Let the fun begin

Alright so I finally decided to make a blog about my AmeriCorps NCCC experience after arriving here in Vicksburg, Mississippi last week. The first week flew by and I was assigned on a temporary team (River 6) who I miss dearly (Mike, Jeremy, Rich, Momma J, Amber, Mollie, Kaitlin)! Now I have been assigned to my permanent team (River 7) who I will be working with for the next 10 months, oh boy.  So far my experience in Mississippi has been one to remember. This is the deepest south I've ever been and wow is the culture different, y'all know? The bars down here have been pretty fun, mostly thanks to the townies! The first one I went to (The Poor House) with my temp team and good friends ran out of beer which was pretty humorous. We went to the Upper Deck (Technically, Upper End) after and a selected few of us got our first pump on for about the next 2-3 hours haha. But back to AmeriCorps official business... our group has been assigned our first project of the year.  From September 4th to October 16th I will be in Alabama building houses for habitat for humanity! Craziness I'll be leaving campus for the first time to head out on a "SPIKE" as we call them. Pretty anxious about this first project and not really sure what to expect... The people here have been pretty cool thus far. Mad diversity, and people from all over the country which has been interesting. My long island accent has been getting picked to pieces, apparently "cawfee" is not how it's pronounced? Yes, I'm just as shocked as you are. In other news I received my first care package today from the rents, thanks mom and dad! Nothing like getting a 50 lb package to show the other kids how much you love me haha. Alright I'm going to try and figure out how to customize this blog thing and try and add some pics. Adios for now!