802 Crew

If yesterday was "powerful" then today was a word that has not even been invented yet, it was mega-power-super-ful.
I started the earliness with a morning swim. I got a lot of laps in and made a new friend (oh and found a Dora the Explorer kickboard which I totally used, it was so much better than kicking on my back!)! I had been talking about last night how I wanted to make new friends in San Antonio and yay this morning at the pool- mission accomplished!
Our morning was filled with PT, basic CY procedures, learning about math tutoring, and other random stuff. Then I had a fantastic lunch with people who I had not sat with before and we just kind of busted out a dance party and it was so fun and a girl invited me to have life size pizza at Big Lou's later that night.
Then the day took a turn for the more serious, we learned how to answer uncomfortable questions asked by students and how to redirect and respond to serious statements made. We learned how to tango a little bit(seriously fun). Then a senior corps member told us his kind of whole life story, which was absolutely inspiring to hear this member share and this person had overcome so much adversity in their life and had finally made it to CY, where they could share their story. The speaker was quiet and hard to hear, but I was still incredibly moved.
We were next prepped for the plan for tomorrow. We are having BTA for a couple hours at the JW Marriot Hotel and then there will be lunch for us! No more sandwiches this week (fingers crossed!). Then we will be running a camp until about 8pm for the children of the National Down Syndrome Conference! I am so so so so unbelievably excited. It will be amazing working with kids (finally) and even more amazing working with kids with Downs and making it so their parents can have this time to learn knowing their children are in capable hands.
We had a really sweet crazy team break and I feel like my team is getting closer and more effective at working with each other and less awkward.
My room mates and I traveled to DS to change and then to Big Lou's to consume the monster pizza, but.... there was a two hour line at Big Lou's so we dipped to Lulu's, similar name, very different cuisine. I had a monster burger and ate some of a THREE POUND CINNAMON ROLL! We took the rest home and it will be a feast for the rest of the weekend in 802. My room mates and I are so close and we are making a weekend bucket list, on the list- AUSTIN! I am so excited! I was originally going to apply for UT-Austin, and I'm not sure why I ever changed my mind, but I'm pumped to check out the city none the less.

Daily Hero: The Corps Members who are constantly supportive to their peers, willing and eager to make new friends and most importantly, when asked to volunteer with kids with Down Syndrome, none of them complained (even though no one actually signed up for that), and acceptance in young people is such a rare thing to find.