Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderdul Christmas and Winter Break! Many AmeriCorps Members, including myself, went home to their families for the holidays. I had a great time reuniting with my close and extended family, and was especially excited to see my little brothers! They grow up too fast- seriously they need to stop growing.
As of a few days ago, we are back in Vicksburg Mississippi, getting ready for leaving for our next SPIKE, which is in New York City. We are leaving for Brooklyn tomorrow morning in our 15 Passenger van. Today we had our Clearance Meeting which is when each team presents on what they are going to do on their next SPIKE. Our team will be working at a Disaster Recovery Center (though this one is not in a tent! yay!) and living in an extended stay hotel.
I have a new team member! A few days ago, staff decided to take a member from teams that had a lot of people and tranfer them to a smaller teams so that the teams would be more even. We got a guy named Zack, who I am somewhat familiar with, so I'm excited that he is now on Ocean 7 with us!
Our team leader is being a bit stricter on the amount of stuff we are allowed to bring on our SPIKE, which is a good thing because I always bring too much stuff. I managed to pack everything I need (plus a little extra) in two bags; my red bag and my black backpack. Of course I will also be bringing a sleeping bag, pillow, and my government laptop which I will most likely be using at "work" everyday.
More good news is that I now have the appropraite clothing for cold weather. When we were deployed to New York for Sandy we were in Georgia at the time and had no idea we were going to be serving somewhere so cold because New York in technically not in the Southern Region.
Other than having a slight cough/cold, things are going well here.
Wish us luck for traveling to Tennesee tomorrow on our way to NYC!
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