Extra! Extra! Omaha is cold.

SNOW DAYS!

Last week after Nebraska dumped a couple feet of snow on us we had 2 snow days! It was just like being in school again. I got to watch movies and bake cookies and do nothing. Sometimes the 10 other people I was trapped with got cranky and demanded I provide them with an entertainment schedule. But then I took a nap instead. It was lovely.
The next day we shoveled out Habitat for Humanity in -2 degree weather. It was actually really fun though and we stopped in a parking lot to help an old lady shovel her driveway. 5 of us (dressed entirely in our black uniforms) ran up from the side of her house and started shoveling. We looked like the mafia and I think the woman was terrified. But she didn't ask questions.

CULTURE

Last Saturday we attended the most amazing event EVER. It was the Hot Shops Open Studios, aka 3-levels of artists studios that opened to the public for viewing. There was live glass-blowing, bronze pouring, and metal work. The event also featured live music and food. It was one of the best things I've been to all year! My CMs loved it and I think it convinced some of my team that art is cool. ....just maybe... then we had to make a trip to the gym as a counter balance.

We also went yesterday to the Midwest Famous, 'top 5 zoos in America,' OMAHA ZOO! We had to go on a snowy day, which was a bit weird and the safari rides were closed. But we got to see fishes of all kinds, orangatangs, pumas, giraffes, madagascaran hissing cockroaches similar to those I once owned as pets, gorillas, and best of all, BABY gorillas! I say, great job, Omaha!

ROUND 2
Score update- Team Oak Six:1, Medicare Prescription Part D plan confusion: 0

Sadly, my time in Omaha is coming to an end. We leave tomorrow to go back to campus for transition! I have a two week break at home and then I will be returning to campus for more transition and for Wildland Fire training. Then I will be embarking to my next tropical and exotic state:
SOUTH DAKOTA!
My team and I will be living in Eagle Butte, SD on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe reservation. We will be working for Habitat for Humanity again and putting up walls as well as helping with a project called "Renovating the Rez," which renovates homes of disabled, elderly, and veterans, to make safer living environments. I'm quite excited!
P.S. The low in South Dakota yesterday was -25 degrees. Frostbite awaits.

See you soon!