1,845.25 Hrs.

The schedule for today was as follows:

A team showcase presentations, team circles, the rock dedication ceremony, lunch, my team showcase presentation, and then the end-of-the-year party. Instead of attending the party, though, my mom, who just flew in from Michigan, picked me up from work. We went back to my apartment and had a nice dinner together before I had to log in on the computer for my class, and then we went to Baskin' Robbins after that so we could enjoy some ice cream and the photo albums I have made of this year.

-Aly

1,838.25 Hrs.

Today consisted of more team presentations, and speeches from our Executive Director and from Cori Meltzer, who was one of the people who played a major role in starting City Year Miami. In the afternoon, we were supposed to complete a scavenger hunt, but that ended poorly, since my team got into a big fight. : (

-Aly

DUG: 1!

1,830.25 Hrs.

Only a few days left! Today was full of team presentations, and then the afternoon was spent at the park. We left the park early, though, since it started raining.

-Aly

DUG: 2

DUG: 4

I had meant to spend my whole day today doing homework since it is due Monday, but I instead spent the whole day reading and sleeping, which really isn't a bad alternative. : )

-Aly

1,822.25 Hrs.

Today's service was meant to be helping at various local senior citizen centers, but since I had a roundtable to do in the middle of the day, I stayed back at the office and helped with paperwork. Unfortunately, my roundtable was canceled, so I had to spend my entire day until 3:30 filing paperwork. : ( At 3:30, I traveled the Douglas Road metrorail station to help hand out pamphlets for the last time.

After a looong ride home (there was a fight on the bus, and the police had to be called), I got a call asking if I wanted to go out to dinner at Tokyo Bowl, which I responded to very enthusiastically. So, both of the Erins and myself went to this fabulous little fast-food Japanese restaraunt, and had a wonderful time! What a great end to my last full week with City Year!

-Aly

DUG: 5

1,813 Hrs

Yesterday just consisted of more planning for team stuff, and more handing out of pamphlets. My online class started yesterday, though, so I got to leave work a little early so I could get home and get onto my computer in time.

Today started with the P.T. competition. My team did not win, but everyone said that the contest was fixed and that we should have won.

After getting back to the office, we watched Hotel Rwanda. I had never seen the movie before, but knew that I would spend most of it crying, which is what happened after all.

After lunch, we headed out of the office to hand out more transportation pamphlets. I wasn't feeling well, though, so I left that to go home after only about an hour.

-Aly

DUG: 6

1,796.25 Hrs.

Today began at 7:30 a.m., with three hours of handing out the same pamphlets we handed out yesterday. After getting back to the office, the corps enjoyed an amazing lunch provided by one of our amazing sponsors: Comcast. After lunch, Comcast was kind enough to present for us a career workshop, including interview and resume advice. Some time during the day today, I also got to do my year-end performance review with my Program Manager. I really appreciated hearing his feedback, because it was only positive. It is nice to know at this point in our year that he has recognized and appreciated all of the hard work I have been doing this year.

-Aly

DUG: 8

1,786.5 Hrs.

Today was a pretty laid-back day, as most days seem like they will be until graduation. The morning was spent doing paperwork from our exit from the program, and team time for planning our team showcase presentations for next week. After lunch, we planned for the P.T. Competition for Thursday, and then left the office for the sites where we would be distributing the Public Transportation Department's pamphlets.

-Aly

DUG: 9(!)

DUG: 10

With the beginning of June also comes the beginning of hurricane season in Florida. We have already been experiencing severe storms, and, for the last couple of days, a lot of Miami has been completely flooded. The worst part about the rain, though, are the mosquitoes that come with it. I think that most of my body is one large mosquito bite right now. : (

-Aly

DUG: 11

Today should be a very peaceful and relaxing day. All I have to do today is laundry, grocery shopping, and a little bit of studying for the online class I am taking that starts Wednesday.

-Aly

1,776.25 Hrs.

Today was my twentieth birthday, and it started out great by the people at Starbucks giving me a free drink!

I had to be at Bayfront Park a little earlier than usual this morning, because my team led P. T. The rest of the morning was filled by year-end reflection activities. After lunch, we all attended a training giving by the people at Miami-Dade Public Transportation Authority. This summer, they will be introducing their new "Easy Card" system, and we will be helping them next week by passing out flyers; this training was meant to introduce us to the new system, in case anyone we meet may have any questions.

In the afternoon, back at the office, we learned all about joining the City Year Alumni group.

-Aly

DUG: 12

1,766.75 Hrs.

Today was the last day at R. R. Moton. I was definitely in tears when I had to hug all of the kids and teachers goodbye at the end of the day. : (

-Aly

DUG: 13

1,756.5 Hrs.

Today was another short day at the school, and was our second-to-last day at R. R. Moton. : (

After school ended at 11:30, the Moton team traveled to Pine Villa Elementary School, which is a school that City Year Miami also serves at, and is about three miles away from Moton. We went to Pine Villa today for a service day today, and the projects we did were painting a mural on one of the walls, and painting a map of the United States on the P. E. court. I got to help a little with both of the projects, but most of my time this afternoon was spent doing another roundtable - this time with Miami Commissioner Moss.

-Aly

DUG: 14

1,745.75 Hrs.

This morning, I got to sleep in a little bit, since I didn't have to be at the office until 9:00. At 9:00, I participated in a roundtable with a Director of the Beacon Council, which is a council of representatives of local Miami businesses. City Year Miami is trying to get a seat on their board, so the meeting today was meant to introduce them to City Year. After the roundtable at 10:00, I traveled to the school, and spent the day cleaning our classroom and taking inventory. Although I cleaned for several hours, our classroom still does not look much cleaner. : (

-Aly

DUG: 15

1,736.5 Hrs.

This morning, I flew back to Miami. I was sad to leave my family again, but happy that I will be returning home for good in only three weeks!

-Aly

DUG: 16