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Anyway, for the remainder of the weekend, I relaxed. Having two days off randomly on a Sunday and a Monday are great. I just can't wait to be a person next spike and have real weekends.
Tuesday, back to the grind. We FINALLY woke with the rising sun for PT. We did not sleep through alarms or fake sleep so we didn't have to get up. We did it. We ran a good 2.4 miles and did another stellar workout made by the PT coordinator, me. We then worked on the GreenLine with the Kirbmeister. He is still so cute. We did clearing the trail for a half day on one of the hottest days to date in Memphis. I, per usual, used the large power clippers because I am still jacked and awesome. We ended the day at noon and had a discussion with a man in town who works for a non-profit to learn the ropes of the housing system of Memphis. It was interesting. Our team went back to the hostel and did a reflection on diversity. It was interesting to see what our team thinks and how we work together. Once that was over, we had a cookout with all of the people who ran the ArtWalk. It was awesome. We went over positives and "even better ifs" of the whole event. We were praised for our hard work again and ate a ton of free food.
Wednesday we worked at Memphis Heritage clearing a storage unit in the Memphis Convention Center. There were chairs from an old theatre that we had to organize in an old, dusty, probably asbestos filled room. We, again, got free food. Score one for River 10. Once done with that, we headed back to the hostel where me and 4 other teammates got ready to head to the Red Birds minor league baseball game. It was Wet Your Whistle Wednesday at the ballpark and we did just that. Real fun to be one of probably 20 fans supporting the local young guys. Go Red Birds!
Thursday, we rose with the rising sun to do PT. And let me tell you, the sun came fast. We all struggled through a workout and thankfully we were doing windows at First Congo so we didn't have to leave. On this particular day, I successfully installed one full window and took out one full old window. It was HOT as all H-E-Double hockey sticks. But, I have come to realize, I love to sweat. I don't mind the heat that much anymore. Just gotta keep telling myself that. Before dinner, our sponsor Michael came to have a reflection with us. He brought along Professor McGowen from Rhodes College whom we had a reflection previously with. He is such an interesting man. We discussed our time in Memphis with Michael and gave him some feedback that he can use with the team coming here next round. Good stuff.
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Friday we were back at the windows. I put in 2 windows with Sam. We all were kind of low this day so it was good I felt productive. Not too much else to say about Friday except that we are glad it ended. Saturday we got to go into an alleyway in the VECA community to do some cleaning. Every site supervisor on this day kept telling us that there were copperhead snakes everywhere and that we needed to watch out. My anxiety was at it's full capacity over hearing the word snakes. Needless to say, I raked the most careful I ever have before. Garnet, the saint, was in charge of us for the day. Since it was 92 degrees she said she wanted us to work a half day. We ended at 11:30 where at this time, she bought us a HUGE lunch. It was awesome. I love free food.
One good thing about Friday was that we got our project application to review for Lorton Virginia! The project sounds unreal. We will be working and living in the national park where we will be blazing the trail. Our house is going to be AMAZING. It is a mansion overlooking a bay in the park. There are 18 beds, a full kitchen, a grill, decks, and the best description ever, there are 8 toilets. Not 8 bathrooms, 8 toilets. Weird phrasing. I will be utilizing each toilet at some point. It will be the biggest house I probably have and ever will live in in my life. I can't wait for this project and to be in a new location. AND I can't wait for Katie, Robyn, Caroline, and Kristen to come visit that first weekend! I am more than excited.
Anyway, Tuesday starts our last work "week" here in Memphis. We work Tuesday and Wednesday and that's all she wrote for the city of soul. Thursday is going to be used for cleaning, packing, and having a huge dinner with every site supervisor, hostel staff member, and our team (which is now down 2 team members). We travel back to Vicksburg Friday and will be there by 5pm and I am SO EXCITED! I miss my friends from other teams a lot and I am ready to see them all. Let's hope they're ready for me.
ALSO, shoutout to Dad-z on this one, today I went to Barnes and Noble. Yes, a book store. I was told I would love the book, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." I had that and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" in hand, found a comfy chair, and read the first 30 pages of each. I decided to BUY the wallflower book. I took it home and read 100 pages. I am a new woman. I will be reading the other book on spike 2. Check. Me. Out.
Well that's all from Memphis. I really miss everyone from home and I hope everyone is doing well. Hi Paul, so good to hear from you, bro.
Holla.
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