Kountze, TX
One day of work left. It almost seems unreal after so long, but it's the truth: tomorrow, November 3rd, is our last day of work for this project, and thus the entire Americorps program. It's not over YET, however; on Wednesday, we will be driving to Austin to meet the new team from Class 15 that will be taking over for us. Our return to Denver will take place this Saturday. The end is within sight; one more week of travel and confusion before the last two weeks of out-processing. God, I cannot wait. I was a bit sad to leave my first project in New Orleans, I was a bit sad to leave the cool people in Indiana and Copper Harbor. This time, I'm not sad at all. Our work has dwindled over the last week or so, and we have moved into the front hall of the local firehouse. The firefighters and the Red Cross volunteers have been amazing (especially a gregarious Connecticut-ian named Joe who happens to be a brilliant cook...THANKS JOE!) but there are two teams (total of 17 people) living in a really small room and sharing two port-a-johns and one shower, so I'm quite excited to get back to a hotel.
Random sports-related thought of the week:
Okay, I know the NFL is a copycat league. The Ravens took the Wildcat formation to a new level last week by sending Joe Flacco deep, which resulted in a 43-yard catch. Today, the Chiefs one-upped that by throwing a touchdown pass to quarterback Tyler Thigpen. I'll admit, it's novel (in the NFL, anyway) but I won't be really impressed until they hit Peyton Manning on a go route. Just sayin'.
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2 comments:
hey there, water 5 or Hydro 5 from denver here...the living conditions sound awful. we're not sure what ours will be. we heard about a "tent city" and some extended stay hotels. but as we're on our way to austin now, we know we're here to replace u guys and get trained by FEMA for a week. after that, it's F to the E: flexible. so excited to see u and take ur place so u can get the heck outta there!
Ah, hi ya doing. I cannot honestly see what they'll have you doing if you directly replace us; the work has trailed off pretty quickly. That might change in a week or so, but we spent a lot of the last two weeks sitting around. Austin's nice, they're putting everybody in a pretty cool hotel. Don't get used to it though; if you do move up here, you'll probably be in the firehouse. The firefighters are cool, but there's no room and you'll probably need a list taped up outside the bathroom door so that everybody can get a shower. NCCC's not as bad as I've made it seem in the blog; I'm just a bit burnt out on it after ten months. Hopefully I'll see ya at the hotel in Austin, we should hang out!
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