showing some wisconsin love?

okkkk...since it has been a while since i have updated this, i figured the easiest way to make sure i get everything in is to go day by day. then you can pretend you were there! it will be fun...promiseeee :)

WEDNESDAY- desiree and i spent the day at the center working on preparing binders for the mentors and tutors and folders for the parents. just some office work, organizing, working on some bulletin boards, and whatnot. on wednesday night, we went to the brewers game as a community. and despite my best effort to like baseball, i still cant :( i dont think i have the attention span for the sport!

THURSDAY- more folder stuffing and preparing for things at the center. after work, we went library and got our very own racine library cards. and they were having a book sale so we got some books for 50 cents! thanks racine public library :)

FRIDAY- back at the center getting ready and helping prepare for the students to come. we told our boss, shirley (who may very well be the cutest and sweetest woman in the world!) about the book sale at the library so she gave us some money to go back and get some books for the center. we really want to emphasize reading and get the kids at the center interested in books. so hopefully this will help me to jumpstart my reading too! then target to get some flashcards and bookmarks and stickers of course :)

SATURDAY- we had our CAP meeting on saturday morning. CAP stands for community annual program. its basically a day where all the members of the community sit down and set some goals and guidelines to follow for the year. we had our meeting at shirley's house and got to try our very first kringle, which is an omish pastry that racine is famous for. apparently barack obama even came to racine to get kringle this summer! on saturday night, we went out to dinner at a restaurant that is known for its pizza. it wasnt exactly like ny, but it was good. and it was nice to end our CAP day with a dinner out together. and thennnnn, being the exciting kids that we are, desiree and i spent our saturday evening going grocery shopping and watching a movie- good timesssss
ohhh, and i got to skype with court :)

SUNDAY- and then there is today. desiree and i went to mass this morning and then had a table set up after mass to register kids for the center. we met some people who are mentors at the center and a woman who is on the committee of directors. and then when we were finallyyyy finished with all of our work for this week, we spent the afternoon at the beach! the water was FREEZING, but the lake is really pretty and it was nice to have time to relax and do something fun


so overall, i am still not completely sold on wisconsin, but im still adjusting. its new and i need time to get used to everything. and i really feel that once i get into a better routine and start getting to actually work with the students i will learn to love the midwest (almost) just as much as new york :)