Snake Sighting=Office Work!

Lately all we have been doing was cutting down privet here at ArkWings and with the Wolf River Conservancy at a place called the “Lovitt Woods,” which I have re-named the “hatitt woods” because I despise that place! First of all, it is 45 minutes away from where we live and behind a Lowes hardware store, so we have to park behind Lowes and walk 15 minutes on a slanted, muddy path to even get to the privet area! (This is the same area that was flooded last week and made my feet soaking wet all day). Second, there is so much privet (way more than the people in charge thought there was) that it is completely overwhelming just being there, and third…there are copperhead SNAKES that live there and we have spotted one out sunning itself one day…needless to say I was so freaked out I could hardly move and was no help the rest of the day, being so paranoid that I now have a new job working in the Wolf River office with Neva while the rest of the team is so brave to continue on with the snakes. Nothing much exciting has been going on other than that, except that we got our assignment for next round and we will be doing Habitat for Humanity in Greensboro, North Carolina! I am really excited for our next round and love working with Habitat so it should be awesome! Another cool thing is that Nate’s cousin who I have never met and he rarely sees, also lives in Greensboro, NC, so if Nate is able to plan a trip down to visit me, we can also hopefully visit with his cousin! Basically where I’m at these days is being excited…excited for this round to end soon, excited to see my other AmeriCorps friends from different teams back in Vicksburg for a week before we head to NC, and excited for our final round! I am really thankful for AmeriCorps and the experiences I have had, finding out the jobs I love (construction) and the jobs I could do without (cutting privet), getting to experience living in different states, and making connections with so many amazing non-profits. Although I am still kinda scared to enter “the real world” when I return to Maine, I am also excited because I have had some real experiences, training, and have developed so many helpful new skills to prepare me for a future job.