Hi everyone!
I apologize for not posting sooner, but I have been crazy busy! The past two weeks have been a complete whirl-wind! Last Friday, October 1st was our Opening Day and my dad came in town for it :) It was the best weekend! I truly loved every bit of it. I got to perform on PT crew and led the whole audience and corps in a PT move along with 4 other corps members. Also, my team chant that we made to earn our uniforms was chosen to perform on Opening Day with 3 other teams! Therefore...I got really lucky and had the best time leading the group! I also was interviewed by Comcast (a huge sponsor of ours) for their video about us...I will get the link to you all as soon as I get it!
But due to it being almost 8 on Monday night and I need some sleep for the week I am going to be rather quick...
So my dad was truly inspired by our opening day and it made me so proud because that is the exact purpose of City Year Opening Day and doing PT in public places (Freedom Plaza in this case). That afternoon I took my Dad on the A2 bus around SE DC to check out the area I worked in and he got to see the school. I wanted to take him while I was still in uniform because I get a lot more respect in it. That night he took me and some of my good girl friends out to dinner in Chinatown and we all had a blast drinking wine and cracking up! It was so cool to share my life here with my dad and my dad with my friends!
Saturday we went to the AIDS walk with City Year and the HOPE team (our HIV/AIDS Outreach Prevention Education team) was very pleased to see us both there! It was a good way to see the National Mall and support a good cause. From there we went to the Newseum and spent 4 hours throughout the 6 floors. It was an incredible museum that had a floor dedicated to Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, and even a big section of the Berlin Wall. This museum was very different from most and you were able to see the struggle between being a reporter and a human being in times of crisis. After the newseum we spent some time near the Capitol and the Supreme Court. I still can't believe I live here! That night we had dinner with one of my best friends, Jeffrey, and his parents and cousin in Dupont Circle. You should have seen me and my liberal dad with a southern conservative family! It was a very funny and fun night!
Sunday we got up and had breakfast in Union Station to see the beautiful architecture. From there we went to the White House, FDR memorial, and Jefferson Memorial (both of which are off the mall), but we found the FDR one to be very relevant to a time like this. We spent the last couple hours together at the Air and Space Museum (part of the Smithsonian) and learned about early flight. I definitely have a lot of museums to keep chipping away at!
After a sad goodbye I headed out to Crystal City to spend time with my CY family and not feel so homesick. Last week was crazy once again. I am getting very run down and struggling not to get sick, but spent most of the weekend resting. I am starting to see my students reaching out for me rather than pushing me away. One of my favorites was absent on Thursday, but Friday morning the second she saw me ran up and gave me a hug. I'm getting really invested in them!
In between rest I went to cheer on the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer walk yesterday morning on their last leg as they passed through Dupont Circle and luckily I have Toni Marie in town for medical school that we could celebrate the Marians in us and go all out and enjoy! We missed you girls!
That afternoon I met up with my friends Gabby and Emmy and we had brunch in Georgetown and then went canoeing on the river for an hour. It was such a beautiful day! We laughed so hard and Gabby and I paddled in CY style using special counts and terminology from PT. We decided we should start a CY crew team!
Alright, I gotta cut this short because I just remembered I still need to pack my lunch for tomorrow, but I miss you all and would love to hear how you all are doing as well :)
Goodnight,
Strict Ms. Sam
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