E-mails that get me excited.

Hello, hello, hello.

I got a very exciting/awakening/helpful e-mail from a lovely woman named Marisa today. She is the member support specialist for the Vinton location. In this e-mail was her office number annnnnnnd her cell phone number, word. The electronic signature at the bottom of the e-mail also gave me a bunch of information. Like the adress of where she is located, in Vinton. So curious me decided to Google map it. It would seem that this lady is located at Iowa Braille & Sight Saving School. AWESOME! I think that means that's where we will be staying, but I honestly have no idea.

I signed up for direct deposit today, which is what they wanted me to do. I was legally and medically cleared. Yay. All of these things are just adding to the pressure that I'm going so soon. It's odd. I don't think it's hit me yet.

I've arranged with all of my teachers to be done with all my testing by April 30th. That's in about a week and a few days. It's so weird to think about. I mean, I can remember last year sitting in my dorm room on my bed trying to decide if Americorps was what I wanted to do. I was also trying to figure out how I would explain to my parents that I wanted to do this. All the while I was trying to explain to my roommate Brooke what I was talking about. So, basically, about one year ago exactly I had decided that I was going to apply for Americorps. One year later I'm actually going. I'm in. It's happening. BAhhhhhh!

:D

I have so many questions...like should I bring my computer, what kind of place will I be living in, how much should I pack, what kind of service will we actually be doing. Sometimes when I think about it I think my head is going to explode. I did, however, get one of my major questions answered....how long will I be there. The answer my friends, 9 months. Until 02/04/2011. I didn't realize how long that was until I actually saw the date. :) A year....basically.

So much is going to change. Haha, if I think two years of college changed me...wait until after this. A part of me feels like I'm going to be some sort of super human being that can change the world. I hope so. I honestly can not believe I get the chance to do this. It's amazing. I'm beyond stoked. I finally get to be the change I want to see in the world, and I know that sounds soooo cliche but it's true.

I love every single one of you :)