Long time comin! Sorry for the delay!

I'm so horrible with keeping this up! I'm sorry! (It's my first blog...don't kill me.)
So I have A LOT to update on. Well kinda. It's really been the same stuff around here.
You know...training....like disaster relief, talking about our benefits, all that good stuff. It's actually prettttty boring. We sit in the theater and listen to them talk for like....6 hours. UGH!
We did have our first "project". Just a day project, but it was pretty cool. My pod (or temporary team), was supposed to paint city hall or something, but we ended up cleaning part of the beaches on the bay. It was awesome! I posted some pics on my facebook, so definitely check that out! I haven't been able to upload pictures here yet, but I will certainly try.

We now have our permanent teams! I'm still part of the Moose Unit! Holla! I'm pretty happy about my team.  Everyone seems pretty awesome (so far). I really enjoy my team leader, Jamie fo sho. It was actually pretty neat how we found out.  they took us to a giant field and gave us all a slip of paper with someone's name and a password. You had to find this person and also find your slip of paper. ( There were like..uhh...over 200 people doing this. Talk about CRAZY!!) Once you got your paper/password, you were told to find the van with the password you had. We all got into the van and found out our teams. It was pretty exciting. But I'm officially part of the Moose 3 team!

I still enjoy my housemates, and I've become pretty good friends with a few of the guys from across the street (Nolan, Brandon, and Nick aka foreverrrrr), and also a few girls on my street (Haley and Stephanie). Which is awesome. I made some apple pie for the house/neighbors. It was a hit (well at least they told me so). And tonight Haley is making a cake for our pod...I miss them :(  (My pod was my temporary team with team leader Allen). But I'm still happy about my team. And I can always see my friends whenever, since we live right next to each other!

Coming up...we have CPR, first aid, Shelter simulation, driving tests, etc etc.

OH! I'm actually going to be in DC friday night/saturday for an Independent service project. However, I won't be able to hang out with anyone.

I'm SUPER sorry for the delay (for everyone who has complained..ehemmm). I promise to update sooner and more frequent(ly?) I'm not sure what's going to happen from here, but I'm so excited to find out!

1 day down...lots more to go.

I'm finally in bed. I had a great first day! We did inprocessing and found out where we would be staying. Im staying in the village, which has actual houses and no dorms. I really like all of my housemates so far. There are 4 vegetarians and 3 non. So meals should be quite interesting here (especially since im such a picky eater). Everyone I've met so far have been awesome. I've become friends with a few girls from a different house down the street.
We got our uniforms (which we start wearing on Wednesday), sleeping bag, and red spike bag. It was hard saying bye to my mom today. I will definitely miss her. And my dad. And my brother. And my friends. But this is definitely going to be one of the best experiences of my life.

Pics to come later!

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2:52am and I'm still awake

So I'm laying in bed at the hotel in Maryland, desperately wanting to sleep, but not able to. Maybe it's because I'm excited? Or nervous? At least this is better than the day my family took me to college. I was so nervous I was throwing up! (So far so good).

I had a great last night with my family (minus my dad. I love you dad. Wish you couldve been there). I'm very close to my family, so it will be hard leaving them, but I know that in just a few hours I will be meeting my new Ameri-family. (It's going to be hard to top how awesome my family in VA..and arkansas and new hampshire and florida are).

We had some time to kill before the superbowl so we drove over to campus. There isn't much in Perryville/Perry Point, but it sure is gorgeous. It's quiet and small (much different than back home). Campus is right on the Chesapeake Bay. It's going to be awesome waking up to that for a month.

In 7 hours I will be starting a new chapter in my life. I'm so ready.

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And Let the Packing Begin!

So only a day or so left...and I'm still not packed. Ahhh! I can't believe it's here already.  With only a few days left, it still hasn't hit me. I'm so anxious and so nervous and so excited and and and....

Well for all those who would love to send me mail and such:


SNAIL MAIL
Alyssa Cobb- Class XVII
AmeriCorps NCCC
P.O. Box 209
Perry Point, MD 21902


PACKAGES
Alyssa Cobb- Class XVII

AmeriCorps NCCC

VA Medical Center

Building 15, Room 2

Boiler House Road

Perry Point, MD 21902