Spike 2:)

Adventure time, round two, New Year, new experiences, new people, and a new adventure in my life!! I just want to thank all my family and friends for this journey, for the support, the love and everything in between. I haven’t blogged in a while, I know, but I needed time for the right blog, I didn't want to produce anything but the truth and what came from my heart. I am on this AmeriCorps journey and it’s the most exciting and terrifying thing I have done yet!! Spike #2, drum roll…….we are working in New York City. Oh my goodness and no my life couldn’t get any better. So our lodging at the moment will not be in the city but an hour and a half out of NYC. So Camp Hope is where we are lodged for the time being. It is very nice; it has beds, showers, central heat, an oven and four burners that actually work, also we have a washer and a dryer. The commute to work is long but we make due. I actually changed my work to Public Assistance instead of mission support FDRC, which is what I did in Denver, Colorado. I wanted something different than what I did in Denver and I actually know little about PA, so I’m sure it will be interesting. I am working with some great people in PA, they always want to help me out and I am the only FEMA Corps working with them. All of the FEMA Corps work 4 days a week, 8am-4:00pm Monday through Thursday. I bring my lunch about everyday but there is a deli across the street which might be the best sandwich shop I have ever been to! We work on Queens Blvd so the food choices are endless. I have to say that I am in love with NYC; it is filled with so many interesting and wonderful opportunities. Today we made it in the city to church and we were late so we just rode the Staten Island Ferry and saw lady Liberty and stuffed our faces with pizza! WOW is she beautiful! I also can’t get enough PIZZA; I think I have had it about four times since I have been here. Friday we went to time square which was incredible, I never knew how big it was and of course we went shopping at the four stories FOREVER 21. Earlier Friday we strolled through Central park, and Grand Central Station. I am in awe every time I go into the city. We have almost mastered the train station, and we have gotten lost many times. I also want to commend myself on driving in NYC down town traffic without killing anyone. The people are so different than the people from Louisville, KY or Vicksburg, MS they are much louder, a little angrier but I have met some wonderful people on my journey and the people wear a lot of black. I have to say this has been the best AmeriCorps adventure yet! This Tuesday we are scheduled to go to the show The Doctors, so look for me in the audience, it will be showing the 22nd of January. My three weeks home, was the best three weeks of my life, I got to see most of my friends and family. I am so thankful for the three weeks because it just shows me the support I have and the fact that I need to graduate this program to show myself I can do anything. I was so happy to be able to go to South Carolina to see my McAllister family as I only get to see them a few times a year. Thank you all for the love and support!