4 posts from July 2007

So much has taken place over the past week and a half that I don't even know where to begin....

Welp, you are now reading the blog of someone who is CPR/First Aid Certified!!!! Yes yall I passed my written test and can now breath air into the mouths of adults and children worldwide (I can save them from choking too!)<<<At least for the next year!

OoO I also got a chance to sit in on a panel session for the SuNfLoWeR cOuNtY fReEdOm PrOjEct and it was AWESOME! I got the chance to give personal feedback and answer questions (and i think that they actually listened!)

I also got to attend MrS. mOnRoEs BaBy ShOwEr!!! (yaay GeOrGe!) <<<Congrats by the way on your new 8lb baby boy!

The LaSt DaY oF sUmMeR sChOoL was this past Friday and the students didn't look that sad (neither did the teachers for that matter), but i KnO that they will miss it! I did get a chance to take pictures of everyone that would let me though...

SaTuRdAy was a LlLlLoOoOoNnNnNgGgGg day! Got to work at 10:00 and did>>> camera stuff, verifications, awards, meeting (took notes)<<< left at 6:35 so that I could rush home, get dressed and make it to the banquet by 7:00. (aHh!) The banquet went well and there was a ton of food! The Annual Teacher Corps Awards were handed out (some of them questionable), but it seemed like everyone had fun and enjoyed themselves. Hey it just hit! I might not see most of them anymore...TeAr.<<<miss you good luck!

SuNdAy we had our last volleyball match before everyone left (sad face), but it was FUN!

AnD tOdAy...
I have been basically getting everything in order from  sUmMeR sChOoL! We (mE, bEn, WhItNeY, dR. mCcOnNeLl, ShAnNoN & mIcHeLe) went out to eat @ Downtown Grill for my "end of the summer lunch" and.....

I GOT AN IPOD SHUFFLE! <<<AND ITS HoT PINK!!! (yEs! thank yall!)

mmmk ill post pics later...

MoNdAy & TuEsDaY

Evaluations take FoReVeR and that is exactly what I did all day (Monday), except for my mini-break walk with BeN & WhItNeY to the library and student union...the walk "race" is ON! (and Ben, you have absolutely NO chance) <<<By far the most ExCiTiNG event of the day!!! ;) On Tuesday I got to do more evals...YaAy! And I ate lunch with BeN, RuSsElL & ChAsItY @ that new MeXiCaN restaurant on the corner of Hawthorne and Jackson (yummy, yummy, yummy!)

WeDnEsDaY & ThUrSdAy

WeDnEsDaY=SaD DaY: my roommie left me to go to NOLA to attend a conference for her middle school...TeAr! (she needs to get her priorities straight: ME first, then work, then whatever else...j/k) But ThuRsDaY was so much better because>>> I FINISHED THE EVALS (and the physical confrontation surveys)!!! I also go to go to hShS and sit in on the last day of CrIsEs MaNaGeMeNT (eek a gun!)

FrIdAy:

i.heart.ben <---He let me come in to work at 10!!!

So now i am here and don't really know what to do...hehe! What I did do though is "steal" some of KaRl'S pictures so I could scan & upload them, and add them to my SmUgMuG & FaCeBoOk!!! (Thanks KaRl...you're my hero!!)

mmmk back to work now...ShA PoW!!!!

PS. Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. EcOnOmIdEs on their NEW ADDITION....ZaYa!!!

WoO wHo for the week of the FoUrTH!!!

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Last week I had the opportunity to attend the William Winters Institute for Racial Reconciliation Civil Rights Summit and man what an experience. Having the opportunity to hear Dr. John Hope Franklin speak was the highlight of the day... hands down. As he shared his thoughts and experiences everyone immediately began to question their own beliefs. Even though I was kicking myself for not bringing pen and paper, I managed to grasp two quotes that really stuck out...

"Why in a democracy did we have to have a civil rights movement in the first place? To live in THIS country is a birth right of all Americans of ANY descent."

"Anyone who thinks that slavery was not part if the civil war needs to reconsider their weak position"

In all this was an insightful experience and i really enjoyed myself.

This past weekend I got to travel to GrEeNwOoD, MiSsIsSiPpI with Ashley and Ben to shoot scenes from my "Intern" movie (all Ben's idea) and I had SO much fun. We left Oxford at about noon and got there a little while later (I don't exactly remember the time because I was sleep the whole way). After arriving we met up with Ashley at Greenwood Middle School (where she teaches) and went to see her apartment (very nice). Then it all began....

First we went to see the black neighborhoods (the very bad and run down part of town), then we saw the "white" neighborhoods (the houses looked like mansions). The funny thing about this area is that both sides are separated by a body water and the only way to get to either side is by a bridge... equal but separate, right?

We then went to MoNeY, MiSsIsSiPpI to see the site where Emit Till whistled at that women (yes the store is still standing after all of that). I also got to meet a man by the name of Mr. Wille. He's lived in Money for eight years and has his own farm that "he planted with just one hoe" (including squash, cucumbers, okra, peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe, butter peas, sweet potatoes, cotton <<<yes, i said cotton, and more!)  He was such a nice and generous man that he gave us a TON of food directly from his farm. I dont know how to cook, but i'm sure someone can use em.

Finally we went back to Greenwood where we had dinner (and dessert) at The Alluvian Hotel (5 STARS)!!! It was great! I had such a good time in Greenwood (despite the fact that on the way back, I went to sleep again)!!!

Over the last few days I have been introduced to lots of new people, things, and ideas...its all been WoRtH iT! This is truly what the MTC experience is about!!!