second phase...summary?

Ok. I realize it's been 6 weeks since i wrote in this thing. Sorry.

I'm still at camp hope. we had a few weeks when we were at full capacity, 800 people. There are now 4 teams plus to STLs (support team leaders) living in my room. That means there are 30 girls in here. It's a lot. But i don't actually hate it. I have trouble dealing, i get overwhelmed, i've made a cave. But i don't hate it. Probably because it feels like camp. I'd hoped to get to know some of the volunteers living here, but my job has not lead me to really meet any volunteers, so that hasn't happened.

My job. I basically got my dream job as far as NCCC positions with St. Bernard Project go. I've been working with a crew as electricians. We go into houses before the drywall and insulation is up and do rough electric work. This sort of feels like i'm loading in a new show every day. except it's permanent and someone has to live here. but it's lots of crawling in attics, running wires, labeling, measuring. I'm pretty good at it. I'm slowly mastering the concept of 3 way switches.
The other thing we do is finish electric. Which means once the walls are up and painted and the floor is in, we go in and put in outlets and switches and light fixtures. We've become experts at assembling and mounting ceiling fans/lights because here in the south, every bedroom and living room gets a ceiling fan.


And now, this project is almost over. We actually leave wednesday. so in...5 days? Then sacramento for thursday and friday. Then spring break. i'm spending the weekend in san francisco, and flying to new york on monday. i'm pretty excited about the break.

Next phase, we're in biloxi, miss. we're working at an elementary school in reading/tutoring and at the afterschool program at the school.
It's going to be kind of strange because this phase we've had so much responsibility. Most of my team worked as site supervisors, and i was even in charge of rewiring a house for part of a week. Now to go be teacher's aides? It feels a little strange. It also feels strange because, while i understand that it's necessary, i wonder how it is for the kids having their support being different people who are thrown in and pulled out every couple months. And are they going to give us any training? I mean, i can help a kid with homework, but i don't really know anything about education, formally speaking. So it'll be interesting.
I hear we're living less than a mile from the beach. That's pretty cool. Living near the gulf in april and may? sounds kinda like paradise to me. And who knows, maybe i'll love the school.

sorry it's been so long. the work's been great, but i'm not gonna lie, it's been a rough phase. But my whole team is optimistic that it will get better.