March 15, 2010.
Up at 5 am. I went through Framingham to get on to I-90. I got into Boston and got lost, with no surprise. It was raining the entire time, so I could not see stuff clearly. I got to South Station, to the bus station which was the wrong one. I walked over to the train terminal. We hung out in the terminal for almost an hour. We took pictures and I listened to people talk. We were boarded early, with Terrance and Laura sitting to my right. The train started moving at 8:15. My plan was to do homework for the next 8 hours. Worked on Drama paper until 10:30. I could not read any more because I feel sick. Took a ten minute break and then started working again. Every now and then I look out the window and see the ocean, or flooded parking lots. Ate from what I brought with me. Got off the train, but someone left their phone on the train so we had to wait. We then went on to the red line train which was packed, with all of our stuff. We had to switch trains and then walk blocks to get to the hostel, with all of our stuff. We ordered pizza. After we ate I did the dishes and we palyed a game of UNO. I then went to bed.
Tuesday
Up around 5. I then went out side to call mom. I hung out side until people came out, so I ran in and got my water bottle. We walked back to the train, took two trains and walked several blocks to the site. At the site, we broke up and did different tasks. I got to paint with Sarah, Rocco, and Nick. We painted fast and are faster then schedualed. we ate lunch and went back to paint. We went back to the train and back to the hostel. I took a shower to get some of the paint off and am now typing this. We went out to eat, but i felt sick on the train. i then realized i needed motion sickness pills for the train ride.
Wednesday
Got up a little late. We ate cerial because our cooks that morning slept in. we went to the site via train and I again got to work with Randy and Laura and the others. We got tons of painting done, and for lunch there were many sandwhiches and chips and stuff. We finished early and then carried drywall into one of the houses. It was really heavy and broke easily if dropped or stepped on. I was really tired after this. We headed back to the hostel and ate pasta. Around 6:30 we left and went to see DC at night. On the train we sang Disney songs and then another group of teens came and started singing a song when we finish ours. We joined in and we all enjoyed it. Once at the mall we walked to the Washington monument. It was amazing at night. The same goes for the WWII memorial. I had never seen any of these at night and it was almost breathtaking. The most beautiful part was seeing the light Washington monument as a reflection in the pool. Sadly the Vietnam and Korean War monuments were not as beautiful at night as they are in daylight. When we started to head back I realized I was wicked tired. The subway station we had taken was closed and we walked to another one. Once back at the hostel I passed out.
Thursday
I got up at five and started to make pancakes. Laura helped, and we realized it was insanely slow cooking and that we both were tired. We kept up with the dishes we made and we made the sandwiches for lunch. We took off to the sight and got there a little late. Our group again painted, but Randy eventually limited the area I could do, because there was not enough stuff for everyone to do for both today and tomorrow. I cleaned out the paint brushes and Laura wound up joining me. After work we went back to the hostel. I showered and wrote this. Some people are going out to shop, but I decided not to go. I gave Angel (our group leader) money so that if she saw a large sweet shirt tie-died with DC on it.
- Julie C
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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