Hey y'all,
my "are you married?/ do you have any kids" tallie is at 3... not bad for just set up week.
Volunteers arrive tomorrow and I am hoping they have a safe journey. They sound super sweet so I am excited. We have all of our projects picked out and have 2 more homes to sign this morning but then we are done with that! The plan today is to finish setting up our center (clean) and to write our work orders and find our 30' rock jump into the painstville lake. wish us luck!!!!
Life is good although I think we are all a little tired, me included. AND I strongly dislike long range plans , sigh I will get them done though.. I hope
See you on the flip side. with volunteers. tomorrow. ahhh!!
Saturday, June 6
Thursday, June 4
Magoffin County KY
So, day 5 in Magoffin County, and things are going really well.
My staff is meshing really well together and I already know that I can rely on any of them any time to do what needs to get done which is really great.
We have a few of our projects picked out, but they have been really tough decisions. Magoffin County has a lot of need especially because recently there was a lot of flooding, but no FEMA money is coming in to help people with the damage to their homes. It has put a lot of pressure on us to take on very difficult projects, but I know that we will be able to pull through and do the best we can to help as many people as we can.
but other than that we are doing really well, and you can send me any mail (i love getting mail) at ASP-Jenny Lillie
General Delivery
Falcon KY 41465
Volunteers in 3 days!!!
My staff is meshing really well together and I already know that I can rely on any of them any time to do what needs to get done which is really great.
We have a few of our projects picked out, but they have been really tough decisions. Magoffin County has a lot of need especially because recently there was a lot of flooding, but no FEMA money is coming in to help people with the damage to their homes. It has put a lot of pressure on us to take on very difficult projects, but I know that we will be able to pull through and do the best we can to help as many people as we can.
but other than that we are doing really well, and you can send me any mail (i love getting mail) at ASP-Jenny Lillie
General Delivery
Falcon KY 41465
Volunteers in 3 days!!!
Monday, May 25
I LOVE MY STAFF!!!
OK SO.. finally got my staff on Saturday night, and I am SO excited. My returner is Brendan Murphy, my first years are Jackie Glace and Catie Brist. They are all the bomb.com.
I have more training this week. But so far it has been awesome. I really like all of the people on the porch and MY county is going to be amaaazing.
More updates to come!!
I have more training this week. But so far it has been awesome. I really like all of the people on the porch and MY county is going to be amaaazing.
More updates to come!!
Friday, May 15
Hello from the Porch
SUMMER!!!
About freaking time right??
well made it back from New Zealand and somehow made my way down to Jonesville Va, I don't remember some of the drive.. but I survived and have already played my first game of Euchre!!! (yay!! bliss!!)
Tomorrow on the schedule I have a brush up on construction session at 8 and then two Initial Home Visits for practice!! yessss!!!!!!! I am so excited to get right back into the swing of things!!
I have heard back from a few of my volunteer groups for this summer and they sound way awesome, and Ive been talking to a girl who was in my county last summer and she said that my new location in the county is fabulous and there will be somegood projects in my area.
I also stopped at happy mart and had my first peanut butter shake. awesome..
that is about all that is going on in my neck of the woods and i hope that ill have something more exciting to write about in the future.
peace love and construction
About freaking time right??
well made it back from New Zealand and somehow made my way down to Jonesville Va, I don't remember some of the drive.. but I survived and have already played my first game of Euchre!!! (yay!! bliss!!)
Tomorrow on the schedule I have a brush up on construction session at 8 and then two Initial Home Visits for practice!! yessss!!!!!!! I am so excited to get right back into the swing of things!!
I have heard back from a few of my volunteer groups for this summer and they sound way awesome, and Ive been talking to a girl who was in my county last summer and she said that my new location in the county is fabulous and there will be somegood projects in my area.
