Helloooooooo!
I feel like I've been super busy since the last time I posted! Friday night at the Boys and Girls Club was a lot of fun. Other B&GC from around Denver all brought their teenagers to the one that I was at for a teen dance. We even tried to dance with them, but we werent very successful! We also played some basketball with some boys, made some lanyarns with some younger girls, and some xbox kinect, it was neat! That counted for 4 of my 80 hours for ISP. On saturday a group of us went to Lifeline Puppy Rescue. It was pretty far from campus, and seemed a little sketchy as we pulled up. But it ended up being a lot of fun. I scooped poop out of a lot of kennels, spread gravel, moved some brush piles, unloaded dog food, walked a puppy with weak legs, and played with a of puppies :) And that gave us 6 hours, I'm up to 10 already! And I may be going back to Boys and Girls Club tomorrow night for like 3 hours just to hang out with the kids. I really want to knock out these hours as quick as I can since we have a pretty good amount of freetime here in Denver during CTI.
On Sunday my friend Jessica and I went into the city. Jess is from a super small town in upstate New York, so we understand each other a lot. We were proud when we successfully took the bus to the lightrail station, and the lightrail station all the way to downtown Denver. There is a HUGE outdoor mall that we walked around with multiple levels. Some stores were familiar and some werent, but we had a blast just exploring...and I also got a headstart on my Christmas shopping!! We were also proud when we made it all the way back to campus without getting lost :)
Yesterday (Monday) we got our steeltoe boots!! I feel like such a badass when I wear them! hahaha. Most people complain about them, and I'm sure I will eventually because we will be wearing them alllllllll the time when were on project, but for now I totally dig them! Other than that we just did more training. But today my team got to do a service project all day at The Food Bank of the Rockies! For some reason, when I heard we were going to a food bank I kept picturing a soup kitchen instead. I thought we'd be serving homeless people lunch...but when we walked in it was a HUGE warehouse stocked full of packages of food. I was a little nervous about how I'd like it, but I ended up LOVING it!! I worked for a guy who was in charge of the Nutrition Network. Bascially, after school programs, community centers, and schools from around Denver would come to our loading dock with a bulk food order, and we would fill that order either on a cart or on a palate (I have no idea if I spelled that right). The whole point was to get food to kids that didn't get much food at home. The schools that came were part of a "backpack" program. If teachers could tell that the kids with free and reduced lunches didn't have food at home, they would send them home with tote bags, backapacks, etc. full of food on Friday so that they would have food for the weekend, because hunger doesn't stop on the weekend! Anyways, I felt super lucky that my team went to the food bank. And it's also just another reminder that I shouldn't be quick to judge things right away, I came in all worried and when we left I didn't even want to leave!!
The rest of the week will be more training and exploration time, and on Friday we FINALLY find out our permanent teams and where we will be going for our first project!! We are all getting so anxious to just find out already!! Other than that everything's going great...I made a hula hoop last night so I've been practicing my tricks. I'm getting closer to a lot of people which eases my nerves a little bit about the team selection, I know I'll wind up with at least a few people I like! I miss everyone at home...but I'm still having a hell of a time!!
Love,
Abby :)
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