Last weekend Josh and I traveled around visiting the family. We spent Friday night at my Aunt Diana's house. Mostly we ate gumbo, did laundry, and relax. The on Saturday we all drove up to my Aunt Sara's in North Hampton. I think we're going to go up and visit again. We went on a couple hikes one with snow shoes. Snow shoes are definitely different. It was really exciting and also definitely a workout. We also went to East Heaven Hot Tubs. It was interesting, and very relaxing. We had 8 people in a hot tub. We would rotate around the jets and in and out of the water because it got very hot. After a wonderful chicken curry, my cousins and I danced around like crazy idiots. Hopefully pictures to come.
The past week has been very busy. We had our official merge with Serve Rhode Island, so we are now the Volunteer Center at Serve Rhode Island. I hoping things improve because right now things are kind of shitty. As an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer I will only be around for a year therefore I deserve any respect and shouldn't be listened to. My concerns aren't valid and shouldn't be considered as such. As soon as I am troublesome or my skills are considered unnecessary I'll be thrown under the bus or kicked to the curb. I was feeling a bit better about things until today when I discussed my concerns about the snow/weather with my boss and she told me that, "Right now I live in New England, and should be prepared for this kind of thing, and people around here are used to it all the time." I was just worried about driving Josh's car in the snow. Well see how it all goes tomorrow.
The InterFaith Coalition of Rhode Island part of Fighting Poverty with Faith had our vigil at the State House on the 6th. It went really well. It was disappointing that we didn't get more media attention. We had some wonderful speakers and great representation from the faith community from many religions other than the big Abrahamic 3.
Today I attended the MLK Day Scholarship Breakfast. It was really fantastic. I was able to meet some interesting people and make good connections. I was sitting between the President of the Hispanic Ministers Association and the Dean of RI College. I had a couple good conversations with the President of the Hispanic Ministers Association. He wants to see my toolkit and help with grant writing. I hope I can help him out. I definitely look forward to working with him more.
I'm very excited about the inauguration tomorrow. I hope I get to see it! Tomorrow we're having a pizza party at work for the Communication Director's birthday and hopefully watch the inauguration. Tomorrow the world will be different, I hope.
Much Love!
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