I’m writing in my blog tonight, because tomorrow I’m going on a longggg journey. Well, maybe not that long. But in any case I’ll be gone for the weekend and therefore won’t have the opportunity to write on Sunday.
Where am I going, you ask? Well, two of my roommates and I are flying down to San Diego early in the morning (as in we’ll be leaving around 4:30 in the am). We’re picking up my one r’mates car and driving it up the pacific coast back to Seattle. Not much time to site-see; as I said, it’s a longggg journey, and we’re doing it in about 2 days. Yikes. But, it’s sure to be crazy and fun and I’m excited :)
See next week to hear details about what went down.
As for this week, well, it was kinda crazy. I worked long hours on Saturday AND Monday. Saturday was Opening Day for the Heroes programs (that’s the service learning group I run for high schoolers, plus the one for middle school). It was kind of a big deal. Mayor was there and other important folks. The opening ceremony rocked. The actual service was crazy and chaotic. Four people were in charge of running it and putting it together, and two of them left City Year after break (yikes), including one who was heading up that day (double yikes). But the two remaining folks really stepped up and worked their asses off (as did we all), and all things considered it went well.
Monday was MLK Day and a bit less chaotic. We were working with mostly older volunteers and much fewer of them, which made things way more manageable. I got to work with/meet/receive an autograph on a piece of masking tape from Chad Stokes, lead singer of DISPATCH, and his new band Sate Radio. Then on Tuesday I got to go to a State Radio concert for free (sure, I had to panhandle for City Year a bit…but for a free concert? So worth it).
The rest of the week was much more low key, but I was exhausted for all of it. I stayed home on Thursday, and that helped a lot. Now I’m about to embark on this long-ass adventure, which is sure to be full of more exhaustion, but I’m ready and excited to meet it :)
But not really…I haven’t even packed yet. Which makes me think I should prolly stop writing and get to work so I can also get to sleep. But I hope you all are well and have a lovely (and hopefully less crazy) weekend.
OH, one more thing, PS…this evening I was sitting up on my roof (I do that…a lot), taking in the AMAZING view of the skyline—just west of busy I-5, lights twinkling down on Lake Union, planes buzzing in the sky, and clouds rolling in from the mountains in the west—and I got to thinking about how lucky I really am. I get to look at this sight—so familiar, yet so surreal—from on top of my home, straddling the roof and sipping my wine. Amazing really. Something to see, for sure. Something more to experience. Lucky me.
Currently listening to: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7tupr_sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come_webcam
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