Transition time

We were in a Vermont newspaper! the article is here... check it out. it will tell a lil more about what we were doing in Vermont.

http://www.denpubs.com/Articles-c-2009-06-02-59709.113116-sub_AmeriCorps_planting_trees_in_Rutland_County.html

I am now back at Perry Point and getting ready for D.C. We are doing a bunch of trainings before working with kids ages 14-17 that are employeed by the Summer of Service program. The three teams doing this project are now on a different schedule than the rest of the Corps. We have a different summer break. Ours will be for two weeks at the end of the summer, so i booked a flight to San Diego with Beth and we are staying at Chris's house and hostels. it should be a fun time. The tickets were so cheap we couldn't pass that one up.

The three teams that are working together all got switched around. They decided to pair us up with other team members. So I now have a temporary new team for two months. AmeriCorps is crazy. We are still wondering about housing because it is up in the air and we leave on Wednesday. My team may just be living out of a govy van. or at Beth's parents' house in D.C. for two months. Maybe we will get permission to camp out on the white house lawn....who knows. Our sponsors did mention that there will probably be VIPs that work with us because this project is a huge thing for the city. They casually dropped that the president may have shown interest, as well as a bunch of other people. So that's exciting. Joe is my co-crew leader. We will have 10 crew members. Our project will involve working with young kids. More about this project once we actually know what's going on. Other teams have projects such as gardening and beautification of different areas of D.C. All we know is that this is the first year of them trying this out and it is going to be insane and chaotic. I can't wait.

This past weekend we went to what is known as the "Hon Fest." It is a festival in Baltimore where people dress up like they are in the 50s. It feels like u just walked onto the set of a John Waters film. They actually have a place at the fest

 where u can pay to get your hair in a beehive! So Chloe and I decided we needed to go do this. Doug drove us and he dresses like a greaser on a daily basis, so this was a perfect festival for him. There were many amusing moments from this day. We were scouted and asked to partake in a photo shoot, Doug was hit on by this crazy older woman who bought him beer all day, Chloe and I were asked to assist with the Maryland Lottery on stage (which aired live and no one saw it unfortunately!), and were were constantly being asked by strangers if they could take our picture. Basically we were famous for a day. It was great!