2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 7
~Friday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: A productive final day on site, and reflections of the week
Month: March 2011
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 6
~Thursday~ We had three blog entries for our team today: Penned by yours truly: Let there be walls! and Penned by two of our students: Victoria and Miriam work with Kenneth and A photo essay of an exciting Thursday for Alicia… and us!
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 5
~Wednesday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: Building character while building walls Today, for posterity, I captured a list of challenges that we had on this trip, specifically up to today: We arrived to a driving rain and tornado warnings that made our 20-minute drive to the place we were staying take an hour … Read more
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 4
~Tuesday~ We had two blog entries for our team today: One with the animals today, and starting Habitat service tomorrow Our Tuesday’s safari pics as promised
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 3
~Monday~ We had three blog entries for our team today: Penned by yours truly: Monday brings Katrina artifacts, rebuilding, and beads! Penned by one of our students: More Monday: lessons of life Penned by one of our students: One more Monday minute: Here with amazing people We went on a swamp tour today and at … Read more
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 2
~Sunday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: A Katrina-focused Sunday amidst a Mardi Gras backdrop. Some observations and memories that I captured, but did not put in the team blog: I stuck my head in the second bedroom, where 10 people were sleeping, turned on that light and said, “It’s 8:30 and we’re trying … Read more
2011 Alternative Spring Break Gulf Coast—Day 1
~Saturday~ I can’t keep up both my personal blog and the team blog while I’m on this trip, so each of my daily entries will just point to the team’s blog update for that day. See the team’s blog for today’s entry: Gulf Coast team arrives safely in New Orleans and Saturday Evening: shopping, dining, … Read more
Carcapades, kaffee klatsch, getting ’em all cut, and packing for New Orleans…
~Friday~ Uncharacteristically, I woke up in the middle of the night. It was just before 3:00, and about a minute after I woke up there was this loud pop outside and then my power blinked off and back on. It was just long enough to reset my clock, whose 72-point font was blinking a bright … Read more
Bad bus breath, tinny Eminem & Rihanna, lost in the library, and catching up on Glee…
~Thursday~ I drove over to Gorman and Avent Ferry and caught the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus at 8:03. Someone sitting next to me had the worst breath ever. They couldn’t possibly have brushed their teeth before they left home this morning. “Officer Thomas” stood next to me—an ROTC guy in his camouflage outfit with … Read more
Killing time in the morning, bringing Lacks back, and two-stepping with Ian…
~Wednesday~ I was ready to leave for work at 7:55, but I really didn’t want to drive my car to the Wolfline stop, so I killed time by making moves in the four online Scrabble games I’m in the midst of, before heading to the bus stop at 8:16. I waited on the sunny side … Read more