friday: last day of work in illinois. we spent the day at the town hall in chicago heights, where we registered more than 80 people (which is, by the way, a large amount of people). I prefer to work in areas, such as chicago heights, that are more low-income areas because so many people aren't aware that there is federal aid out there for them from natural disaster damage and I feel that we could make an incredible impact if we focus on going to town halls in low-income areas and offer to be there all day to register as many people as possible. we were able to assist so many people by being there all day and it was wonderful to see people appreciate that and find hope in the fact that FEMA is still here offering aid to those affected.
saturday: spent all day with some of my team members at chicago pride fest 2013. it was a wonderful way to end our time in illinois. we spent the day at pride, roaming the streets of chi city, soaking in the sun, and thoroughly enjoying each other's company.
flash forward to today....(rather, tonight).
sitting in bed finally trying to catch up on my blog (aka journal so that whenever I want to look back at what happened on june 23rd of 2013 I can just flip on the internet and check up on the past). instead of blogging I should really be sleeping...seeing as how my team will be leaving the quaint town of naperville, illinois, at 4:30am tomorrow morning to head to st. louis for a few days. in st. louis we will be doing debriefings and briefings for both our past projects as well as our future project in dc. we will also be reunited with all of the other teams that were working in illinois as well as the teams that were working in oklahoma. it'll be wonderful to be with other teams and catch up on everyone's FEMA corps adventures.
and now.....off to sleep I go. good bye illinois, how I will miss you.
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