Took my chevy to the levy

Hey all, I'm sorry it has been 10 days since my last post. Things have been uber crazy here the last two weeks. I have officially wrapped up family week and father/son week. Family week I had 75 people here total, and I was training Steph, my new partner. Essentially I was on my own. Steph was great though, she jumped right in. I got rave reviews from the groups from family week. So much so, that now my boss is begging me to stay longer. As for father/son week, it proved to be a little more of a challenge. I had one group leave early because they felt like they were standing around on the site too much. But they should have brought that up with the construction assistant because if they were standing too much they would have been sent to another site.

We dedicated miss Victory's house yesterday which was amazing! That woman has been though so much in the last 4 years that it is about time she gets her house completed and back.

As for me, I'm struggling a bit. I am definitely not getting enough time to myself. I miss Jessie, there is something about that friend that puts perspective on life for me. I turned in an application to Northern Illinois University this week, and got all my transcripts sent out. Some how I didn't miss the deadline, and I didn't miss FAFSA's deadline either for fall. So I'm trying to get in as a post-bac, for the teacher cert program. If I don't get in then I am going to come back down here for the fall and continue doing this job. I feel very good about these decisions. I've been stressed out all week over them, but putting up some guidelines helps. If I get into NIU, it is going to be a crazy Aug. I'm leaving here on Aug 10th spending 10 days with Jessie, then heading home for Leslie's wedding. If I get into NIU, then I'm driving to NIU after the wedding, if I don't get into NIU, then I'm spending part of Sept. home, then I'll fly back down to NOLA.

I pray that I get answers on directions quickly. I can only hold off my boss for so long. But I'm thinking of packing and what I can start sending back home ahead of me. But July will prove to be a little more relaxing with a couple of weeks off from volunteers. Well, I need to go eat, and do laundry, and clean this messy trailer.