The wait is over, I have been assigned to my permanent team and know where I am going for the first spike. We were all assigned to teams yesterday afternoon. The team leaders turned it into a scavenger hunt that took about 40 min to finish. Everyone in Water Unit started out in one room and were each given a slip of paper that had the first clue. My first clue was “LSAT, GRE, SAT, JOB” which pointed me to the resource room on the second floor of Walsh Hall. When I arrived there was a team Leader sitting on a chair with a mask over their face so you could not see who they where and Alann, the Water Unit Leader, handed me another slip of paper that lead to a new spot. Total I received five clues that lead me to what I thought to be my team and TL. When I got there we all thought it was a bit strange because there were fourteen people standing around when we knew that no more than twelve would be on one team. When the TL took off the mask and blanket we saw that it was Ashley. I was not too surprised because we had all guessed that she was the TL because Ian was there along with the cameras from Dateline. For those of you who don’t know Dateline is doing a one hour segment on AmeriCorps NCCC, specifically focusing on one TL Ashley and one CM Ian along with the rest of their team for the first project. Dateline followed Ashley and Ian from their homes to here. They have also been filming all of Water Unit during CTI so I too could be famous. The segment will be airing sometime this winter as far as I know. So when I saw that Ashley was under the blanket I had mixed emotions because I like Ashley but I really was not sure I wanted to be followed around by cameras for the next month. But in the end it turned out to be a non issue because Ashley started to laugh and pulled out an envelope with another clue in it.
That clue lead me to the lookout hill on campus where Daniel another team leader was sitting on the ground. By this time we were very skeptical about what was going on and weren’t sure if this was going to our final team. It also didn’t help that while we were asking Daniel if this was our final team he had a smirk on his face. In the end, it turned out to be our final team which I was happy about because I was tired of the anticipation leading up to it all. There are eleven people not including Daniel on my team, three guys and eight girls. My roommate and I are on the same team, which was a surprise. I am happy with the different people on my team and think we are going to have a fun first spike round. Speaking of the first round project, I am going to New Orleans. We will be working with Rebuilding Together New Orleans. Rebuilding Together restores and revitalizes houses affected by Hurricane Katrina and preserving the historic neighborhoods in the area. While we are there for the next month my team will be living in our own three bedroom, two bathroom house. Daniel will have his own room and the other eleven of us will be sharing two rooms. Hopefully the rooms are decent size, but either way it will be an adventure. I am excited about the fact that we get to cook our own meals! I can make veges that aren’t over cooked. I am also excited about the prospect of getting fresh seafood and going to some local restaurants in the area. If anyone knows of a place I should visit while I am down there just let me know.
In other news, we had a fire drill at 5:35 am on Tuesday. When we first got here we were told that the alarm was loud, annoying and they were not kidding! The screeching sound of a fire alarm is not on my top ten list of ways I want to be woken up. By the time we were allowed to go back in it was five of six and on a normal morning my alarm would be going off in another half hour at 6:30. So I lost almost an hour of sleep which I was not happy about. Tuesday for training the Water Unit did Adult CPR and First Aid training, so now I am certified by the Red Cross to save people. Wednesday night a group of us went and had Thai food at a local restaurant, which was a nice break from the cafeteria food. I enjoyed myself and the food was really good. Thursday before we found out our teams the Water Unit went bowling in the morning. I bowled a 76 and a 67 so not my best, but I had a blast anyway. In the afternoon, we all went to Washington Park and stayed for the afternoon playing games and relaxing. Pat had his slack line out and I got up and stayed up for about a second without holding onto anyone. Friday we had meetings for the different team positions. I am the ISP coordinator with Shannon. We will find places to do ISP for our team. I am also a food shopper with Pat. Over all it has been a enjoyable last couple of days.
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