It has been four days since the last time I posted on here, but it doesn’t feel like it has been that long. Time seems to fly by here, they call it Ameritime. Anyway Thursday was our snow day and I went with four friends to downtown Denver. We walked around and went into a few shops all the while it continued to snow. What they say about the weather here is right because Friday the snow stopped and the sun came out. Friday the whole corps went rock climbing at two different gyms. I had a blast. The first time I went up I was nervous but I just kept telling myself that I could make it to the top and I did! The second time I climbed I was much more comfortable and got to the top rather quickly. That afternoon the Water Unit did tool training, which wasn’t much. The TLs just showed us what certain tools were and how to use them. We were also showed the proper way to handle them. Friday night was also the campus Halloween party. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a costume so I dressed up as an 80’s dancer with what I had in my wardrobe and a couple items borrowed from friends. The party reminded me of being at a high school dance strobe light and all, but it was fun. I added photos from Halloween to the CTI album so you can see me in my costume.
Saturday was Halloween and I got to sleep in! Sleeping in felt great and was greatly needed. My roomy was making a run to Wal-Mart and goodwill to get something for her costume, so I tagged along. I tried to buy some fresh veges and fruit at Wal-Mart but it wasn’t a super store so I wasn’t able to. I did however pick up some yogurt, bagels, and cream cheese to supplement the food in the cafeteria. At Goodwill I bought a gray sweat shirt to go with my costume to wear to the Children’s Museum. All I had was a short sleeve shirt for my costume and I figured it would get colder outside as the night went on and wearing a coat would ruin the look. I went with a group of about 13 other people from both the Water and Fire Units to do ISP at the Denver Children’s Museum Trick or Treat Street festival. I worked the stroller parking and the art room. For stroller parking I sat with two guys from AmeriCorps NCC and watched the strollers that were left with us. In the art room, I cleaned up after the kids painted and helped them find things to draw with. After the event was over we helped take down the festival. Over all I had a really fun time and we got really good food for dinner which is a major plus! When we got back to the dorms a few of us watched Hocus Pocus, great movie, to end the night.
Today I went hiking with about 50 other corps members at Chautauqua. Chautauqua is right outside of bolder. A small group of us hiked about 1 ½ miles up or so. The views from where we finally stopped were amazing. You could see for miles and miles in every direction. We hiked for about 2 ½ hours and had an interesting time. Parts of the trail were very snow covered and at one point we bush wacked through the woods because we lost the trail. Tomorrow training starts up again, another 8am wake up call. Thursday we get assigned our permanent teams and find out our first project sometime around then which should be interesting.
Saturday was Halloween and I got to sleep in! Sleeping in felt great and was greatly needed. My roomy was making a run to Wal-Mart and goodwill to get something for her costume, so I tagged along. I tried to buy some fresh veges and fruit at Wal-Mart but it wasn’t a super store so I wasn’t able to. I did however pick up some yogurt, bagels, and cream cheese to supplement the food in the cafeteria. At Goodwill I bought a gray sweat shirt to go with my costume to wear to the Children’s Museum. All I had was a short sleeve shirt for my costume and I figured it would get colder outside as the night went on and wearing a coat would ruin the look. I went with a group of about 13 other people from both the Water and Fire Units to do ISP at the Denver Children’s Museum Trick or Treat Street festival. I worked the stroller parking and the art room. For stroller parking I sat with two guys from AmeriCorps NCC and watched the strollers that were left with us. In the art room, I cleaned up after the kids painted and helped them find things to draw with. After the event was over we helped take down the festival. Over all I had a really fun time and we got really good food for dinner which is a major plus! When we got back to the dorms a few of us watched Hocus Pocus, great movie, to end the night.
Today I went hiking with about 50 other corps members at Chautauqua. Chautauqua is right outside of bolder. A small group of us hiked about 1 ½ miles up or so. The views from where we finally stopped were amazing. You could see for miles and miles in every direction. We hiked for about 2 ½ hours and had an interesting time. Parts of the trail were very snow covered and at one point we bush wacked through the woods because we lost the trail. Tomorrow training starts up again, another 8am wake up call. Thursday we get assigned our permanent teams and find out our first project sometime around then which should be interesting.
Love the Halloween costume!...looks like you all had a blast. All I can say is that I am so proud of all you are doing and the new and challenging things you are trying! Love Mom
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