Sorry about being MIA

Sorry about not blogging lately. I have just been pretty busy lately. Since I last wrote I turned 24. I went out with my entire team and Cedar 4. I has a good time but I drank too much. Since then I have decided to stop drinking because no matter how much I drink I get sick. Also it doesn't draw me anymore. My teammates like to drink and like to get me to drink but I told them that I am no longer drinking.
I finished round 3 at Weed and Seed in Cedar Rapids finally. It was a long project that all of us were glad to see end. We had transition which was pretty busy. I had a bunch of meetings and trainings. It was really nice to see my friends that are on other teams. The people I was glad to see were my roommate Laura and my friend Laura. It turns out that my friend Laura from MA moved next door to me. But I had to put all of my things into storage which was a big production but I did it, thanks to the vacuum seal bags.
I forgot to tell you where I was going on my next project. My project is in Muncie Indiana which is about 60 miles from Indianapolis. I am going to be installing rain gardens. I will put a link connected to this that shows what rain gardens are and how to make them. I will also be working with the Roy. C Buley Center, which is a community center. There I will be at an after school program as well as planning and participating in a summer program.
I got to Muncie on Thursday April 29. We are living in the Daley apartments. For the 10 of us we have two apartments. They are in different buildings but the buildings are small kind of like condos. The apartment I am in is the 3 bedroom. The apartment has 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, a bid kitchen, a porch/deck, a free washer and drier in the apartment, and AC. I feel spoiled. The other apartment is the same but has 2 bedrooms. Currently we don't have a T.V. cable, or internet but our sponsor is working on getting Comcast to donate 6 weeks of free Internet and cable. Another small down fall is that we only have 1 key to each apartment so we are trying to work that out.
Our first full day Friday our sponsor Jason met us at our apartment at 9:00 which met we got to sleep in. We went to a park and talked to he could get to know us and played some ice breakers. Jason is an NCCC Alumni from 2000. So he knows how the program works. After that he took us on a driving tour of Muncie and also had us tour City Hall and we walked around town. Then we went back to the apartments to eat lunch. After that he took us on a tour of the water sanitation plant. It was really nice to see that because it plays into us working in the rain gradens. Then we went to the Buley Center and got to meet the kids we will be working with.
The best part of Friday was that our Sponsor and people in the community threw us a welcome party. They had a place cater the food. The major and some other big wigs came to see us. They gave us a bag of goodies which included a reusable shopping bag, a insulated shopping bag, a water bottle, a small rain catcher, a Muncie T-Shirt, and a bunch of other stuff. But then they presented us with tickets to a day at the Indi 500 which is amazing and that day we are going ZZ Top will be playing music. Another thing they gave us is a day of kayaking and canoeing on the white river, then also gave us tickets to a cultural museum, lastly they are giving us a dinner at the Texas Road House. But the best part of that was that we got treated like people and not just an extra pair of hands. They were really excited for us to come and told everyone in the community.
That night a bunch of us went to a local bar and I had my last drink. The next day we went to a local farmers market which was really good. I went to target to get a couple things then hung out at the apartment. At night Amy, Sarah, Jacob, Jim, and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Celtics Vs. Cavs play off game. I had a good time and could'nt finish my meal. Some people went back and played games but Sarah and I went back to read and sleep.
This morning I woke up around 10 and had some breakfast. Currently I am at a local coffee shop/resturant using the internet.
So those of you that know me are familiar with my fear of thunderstorms, tornadoes and all that bad weather. Well the second night we were here we had pretty bad storms and I was shaking in my bed. Then last night there were tornadoes in Arkansas that were possibly coming towards Ohio Valley and Indiana. I was freaking out and my teammates were making fun of me. I don't know if they realize how scared I am of those things. But it is good to know that I have people back home to make me feel better like Mom and Lauren. I wanted to thank you guys so much for the support and dealing with me freaking out from miles away last night.
Well things are going pretty well. I am hopefully going to be able to update this once or twice a week. I hope you guys are all doing well. I love you.