Well, I have really been neglecting my poor blob and so I have so time to make up on here. Partly I blame not having enough time because by the time we eat dinner it's sleepy time and I hate losing any time from that. I also blame my darn computer who's "N" key doesn't work the best and it is missing the "L" one... well more like I have yet to put it back on so with two keys missing this would have been a very interesting post.
This round since I posted last:
I spose you could say I am getting used to the heat, more so getting used to the fact that by 8:30 a.m. I will be dripping sweat and at times covered in dirt. As for work I have worked in "DECON" which is the area that collects old wood/bricks/windows/doors and sells them back. Working with that team means moving a lot of stuff, cleaning bricks, shoveling dirt, pouring cement, building things, just random things they need done around their yard. Last week Kristy and I volunteered to install these historical plaques on people's homes throughout New Orleans. We were banking on that entailing us driving around in the air conditioning listening to music and putting up plaques. Well with this place being so organized... Monday we were told there was only one to be hung that we would be painting the outside of a house for the week instead. DANG what a change of plans haha, I kind of enjoyed painting (as long as it was in the shade, since last week the heat index was up to 110 ICK). The extension ladders were pretty intimidating and I only went on the 28 foot one once, I stuck to the 20 and 16 foot ones plus painting on the ground, someones gotta do it right?! :-) I was able to somewhat fade my arms farmer tan so that they are less drastic, although I have now gained a boot/sock tan. It's pretty bad: a severe line from tan to white (kinda looks like my dad after a summer of golfing) I'm kinda excited to give him some competition for worst tan :-) Well Thursday we were able to hang the one plaque which was supposed to only take about a half hour, but we were not giving proper instructions and we also didn't know what we were drilling into. This lead to us driving fifteen minutes back to the warehouse twice, so all in all the thirty minute job took us about 5 hours (not our fault by the way!!) It made for a really funny story!! Oh and not to mention when we arrived for the first time the homeowner and another lady were waiting for us and mentioned how we were both female, how they were expecting some guys. BULL CRAP!! haha Then they took pictures and watched us on our first try of putting it up, talk about pressure, thankfully they were unable to meet us back at the house after our first of two trips back to the shop. That was last week, an interesting one to say the least.
This week I am working with DECON again, which is ok. The day goes by pretty fast for the most part and we are basically working in our back yard if we could call it that so we are able to come home for lunch and to use the bathroom and such. We are switching off working every other Friday with the other team here so it's our turn this week which is VERY exciting!!
Fun things we have done during the weeks but mostly on the weekends:
Beth on my team lead us in a walking tour of the French Quarter which was a lot of fun because we were able to interesting facts about different houses and buildings. I think we saw about 35 different places. After eating my first Poboy for lunch (a catfish one) we walked right into a protest against the oil spill and BP, which turned out to be on CNN.com so that was pretty crazy.
We went to a New Orleans Zephyrs baseball game last week which was a lot of fun. It's like the Saint Paul Saints but for down here, it's kinda weird how they don't have an MLB team.
We went up to Baton Rouge for a crawfish boil. It was pretty fun, quite the experience.
On Saturday a few of us went to an Irish pub to watch the US/England game which was a lot of fun but a little too packed for Melanie and I so we left the guys there and went to a more low key bar. Reminded me of how much I miss soccer!! Like wow I miss it.
We also did some service learning a couple Fridays ago: we went to see the levees (where the barge broke through it), Musicians Neighborhood thing which is a neighborhood with really fun colored homes where mostly musicians live, the Brad Pitt houses where we were lucky enough to go in one of the homes and hear the story of the first guy to move back to the lower 9th.
I went to see Sex and the City 2 the other day. A couple guys went to the A-Team and I wanted to see my movie so I went by myself and it was AMAZING. It was such a great get away from being around so many people and reality as a whole.
Other than those things we have mainly been hanging out, enjoying our last few weeks together with each other.
I GOT A JOB!!! YAYA I am so excited for the next year of my life and I feel so lucky to know what I will be doing after this NCCC ten months is over. WOW I still can't believe my ten months is coming to an end. Joining this program and couldn't believe how long it was going to be but wow has it flown by. Anyways I GOT A JOB :-) It's an Americorps VISTA job with MAVA in Maplewood, MN. MAVA is the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration and I will be the Member Outreach Coordinator. It's kind of a long description of what MAVA is so you can go the website and check it out for yourself!! It's a year job with regular work weeks which I have never had before so that will be really nice. The ladies who work there seem very nice and I am so excited to start. I have training August 3-6 and I graduate NCCC July 27th so it will be a very short break, but I am so thankful to have a job lined up. I am so excited to get my foot in the door and experience with nonprofits because that is what I have found to be what I would like to do in the long run. Plus something with volunteer coordinating so this will give me a lot of wonderful experience.
I plan to save some money by living with my wonderful parents :-) and then hopefully move out to Denver after this next year is over. That is my plan as of now but who knows what will happen. All I know is I am so ready to have my ability to drive to Target in my little green Honda with the sunroof open and K102 blasting, without having to ask for permission!! I can't wait to go out on the lakes and up to the cabin every weekend!! I can't wait to see my family and friends and Bailey bunny and Macers!! I don't want to have to say goodbye to my Ameri-friends and family!! I can't wait for my brothers wedding!! I can't wait to have my own room back with my big bed!! I can't wait to NOT be dripping sweat the second I walk out the door!! I can't wait to be back in MNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
I hope to get to see Auntie Zulma and Uncle Mark VERY SOON!!!
We leave NOLA 4 weeks from Thursday so I am going to try not to look to far ahead and enjoy this all since I know I will miss it when it's over.
LOVEEE
COLEY BURG
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