Back in the burg

So after an amazing trip to New Orleans I am back in Vicksburg Mississippi.  Tomorrow (Tuesday) we have our official induction and become recognized as AmeriCorps members wooo!  There is already a disaster project happening and 2 teams (River 2 and River 5) will be heading out right after induction to prep food in a church.  I will greatly miss my River 5 buddies mucho! Tonight is our last night with them so we'll have to do something magical before they depart and we go a month and a half without seeing them again. Anyways Sunday was our last day in New Orleans and we had to led Tulson University volunteers around and plant trees. I had a group of 3 students and we planted 15 trees in about an hour.  Most of my New Orleans experience it was pouring rain (hurricane season ahhh) and I have some good pics of us soaking wet.  I also met up with some AmeriCorps members from other campuses and different programs like Vista.  Although we had a 10pm curfew all weekend I was able to head down to bourbon street and check out what the hype was all about, overall had a great time! I was unable to make it to the famous cafe that my Aunt Barbara was telling me about however I doubt I would have appreciated it much anyways considering it is known for its world renown desserts!  Upon returning back to Vicksburg I received a package from my amazing Godmother and uncle! Kashi bars and cereal and cashews and almonds, I could not ask for anything more amazing. My family has supported me so much through this experience so far with constantly sending me packages with fun items and reminding me how much family is important, love you all!! Alright I'm going to get some pictures up because I have a lot of them from New Orleans. I really hope I get stationed there at some point throughout this year, just spending a weekend there was such a tease...