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Low Productivity Gratitude Posting
After getting snowed out of our Earth Day volunteer project, I was feeling pretty disheartened about our productivity lately. Though it’s been very good to spend time with family, especially during Kai’s senior year, I also have struggled often this year when I didn’t feel like I was doing enough. Fortunately, Evan was ways around…
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National Volunteer Month
It’s been a quiet few days spending more time with family and looking for some temporary jobs for the few weeks we’ll be here. Since we’ve had such a quiet couple days, I want to encourage you to find volunteer opportunities in your community! April is National Volunteer Month and the 22nd is Earth Day.…
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Fleeing Florida and Replenishing Sanity
On Thursday, we spent the entire day at the airport. Only two of the stores and none of the restaurants opened and only about thirty of us remained in the terminal we were in. It was almost hauntingly quiet most of the day. We entertained ourselves with talking prompts, an airport employee art show, and…
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Coddiwomple At The Airport
This week started pretty normal. On Monday I attended a RYLA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee meeting. I was also able to help do some work and make some plans to help with RYLA recruitment. On Tuesday, we spent most of the day packing for our Wednesday flight to Colorado. We also had a movie…
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Back to Virginia Beach
Thursday, our last day in Blacksburg, was our busy day this week! After packing up that morning, we headed to a meeting with the Rotary Club of Blacksburg. We heard from a palliative care nurse educating on the difference between palliative and hospice care. This was a particularly special Rotary speaker as she was a…
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Blacksburg Adventures Attempt 2
We set out later than I had planned Monday after an oil-change, some last-minute packing confusion, and some inconvenient traffic. Despite that, we made good time and arrived much earlier than last time in the beautiful city of Blacksburg. We took the late afternoon to walk around the historic campus of Virginia Tech and the…
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Nostalgia Share
The last few days, no volunteering got done but I did get to share a very special experience with Evan. This weekend I had the opportunity to visit Chincoteague with him and his family. It was a vacation they’d often taken in the summers when he was a kid so going with him now was…
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Staying Flexible and Social Media Active
Throughout the last few days we have begun making plans and doing research for next steps and are eager and excited for whatever that might be. We learn every day how necessary flexibility is so we aren’t putting too much stock into anything definitive yet but we are remaining open as we continue to follow…
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Planning Is Overrated
Apparently the universe has decided to continue to push my growth in the area of flexibility. Our Blacksburg, Virginia trip has now been postponed another week leaving us wondering exactly when we’ll leave Virginia. In the meantime, we’ve been finding as many ways as possible to keep our hands busy and make the most of…
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Rotary Causes: World Water Day
The last few days have been fairly quiet for us. We have planned more details for our Blacksburg trip and potential next steps, I wrote a character reference letter for a friend, and we watched Evan’s cousin Marc coach two baseball games. We also had the opportunity to return to the Rotary Club of Virginia…
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