The return to NOLA was glorious, I had greatly missed my lack of personal space while at home. Okay, I'm kidding, but I really did miss having my teammates around, its weird being together 24 hours a day and then spending 2 weeks apart (gosh, i can't imagine next august!). Once we got back to RSD it was back to the same old...shredding! AAAAAgh, the frustration, we just sit at these shredders for hours and it seems like such a fruitless effort because we produce bags and bags of shredded documents, and we still aren't even close to half way. It is important work, we all understand why we are doing it, we also agree that there are probably more efficient ways of doing it.
We also set up a school supply drive, which was held on probably the coldest winter day New Orleans has seen in quite a few years--about 31 degrees. I understand it is much colder at home, but we had to stand outside for hours hoping people would bring us school supplies in this cold weather...I don't have a winter coat down here (don't tell grandma I did this).
We also spent another day in the class room, which was a completely different experience than the mass chaos I discussed last time. These pre-K students were so well behaved and polite, one little girl came up to another little boy and said "Hi, can you please play with the blocks over here so we can share." It was just precious, quite unlike the kids Andre read to, one little boy interrupted her to say "I'm so bored, I'm Sleepin'." I love the Recovery School District, I am thinking already of applying through AmeriCorps to work in a school district...its all just ideas right now though.
Yes, parents, that is right, I am thinking of working with children on a regular basis...I don't know what happened to the daughter you raised. On top of enjoying kids these days, I think I might be a morning person. Yeah, I don't really know, but I enjoy getting up a little earlier than I have to so I can sit and enjoy a cup of coffee, and watch everyone else get up and try to navigate the morning time. Is this what it is to be an adult?
Well, its getting to be bed time (10 o'clock), and I have some other things to attend to...facebook. Just one more week down here in NOLA with the RSD, and then its off to Baton Rouge to build some houses. Sounds like the project will be a lot more structured, but hopefully I will be able to provide ya'll with the same witty commentary about my life as always.
peace, love, and burritos!
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