Address

my new address:
Americorps NCCC Lyndsay Senerchia Cedar 7
1004 G Avenue
Vinton, Iowa
54329

mail me something good!!!!!!

Monday Not So Funday

Weekend was fun! Saturday night a pack of 20 girls ventured out to the local bar. I have alot of girlfriends at home but do not particularly like going out in a mob of young girls. This time it was fun. We walked into the bar playing country music with heaps of locals and it was as if we were in a movie. It seemed like the music stopped and everyone just stared at us. We all grouped off and got tables. Pitchers of very cheap beer which is a plus when you re getting paid $75 a week!
We ended up meeting alot of the locals who were AWESOME. I talked to a cute blond local who was a mechanic and had 5 brothers with names that sounded like, billy, bobby, jimmy, etc. It was fun and they couldn't BE more welcoming. They are really happy to have us corp members in Vinton and this made everyone feel very welcome.
Me Laura and Lauren left the bar around 1 and walked the mile back to the Braille school. When we got in we made some grilled cheeses and talked about the night. We then went back to our dorm to find people playing apples to apples which I fell in love with when the kids I used to babysit for(Dustin,Emma,Nora) had me playing it this summer. The cute bearded boy was playing and I found out he has read The Time Travelers Wife!!!
The next day yesterday, a car of 5 of us explored Cedar Rapids. We all stocked up at target and also got some thermals from Dick's which were not cheap and kinda a bummer to spend money on. Cedar Rapids was nothing special and later when we got home I realized we hadn't gone far enough to see the downtown which is very silly and stupid of us. Another day.
Last night I was exhausted and hung out in the lounge room called Palmer. I hung with 3 boys from Jersey who I love spending time with because they remind me of my friends from home. One is very nerdy and one of my favorite people here, one is TJ, a kind teddy bear from south jersey, and one is David from N. Jersey who has studied abroad in Africa and is very interesting. We watched the Phillie's game. I actually enjoy watching baseball from time to time. I told them I would never be able to bring them home because my Father is a Yankee's fan and they said they respect that, haha.
This morning we mustered at 6am. I am exhausted. We were in the auditorium for 4 hours training for driving the group van. Just had lunch and after we train for another 4 hours. Tonight at 7 there is a revealing on our permanent teams! We are all very exacted and nervous! Being put on a not so good team will damper out time here but I'm pretty sure everyone is going to love each other(fingers crossed).
I miss everyone back home alot! Em, send me a picture of the belly! How are you feeling? Thanks for telling me the dogs say hi, you re all crazy. Marion if you re reading this, there is a boy here that is identical to Dustin! I'll try to put a picture up. I'm pretty sure that is what Dustin will look like in 15 years, haha.
I'm anxious to get this training out of the way and go on spike! 3 more weeks!

Amerihardcorps

Today is my second FULL day in Vinton, Iowa. I created a blog for friends and family who are semi interested in what I'm doing in the middle of no where. Driving here, I was amongst millions of corn fields and not very excited. Nervous more than anything. After a million hour drive I arrive in Vinton, "the city of lights"? Why it's called that I do not know. I also had my book on tape which was terrible but got me throught he whole trip.

I walk into the gym shaking with nervousness and I swiftly become pushed along a strip of people shoving papers in my face and telling me certain things that I need to do. Super intimidated I go up to my new room with my arms full of papers and crap. I arrive in my dorm like room. My roommate is a very peppy southern girl from Kentucky(oh no). So far we get along very well. Doesn't seem like she will be my best friend but we will get along fine. My neighbors are Faith from Florida, Laura, Sara from Virginia(who has already tried to hook me up with a cute bearded boy), and Lauren from Minnesota. very nice girls. No one is too clicky yet, I guess because we don't have out groups set. I love them all so far. This is a picture of some of them.

Breakfast is at 6AM!!!!!!! Oh my god, I need to get used to this. We are put into temporary teams until we get our permanent teams of 12 on Monday. We do EVERYTHING with our teams so if we don't like them, we are shit out of luck.

We train hard core until November 13th and after that we are put on our first spike. A spike is when we leave the school for months at a time and do some sort of huge project. I cant wait for my first spike!

Everything else is good. I miss family and friends like crazy and i miss Tink and Steve most of all! Isn't that weird? Tomorrow we have our physicals and then we explore the town some more. Sunday me and some chicks are going to drive into Cedar Rapids the nearest city and explore! I am home sick but having an amazing time already. toots.

-Linzertart