I also stopped at happy mart and had my first peanut butter shake. awesome..
that is about all that is going on in my neck of the woods and i hope that ill have something more exciting to write about in the future.
peace love and construction
Tuesday, April 28
my life is amazing
and by amazing i mean holy shit fuck what is going on...
all is well, sorta but lets just share some anecdotes of the past few days...
we are sitting in a separate booth on the train to picton, when at the next stop, this guy gets on and sits next to us the entire 4 hour trip.. even though there are a ton of empty seats elsewhere in the train car... how uncomfortable.
we get to the ferry station, go to the apex rental station to get the car, realize that we need to go to a different apex rental station a bout 5 minutes back the way we came, and finally get the car only to walk back to the ferry station to take the ferry to the north island (soon to be re-named, aint that just cute.)
at the hostel in wellington, Lisa, who is accustomed to wearing no underwear and we all accept her and understand decides to change into a pair of sweatpants while a room-mate who had just walked in was making her bed. Well. as soon as Lisa drops trou, the roommate turns around and starts walking in her direction (lisa was standing in front of the door) Lisa panicks, cant get her pants all the way off, cant put the other pair of pants back on... and the girl is trying to get otut the door. simply amazing. best awkward moment i have ever watched ever.
met our prof amy for tea whilst in wellington and that was simply the coolest conversation ive had with a teacher .. amys amazing!!
met up with michelle in palmerston north yesterday and met a whole bunch of people whom ill never see again.. and when i say meet, i mean awkwardly sitting in a room iwth cause they were not very social, haha, oh well i had fun.
today while we were hiking in maniwatu gorge, i hurt my knee again. ugh.
today while we were standing on the ballance bridge looking over the water in the maniwatu gorge lisa somehow unclipped the rental car keys from the chain and dropped them into the river. sigh... lol first we tried wading to find them and lisa almost died cause she went in too deep and almost got sucked in with the current. then we called the rental car agency who told us to call aaa, and finally 2 hours and $150 later a locksmith came and rescued us. yay! now we have two car keys. thank the lord.
finally, the place we are staying in right now is fabulous, $35 a night for a super plush living spce complete with pool table, tv in room as well as inthe common room, free internet, and super comfy beds. AMAAAZING. the perfect end to an oh so stressful day.
~always look on the bright side of dropping your car keys in the river~
PS Grilled cheese and avocado sandwiches rule.
all is well, sorta but lets just share some anecdotes of the past few days...
we are sitting in a separate booth on the train to picton, when at the next stop, this guy gets on and sits next to us the entire 4 hour trip.. even though there are a ton of empty seats elsewhere in the train car... how uncomfortable.
we get to the ferry station, go to the apex rental station to get the car, realize that we need to go to a different apex rental station a bout 5 minutes back the way we came, and finally get the car only to walk back to the ferry station to take the ferry to the north island (soon to be re-named, aint that just cute.)
at the hostel in wellington, Lisa, who is accustomed to wearing no underwear and we all accept her and understand decides to change into a pair of sweatpants while a room-mate who had just walked in was making her bed. Well. as soon as Lisa drops trou, the roommate turns around and starts walking in her direction (lisa was standing in front of the door) Lisa panicks, cant get her pants all the way off, cant put the other pair of pants back on... and the girl is trying to get otut the door. simply amazing. best awkward moment i have ever watched ever.
met our prof amy for tea whilst in wellington and that was simply the coolest conversation ive had with a teacher .. amys amazing!!
met up with michelle in palmerston north yesterday and met a whole bunch of people whom ill never see again.. and when i say meet, i mean awkwardly sitting in a room iwth cause they were not very social, haha, oh well i had fun.
today while we were hiking in maniwatu gorge, i hurt my knee again. ugh.
today while we were standing on the ballance bridge looking over the water in the maniwatu gorge lisa somehow unclipped the rental car keys from the chain and dropped them into the river. sigh... lol first we tried wading to find them and lisa almost died cause she went in too deep and almost got sucked in with the current. then we called the rental car agency who told us to call aaa, and finally 2 hours and $150 later a locksmith came and rescued us. yay! now we have two car keys. thank the lord.
finally, the place we are staying in right now is fabulous, $35 a night for a super plush living spce complete with pool table, tv in room as well as inthe common room, free internet, and super comfy beds. AMAAAZING. the perfect end to an oh so stressful day.
~always look on the bright side of dropping your car keys in the river~
PS Grilled cheese and avocado sandwiches rule.
Friday, April 24
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego?
Right so the plan for the next few weeks..
Last night in Christchurch tonight, tomorrow off to the train station bright and early, taking that to Picton, and then Ferrying our way over to Wellington and staying there for a few days.
