It was strange when everyone came back from shuffle round and moved back in to the dorms. It felt like they had invaded our personal living space. I had to really clean my room because I had taken over Mel's side of the room. The hardest of all was moving my bed back to make room for Mel. I liked having a room to myself even if it was creepy at times. Don't get me wrong I was really happy to see everyone again and to be back on my permanent team. This transition week was really no different than the last two. On Sunday Kristy, Ellen, and I went downtown to the Cinco De Mayo Festival. It was held in the streets and park across from the state capital building. There was music, food and dancing. We each got henna tattoos on our arms that lasted a little over two weeks.
On Wednesday of that week the Corps took part in a life after AmeriCorps day. This is where I came to the conclusion that I in addition to teaching I also want to explore the idea of environmental education. I think it would be inserting and fun to work at a nature center or other non-profit in education. On Friday of that week we took all corps photos in the shape of an A. This is where Daniel told us that we would be doing disaster relief in Corinth, MS. At first we didn't believe him but it turned out to be true. I then spent the rest of the morning at the state capital for the the Colorado AmeriCorps Awards given by the Governor. For lunch we had a very good cook out outside that cafeteria. That afternoon as a team we participated in a decathlon against the other teams. We played basketball and ultimate Frisbee, participated in different team building activities before it got rained out. We left for MS a little later than everyone else because we had to be fitted for respirators in order to do mucking with mold. It took three long days to get to MS.
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