Sunday, and the livin' is easy

I ended up crashing on the living room floor, so I could sleep under the cool breeze of the fan. I woke up around 10ish and forgot about breakfast and just went to the gym. I did a grueling 45 minute eliptical work out while watching Jersey Shore and was exhausted after I had finished because of my forgetful eating habits.
I came home showered and called the parents. They told me about how you can register to attend a Ted Talk conference! But the price is 3,750-12,000. Real expensive to sit in the audience when I can just watch online for free! There is something where you can email and request a price drop if you work in a non-profit or in education (ding ding, me!), but the application is super complex and I am incredibly intimidated. My mom is also flying in to visit me for opening day which will be so fun and I know she is glad that she will get to see me before Thanksgiving.
Then we went grocery shopping and bought food for the potluck BBQ and I got to use my food stamps. When I realized I hadn't spent any of MY actual money for the beautiful produce I had purchased, I literally raised my hands in victory. It was amazing feeling, and a huge huge weight was lifted from my shoulders.
We hosted a BBQ tonight as I said earlier, we invited the whole corps but only about 15 showed up, it was SO much fun! I made burgers, typical Camp Echo sizzle burger styles, and someone brought wings, and we had desserts and salads and yum. It was such a wonderful feeling, each of us bringing something to the table and sharing good food and great discussions together. After we had finished chowing down we played in the pool for what seemed like two hours and did PT in the pool! We kept doing CY chants and callbacks and it was so silly and fun. CY really is like camp for older kids, and I am addicted to all the ridiculous components that make up the CY spirit. We also made a friend at the pool whose daughter was interested in doing something with Americorps, so we told her all about CY and the mom said she would definitely tell her daughter! It would be so amazing if her daughter joined all because of some silly pool PT.
Tomorrow is the first day we will meet the students. We are getting there early because SJ Davis is having lots of local businesses come to greet the students and enforce the fact that it really is a new day at Davis. I am so super excited and not really nervous, just pumped for the amazing next 10ish months I have heading my way. 

Daily Hero: Food Stamps, for sure. As frustrated as I am with a system that is so obviously flawed, it is a gymongo weight off my shoulders and now I will be able to provide snacks for my after school program without being stressed about, ya know, buying food for my own lunch!