiculous! Of course, my team leader is wildly suspicious of me at all times which just makes me consistently nervous and stressed that I am going to get written up because she thinks I’m faking it or something. Like I said, it has been a long week. Lol. I’ve been really busy when I’m not sick. The kids are still amazing. I’ve been taking home extra work every night to try to catch up on hours. I also started writing a rough version of my book. Yeah, kind of random. I got an inspiration though and just ran with it. I’ve got a bunch knocked out just because I haven’t stopped writing for a second. I think I’m afraid if I do, I will do what I did last time and just not write anything for a few years before trying again. Lol. Anyways, I’m not really telling anyone what it’s about because I’m self-conscious about it being stupid or something. When I’m not doing that, I’m typing up things for my teacher or making giant posters with construction paper ants on them. Sounds cute and fun (and it is) but I tend to be up late at night still working on them so I’ve just been exhausted. I have 12 days left to get to my 1 month mark of no smoking or drinking. I’m going to keep going with it by the way. That’s not a month marker so I can say “Woo hoo! I did it for a month! That’s enough!”
New Mexico is coming up fast. I have less than a month left here with the kids. I’m going to miss them so much! It’s hard not to get personally attached to this particular cause….cuz they are adorable little people! Lol. I found out a little bit more about my next project though and I’ll admit, I was a little worried I would be miserable for the whole thing but I feel better about it now. The first 2 or 3 weeks will be training with the sponsor and doing things in the caves! I was sure we wouldn’t actually be getting to play in the caves but I was wrong, thank GOD! So after that, we will be working in a fish hatchery for the first month. Not sure what we will be doing there but it should be interesting! I get to smell like fish food for a month! Wooooo! Haha. After that, the youth corps that this project is focused on will be coming to the area for, what I assume is, a seasonal trail-building crew. We will be staying in bunk houses for most of this project but when this happens we will be hiking pretty far some days to get to the trails we are working on so we will have to camp out sometimes. I don’t mind as long as I’m not doing it for 2 months straight! Lol. So we will finish off the project working with the kids on building trails and stream restoration. Should be a fun deal. A lot of hard work but fun.
Tiffany is coming to Denver for a week starting tomorrow for some school training thing. I am so proud of her! It would really do me some good to see someone from home. I just got back from Spring Break but I feel like it has been forever. I’ve just been in a draining and lonely place, I think. the only thing keeping me sane is being excited about Thailand and the big move to Oregon. They’re coming sooner than I thought. Tomorrow I’ll be standing up on that graduation stage. That’s what it feels like. Anyways, I could use some hours right about now so I’m going to get some work done. Hope you all enjoy the pictures of some of the kiddies at the zoo!
