Good afternoon loves,
Sorry it has been so long,
I've been busy with the packing, driving down here, and
working/exploring. I'm currently in the French Quarter and LOVING this
weather and beautiful houses. We have been here for three days now and
will be here until June 1st I believe - we are packing up the house for
it's lease is almost up.
So I drove from Michigan down
to Alabama in 11 hours - it rained horribly for a while so it took a
longer time. The next day I drove from Alabama to Lake Charles,
Louisiana in about 9-10 hours which was lovely in the perfect weather
and light traffic. I did not get lost ONE time! I am SO proud of myself
as that was one of my bigger anxieties about the move. I cannot stand
driving y'all.
I was greeted at the house I'm staying at
by the other three volunteers: Kate, Yayah, and Jamie! They rock and we
have a lot of fun going out for drinks and dancing and just talking.
We've
done a little bit of work so far, including raking up all of the leaves
on the property and burning them, planting rose bushes, spray painted
and planted mint in cinder blocks, cleaning the attic out, packing up
things here in the quarter, and scraping grout off of floor tiles to
re-purpose them.
I cannot wait to do more exploring of
the french quarter - I absolutely adore it here and really can't believe
I will be here for three whole weeks - I know it will fly by quickly so
I am soaking it all up.
There is a gem store off St.
Philip Street that I really want to go back to from last time I was in
town, so I will have to check that out as well.
Pictures to follow!
xoAmanda
