Here comes the sun

Well, it's been sort of a rough week. First I had to take my car in the shop, then my computer caught a nasty virus, my Youth Service Day didn't quite go as planned, and this morning I woke up with a sore throat. Oh, life. But, even though there's a thunderstorm outside right now, I feel like things are clearing up. My car was fixed in an hour and I successfully removed the virus from my computer! phew!

Yesterday I had a group of about 25 students sign up to do a neighborhood beautification project. Basically, I put the students in small groups and divided the students between ones that would pick up trash and ones that would collect recycling. We did this for three hours in the rain!! A HUGE shout out to my roommate Michelle and my friends Kelly and Joe for helping out, I could not have done it without them! In the end it was successful in that we collected a ton of garbage and that felt good because these kids don't deserve to live in a place that's completely trashed. I can't even tell you how many beer and liquor bottles we picked up from the play ground. Completely appalling.

The only real bad part came after at the "post event." The local High School hosted a bbq after that had local DJs, games, face painting and burgers/hot dogs. The Major spoke as well. There must have been something in the air. My kids were getting into fist fights everywhere I turned! I'll spare you the details because they are so mundane. It was just a huge damper on what could have been an otherwise great day. Anyway, here are some pictures-



A group picture of everyone





Michelle working hard




Eccence and Me