MADE IT... yup we made it back to Denver Saturday afternoonish along with all of the other teams. It is so wonderful to be back but has been a very busy transition week so far. Monday and Tuesday we were with our original teams doing debriefs and returning tools and such, then last night we switched to our shuffle round teams. I am now Water One (originally Water Three) for this round (third) in Boulder. We have been learning a few not overly good things about the "Ameri-Masion" but we will just have to wait and see. We do not have Internet or laundry in our house but that shouldn't be too bad since we are so close to Boulder which will have plenty of both I am sure.
These last few weeks I have been really stressing about what I am going to do after this amazing experience is over, since it is already more than half over. I really hate being away from my family not knowing what is going to happen at any time... however, I really feel like this is my time when I should explore and live somewhere besides good ol MN. Today we had our first corp wide "Life After Americorps Day". We had seminars we could attend throughout the day... I went to a nonprofit one and also one on financial planning which was very overwhelming but informative. After the seminars we were able to choose between about 8 different organizations we wanted to take a van to and learn more about. I decided to go to Project C.U.R.E. Which is a nonprofit that get donations of medical equipment and sends it to hospitals all over the World. It is a very awesome thing they are doing but sadly they only employ about 20 people, and have 10,000 volunteers... looks like a good thing to volunteer with. I really don't know where I will be a year from now and as exciting as that is it scares the crap out of me. I have semi looked at jobs around Denver but will also look into MN jobs.
Some parts of me just want to find an amazing job and go where ever that might be, as unrealistic as that sounds. I know in the long run I want to raise a family back in Minnesota and hopefully live there for the long haul... depending on jobs and such. Raising a family is NOT something I want to think about right now but I feel that I have to since being in the "big kid world" and having to decide where I want to reside come August and after my big brothers wedding :-) It's so crazy to think all that's left is me in my family to get married... but don't get me wrong I am in NOW WAY in a rush AT ALL. Stressing the NO WAY anytime soon.
I am loving being back in Denver and am SO PUMPED to be in the beautiful city of Boulder for two whole months!! Time to read and hit the hay... miss everyone from home lots and lots!!
Love mucho,
Nicole Marie Burg
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