well, today is memorial day and we had a MASSIVE lunch with all the good stuff- burgers, dogs, corn on the cob, watermellon, cherries, beans, chips, sweet tea and cake:) i'm so thankful for my little brother weldon and all he is doing for our country. soon he will leave for afghanistan and risk his life for our freedom and i am so proud to say he's my little brother.
for the past two weeks we've been in ruidoso, nm. it's been a big adventure! i've done a ton of trail work, spent a day making a garden at a local boys and girls club, cleaned up around the fort AND been caving (which was AMAZING!!!). i've had a great time here and can't believe how fast these two weeks went by. my next door neighbor is a local cop and he has a horse named tater so i've been able to ride him and i go visit him every day and brush him and give him peppermints and so that's a great break from everything. i'm more sad of leaving tater than leaving the city!
tomorrow morning we leave for white sands national monument in alamagordo, nm. we'll be there for one month camping and doing maintenance and trail work at the park. i've seen lots of pictures and it looks beautiful there. i've heard from locals that it's a good 20 to 30 degrees hotter there than it is here and you get burned easier so i've invested in more sun screen:)
i'm sure everyone knows about the storms in missouri. well, americorps nccc focuses on disaster relief so i've been informed by my team leader that if headquarters sends a call to my campus saying send teams then our team is at the top of the list to be sent. so far we don't know for sure if we'll go or not but the funds have been transferred to our account in order for the travel and hotel stays so my team leader says the chances are huge that we'll get sent. i'll let yall know as soon as i find out.
i can't believe i only have two more months in americorps. it's crazy how time flies!
hope all is well with everyone else
all my love
xoxo,
B
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