So I've been pretty sick the past couple of weeks -- first with a sinus infection and then with the flu. I'm just now starting to get back on my feet. We just finished our third week of training. This week we had cpr and first aid training, a diversity seminar, a healthy living seminar and a bunch of other training classes. I guess all of the training is necesscary but it all seems so monotonous. I've mostly been hanging out with a girl named Cheryl from New Jersey and her roomate Molly who is from Boston. 56 hope road played downtown last Saturday. Even though I was sick I still went. I met Marty and Corey at the show. The band was supposed to headline with a couple of other acts but somehow the lineup got mixed up and they ended up playing first. Since I wasn't feeling well I decided to go late and missed most of the set. It was still nice to see the guys. The bar that they played at was really cool. It is really small and intimate with couches set up around the stage. After the show Corey and Marty took me to Sanchos a bar nearby that has a Dead theme. It was really awesome. I've been trying to take it easy most of this week just to get healthy. Last night I finally went to Longshots the bar near campus that everyone goes to. It was ok. We got our permanent team assignments yesterday. My Team Leader is Robyn. She was my orginal team leader from when we first arrived. She's from Kentucky and is really laid back and cool. I'm definitley happy to be on her team. I'm pretty excited about my team as well. There are a lot of good people that I'll be living and working with for the next several months. We are heading to Mobile, Alabama to work on a project with Habitat for Humanity. I'm am very happy about this project. I really want to learn how to use tools and build things. Mobile is the second largest city in Alabama. I'm not really sure how big that means it is. It has a good music venue so I should be able to check out some decent shows while I'm there. We have the next couple of days off so I think maybe we're planning to go on a little roadtrip. I went hiking in Boulder last weekend with my team. It was beautiful but hard to enjoy because I was feeling so miserable. Oh yeah so they made me switch rooms this week too. My team leader just showed up at my door and said I needed to move because some girls from the other dorm were moving into my room. I was VERY upset about it. I went ahead and moved my stuff (just down the hall) but I did go talk to my Unit Leader about it yesterday. He didn't know anything about it. So now I'm living with this girl named Fathia she's orginally from Ethiopia and she just graduated from High School. She's nice enough. I'm trying to be "flexible".

So, I'm here... The drive was long but not terrible. Once I got into the western part of Kansas the speed limit went up to 75 which helped a lot. I can't remember when I've seen so much snow on the ground and it just keeps coming. It is so cold outside that we really haven't been able to explore much of the campus. I'm not sure what year the University started but most of the buildings are really outdated. I didn't realize how spoiled I was at monmouth with all of the new facilities. My room is fairly small but right now I have it all to myself so I'm not complaning. I guess the girl who was supposed to live with me chickened out at the last minute. They said maybe they would stick me with someone else. I'm really hoping I just get to have the place to myself. Right now I'm on a ten person team with kids from all over the country. However they switch up the teams a lot the first couple of weeks so that we get to know other people and to see how we interact with one another. My team leaders name is Robyn. She is from Kentucky and seems very laid back. We spent the first couple of days just in meetings. We went over the rules and filled out paperwork etc... Yesterday we also got our uniforms which consist of surplus pants, gray t-shirts, a hoodie, and parka. We are to wear them whenver we're "on duty" starting today. The pants are not warm or comfortable. Today we were supposed to go on a scavenger hunt in downtown Denver just to get acclimated with city. Since the weather is poor we skipped it. Instead, we went to a coffee shop near campus and then took the Light Rail downtown to a pizza parlor and cool bookstore. I was desperate for a latte. Tomorrow we have our physicals and Saturday we have our driving test. I think I'm in the "need not apply" category as far as driving goes.