Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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

Monday, June 8, 2009

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(!)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

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

Saturday, June 6, 2009

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

Friday, June 5, 2009

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

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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