Monday, September 29, 2008

No news is Good news

Oh man it keeps getting better.
Matt changed his mind at the last minute. He was at the airport when he called his mom and told her not to make plans to pick him up. Unfortunately he was the only one who was able to change his mind. He and Megan are still leaving at the end of the round, but it's looking up for everybody.
Ashley's parents wanted her to come home. They offered to pay for her school, so she's off to college for the first time.
Jordan was planning on moving to Brazil, but it looks like she might be moving a little sooner. I'm glad she's going on such an adventure.
Lindsay is going to get a job with one of the Habitat for Humanity affiliates, if not the one in Des Moines.
Krystal and Matt are both going to work for the Maryland Conservation Corps. After that term ends, Matt plans on joining City Year Boston, where Keri has already found an upper-level management job. It is my plan to join them.
Likewise, Erin has decided she wants to find a college in Boston when we both graduate AmeriCorps NCCC, and Megan, since hearing the Boston news, found her dream job as an abnormal psych assistant researcher at Boston University.
It's strange deciding to live with other people who you've only known for three months. This has been the most community invested time of my life, and all the group trainings we went through have made us a family. A part of me can't wait for my time in the program to be over just so I can be with my team again in a new environment.

Now that I've had a little time to prepare for the end of my team, I'm ok with it. It is as if I've crammed a ten-month experience with these people into three months. As of next week it'll be like I'm beginning a brand new seven-month program after an amazing three-month trip to Des Moines.

I still don't know the specifics for how the transition will work. My team leader isn't giving me a lot of information, but I don't think he knows much either. It seems like what I thought will eventually come to pass: I will switch to another team, Zar will no longer be a team leader, and Erin may or may not get to stay with me. Not having the news is frustrating, but I'm sure everything will work out.

1 comment:

TaiPanTN said...

Things will work out fine, you know that.
If you don't get to be on the same team as her you can at least stay in touch.
Exciting about a new team in a new location with a new (and has to be a better leader).
As faras Boston, I hope someone let's them know all hell is going to break lose up there whe you all get back together.