Greetings

Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Return to St. Louis - 1/5

I felt like I was being Fus Ro Dahed by an army of Dragonborn all the way back to St. Louis.  My visibility at its best was seeing the silhouette of the 4th car in from of me; at its worst, I couldn’t see beyond my windshield.  It was like I was sailing in a phantom sea with how the snow washed over and slammed into my poor Cadillac.  The snow chased the vehicles in front of me like the great white serpents illustrated on the maps of old and the constant cascade of the white substance resulted in a fitting fog-like setting for the voyage.  This adventure definitely got the adrenaline pumping as I passed a number of wrecks and was even sandwiched between two crashes for what must have been 2 hours, but I managed to navigate my way back in one piece and am now preparing for what new adventures are about to come my way.


From what I have gathered, due to the extreme cold (as low as -30 including the wind chill) and all of the snow, most of our teams are not being dispatched for a couple of days.  I know I am on Dalton’s team and that we will be heading to Current River, but that’s the extent of my knowledge.  Oh, and we most likely will be leaving Thursday or Friday and return the following Thursday or Friday.  In the mean time we will be helping out in the Warming Shelter and around the city as needed.  I will keep you all posted!  For now I am going to head to bed, but before I do, a big shout out to my fellow Spartans that were recently over in Pasadena where we made our first Rose Bowl appearance in over 2 decades AND WON!!  Huge accomplishment guys!  Depending on how the rest of the Bowl games play out we may end up as the number 2 team in the nation—an unfathomable feat for a team that was unranked at the season’s start.  Ok, good night all.  Stay warm and be safe!



Both pictures were taken from the Michigan State Spartans Facebook page.  The first shot is the crucial play that won the game for the Spartans.

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