...Is Better Than The Way We Had It

Ever live in the midst of an epidemic? It's no fun. Apparently, the Denver Health Department has declared that our campus is the focal point of an epidemic of flu. Almost 1/4 of our Corps is infected, and we've all gotten free flu shots and prescriptions of Tamiflu. I've avoided it thus far though, so hopefully my immune system (which typically resembles that of an AIDS patient) has finally come through. The worst part isn't the illness though; it's the quarantine. Everybody who's been diagnosed has been forced to remain in their rooms for five days. Without internet, TV, and with a limited supply of palatable books...I would get cabin fever quite quickly.

This in-depth training that we're getting from Americorps is beginning to wear. Intellectually I understand the necessity of it; in order to accomplish the tasks that we might encounter over the next ten months, we're going to need to learn our assignments inside and out. That being said, there's a big part of me that wants to just grab a hammer and head down to New Orleans. Probably my chronic wanderlust acting up again.

In the unlikely event that anybody reads this damned thing, I can only get online very occasionally at places with free WiFi, since TLHU hit its heyday around 1930 or so and has gone steadily downhill ever since. For some reason, my cellphone is also having trouble finding reception, so don't call me either.