Then we are heading to Palmerston North to visit our friend Michelle! yay!
THEN DUH DUH DUNNNNNN we are going to MT Taranaki... or as many of you know it... MOUNT DOOM!!! yes. Heidi and I are planning a reenactment of Sam and Frodo climbing up the mountain. I am not sure who is Sam and who is Frodo though. we shall figure it out. and hopefully Lisa will film it so everyone else can see :D
Then I think we are going to Rotorua and going zorbing/ sulfur pooling/ who knows?
On to the Bay of Plenty and Whakatangi.. or Fuckatangerine if you want to know how to pronounce it phonetically. i am not kidding. hopefully going to go sailing or fishing or lay on a beach or something while we are there :D hopefully maybe a colossal squid will wash up on shore.. that would be awesome.
Then from there we are looking at going past Auckland and exploring the pennisula..
Basically our plans are not set in stone at all. We have no passports. My credit card is expiring in like 5 days so ill be out of money, and there might be a strike for the flight attendants of the airline company that i need to take out of new zealand.
Basically. I am boned. BUT ITS AN ADVENTURE! my grandpa would be so proud of me..
will update when ive got time at an internet kiosk or something, til then wish me luck and don't play too much DND. you know who you are.
Last night in Christchurch tonight, tomorrow off to the train station bright and early, taking that to Picton, and then Ferrying our way over to Wellington and staying there for a few days.
Then we are heading to Palmerston North to visit our friend Michelle! yay!
THEN DUH DUH DUNNNNNN we are going to MT Taranaki... or as many of you know it... MOUNT DOOM!!! yes. Heidi and I are planning a reenactment of Sam and Frodo climbing up the mountain. I am not sure who is Sam and who is Frodo though. we shall figure it out. and hopefully Lisa will film it so everyone else can see :D
Then I think we are going to Rotorua and going zorbing/ sulfur pooling/ who knows?
On to the Bay of Plenty and Whakatangi.. or Fuckatangerine if you want to know how to pronounce it phonetically. i am not kidding. hopefully going to go sailing or fishing or lay on a beach or something while we are there :D hopefully maybe a colossal squid will wash up on shore.. that would be awesome.
Then from there we are looking at going past Auckland and exploring the pennisula..
Basically our plans are not set in stone at all. We have no passports. My credit card is expiring in like 5 days so ill be out of money, and there might be a strike for the flight attendants of the airline company that i need to take out of new zealand.
Basically. I am boned. BUT ITS AN ADVENTURE! my grandpa would be so proud of me..
will update when ive got time at an internet kiosk or something, til then wish me luck and don't play too much DND. you know who you are.
Sunday, April 19
21!
First things first, instead of second. I don't really understand that phrase, it is kind of redundant. anyway, thanks for the shout out tedsters lol. And thanks to Heidsters and Nickola for everything, you guys rock!
It was a happy birthday!
although... The first drink I consumed on my 21st birthday was bought for me by my 60 year old spaztastic professor. what does that say about me? lol at least it had rum in it!
I have a realized something in the past few days. one being I loathe stairs. They are okay in one or two story quantities. But if they involved over 500 stairs... I am done. count me out. no more.
I am also fairly decent at walking with crampons on. (forget the fact that I tripped about 5 times and nearly killed sam when I dropped my walking pole on her)
25 days until training starts (not counting may 9th which is going to be 48 hours long for me due to travel) and I am really excited!!! I can't wait to find out my staff and get going... ahh!!
that is all.
let them eat rice cakes
It was a happy birthday!
although... The first drink I consumed on my 21st birthday was bought for me by my 60 year old spaztastic professor. what does that say about me? lol at least it had rum in it!
I have a realized something in the past few days. one being I loathe stairs. They are okay in one or two story quantities. But if they involved over 500 stairs... I am done. count me out. no more.
I am also fairly decent at walking with crampons on. (forget the fact that I tripped about 5 times and nearly killed sam when I dropped my walking pole on her)
25 days until training starts (not counting may 9th which is going to be 48 hours long for me due to travel) and I am really excited!!! I can't wait to find out my staff and get going... ahh!!
that is all.
let them eat rice cakes
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