#41 " Take pride in how far you have come, have faith in how far youcan go."

       A lot has happened since the last time I blogged so I'll briefly go over the week before we left for the San Jose Family Camp. Monday was our last day of work in which we worked around an older mans house cutting down smaller trees, pulling brush and taking down an old rotted out porch. The day went a lot faster than planned so after work the team dropped me off at the fire safe council office so I could sharpen the saws after they were sharpened they came back to pick me up and when I got back we all had to deep clean the house. While people were finishing cleaning we also started to pack the van up to go back home. During this time Donna came back to pick up some of her tools and table that she had lent us; and to say her final goodbyes.
        Just wanted to say a quick and very appreciated thank you to our supervisor Donna for teaching us how to run a chainsaw and other various power tools. I always had a fun time working with you and I hope to see you again in the near future!
       Anyways, after we were all done we went out for dinner one last time to "Big A's" which is a drive in type restaurant that is famous for their root-bear. Personally I thought their shakes were fa-nominal. When we got home we watched a movie together and went to bed.
     Tuesday we got up around 8:30, got ready, finished last minute cleaning, put our bags in the car just in time for our house inspection which was at 9. After that we said our final goodbye to Joanne (our sponsor) and left to go back home. I also want to say a quick thank you to Joanne for welcoming us with open arms and treating us like family.
      The ride back wasn't bad at all since 1.the drive was only an hour and a half and 2. We 2 vans which meant a person per row. When we got back we brought all of our stuff up to our rooms and then Melissa and I had to take the van in to get an oil change and car wash. When we got back we hung around campus for the rest of the day, waiting patiently for the other teams to come back.
     Wednesday and Thursday were filled with meetings and events for ATL training, VST training, debrief, and unit celebration. All the training's weren't that exciting but were informative.
    Friday was pretty exciting because it was an LAA day (Life After Americorps) we went to 3 different sessions of our choice and 2 mandatory ones. The sessions ranged from what your able to use the scholarship award on, finding a career path for you, to different careers in the military. There was a "career" type of fair as well in one of the main buildings, that had different organizations talking about what kinds of opportunities are out there for after Americorps. I finished the day, and started the weekend by hanging out with a couple of my team mates.
     Saturday I didn't do much at all. I woke up late, and basically tanned outside listening to a baseball game (Athletics and Reds) on my retro radio. And that's basically all I did.
     Monday I woke up late again and since it was pretty cloudy this morning I decided to clean my room up a bit and prepare it for when I have to leave again. Around 12 it started raining so I ended up just hanging out with Aisya and Joe in one of the lounges and watched a movie. I the started to  prepare myself for the next couple days, finishing up work before we left on Wednesday.
         Tuesday (March 21st) was a pretty hard day for the whole team. We had two very important team members go home. Both had bigger and better opportunities waiting for them that were offered before the program ended and I am so extremely grateful to have met such loving and inspiring individuals.

                                                                                                                                 ~Savannah

Last day with Melissa and Aisya :(