An update! Finally!

I am doing laundry right now, so it seemed like a good time to squeeze in a blog update.

Things are going really well. The work is more routine/easier, we know exactly what to do, how to do it, when to do it. I'm actually a little upset that I only have a week left working on this project. I love the people we work with, I love the project, I have even come to love the farmers tan I have from working outside in the humid sunny heat.

I think part of my not wanting to leave, though, is my dislike for change. As soon as I get into a nice routine and become comfortable, I don't respond well to change. But it's good. This is part of why I am in NCCC, to help break out of those comfort zones and learn to enjoy the change!

Yesterday, Friday, we worked in the planting field again. From 7-9:30ish we were on our own. Then a group of about 15 middle school kids showed up to help us as a class field trip. I have worked with kids for a long time, but I gotta say, I wasn't excited about it. Middle school is such an awkward age and I have no patience for them. But I was wearing the "A" so I put my happy face on, partnered up with Tony so I could rely on him to be the fun one, and did what I needed to do.

Oh my dang. The kids that were assigned to Tony and I were so great! We had a sixth grade boy and an eigth grade girl. That girl was a mini me. We spent the day ragging on Tony. The boy was so cool too, he and Tone had the sports thing in common and any time anyone would joke about Tony he could fire back and save Tony. It made the day really fun. We got a lot of planting done too. Those kids were such hard workers. We gave them two opportunities to call it a day and we would finish up the field, but every time they said they wanted to do the work.

It was cool. I hope we made volunteering fun for them.

ALSO:
I got an e-mail with the projects for the next round! There are a lot of projects in MS, AL, and New Orleans. I dont want those. I want the project that is in Louisville or Memphis. SO BAD. There is also one in SC that I wouldn't mind. But Louisville or Memphis?! The music scene alone in either of those places is going to be incredible! And the work, if I remember correctly, is more environmental which is what I'm realizing I really enjoy. We have until Monday to put in our requests, so pray, hope, wish, or whatever you do, that I get to go up north for the autumn season!

One last thing.

I have to mention how many amazing people I am becoming friends with. Some I never thought I would even like, others I have been enjoying since day one. I really really enjoy the people I am able to surround myself with. We have a ton of fun together, and work well together, and play well together, and everything else. I've been getting homesick a lot lately and to be able to find someone on my team that I can just hang out with and feel even a little bit like they are family, is so great.