Hello!!!! So first things first, we know what we're doing for our next project when we return from Christmas break. Our team will be going to Wichita, TX which is in nothern Texas on the Oklahoma border, and....we will....be doing taxes...yes I said my community service with AmeriCorps for 6-8 weeks will be doing TAXES! while others are out building houses and building trails...we will be sitting inside (once again inside may I add) and do taxes. Ok, yes I am a person who enjoys computer junk and math, but it wasn't what I was looking to do when I came into this program, ya know? But I will of course make the best of it. So to find out who gets what project there is a lottery, there are 28 teams, and we got number....28...so we got everyones leftover choice and had no option whatsoever in what we are doing.
BUT anyway, I've had a good week so far, each week seems to get easier because I get more comfortable with the hospital atmosphere and going into patients rooms. I had the best thing happen, I was getting ready to go do my last shift 3-5 in the rehab unit when my supervisor in the infant toddler unit asked me "how would you like to hold a 6 week old baby??" A mother had to leave to go pick her mother up and someone needed to stay with the baby AND I GOT TO! she was a gorgeous little thing that slept the whole time and it made me so happy!! I got some quiet time and got to hang out with a sweetie by myself so it was a nice relaxing afternoon!! And I'm making progress in the patients recognizing me and getting excited to see me and that feels awesome!! For our individual service hours we helped with what they call the Festival of Trees where they decorate trees really pretty and have a silent auction and sell a bunch of things including the trees and that was fun to see all the trees. This weekend we are helping with some thing where people can take their pictures with a dog? or santa? I don't know, and then we're also helping with a parade that day to get a bunch of hours! Then I think Sunday we will go hiking at Pinnacle Mountain here in Arkansas.
I'm a dummy and didn't upload my pictures yet but on Sunday we went ice skating downtown and went walking across a bridge and I got some sweet pictures. I promise to add them as soon as I remember to upload them!!!
17 days!!! I can't wait!!!! hope all is well, I am doing great and enjoying being here, but of course there are little tweaks here and there that are driving me crazy but that's because I'm such a weirdo and let things get to me, but I am trying my hardest to not let that happen! Love to all!
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