Settling in

Day Two has been going pretty well so far. Earth was the first unit to get their uniforms, so I’ve been ugly since before lunch. They’re comfy clothes, though, so I can’t really gripe too much. It’s not like I need to impress anyone. I kinda wish we had a little more flexibility with them; just little things like cuffing the t-shirt sleeves or wearing flip-flops with the pants. A part of me feels like writing to Project Runway and saying “Hey, uh … how about you redesign the AmeriCorps uniforms in one challenge?” I’m sure corps members would appreciate something a little less … generic. But, like I said, they’re comfy. And I get to keep my Surf necklace on, so that’s nice.

There’s a guy here who marched Cadets, I saw him in the Facebook group and I just met up with him a few minutes ago. His name is Jared and he’s very nice. He marched as a rook-out in ’05, I think. It’s comforting to have someone else in the organization who understands that background. He mentioned that there’s a WGI regional in Denver for a weekend that we’re here. As soon as I have access to the internet (apparently Walsh Hall just doesn’t have internet at all right now, grr), I’ll check that out. It would be awesome to get to see some winter guard that I’m not normally privy to. Oooh! Even more awesome would be to volunteer at the event and get a jump on my ISP (independent service project) hours. I volunteered for a WGI regional back home once, in Norristown. It was a two-day event, I just opened the doors at the edge of the gym and helped the guards get off the floor after their show. I got to see 40+ guards over two days and all I had to do was open doors. It was awesome. I will definitely have to look into that.

Other than that, I don’t have much to say. The wildfire team info meeting is tonight. I’ll be going to that. I think that I’ve decided to just give it a try and see what happens. If I make it, cool. It seems like the wildfire teams are really close-knit groups, so even if I don’t go to a ton of different places, at least the experiences I have will be memorable. And if I don’t make it, oh well. I’ll just be doing “normal” AmeriCorps projects. Either way, I’ll have some good experiences and I don’t think I’ll be haunted by the outcome of my decision.