Sorry for not writing in a while, it's been pretty busy and not much has been going on. I moved from the Training Department to working for an archeologist. My job consists of cleaning prehistoric artifacts and logging them into the computer. I've mostly finished that work now, so what I'll be doing next, I don't know. It was supposed to be something dealing with GIS mapping, but with only two weeks left here, I'm unable to get deep into a new project.
As for out-of-the-office stuff, sometime (who knows when, at this rate) we got to go to a farmers market. It was huge and beautiful! It had a whole lot more than just fruits and veggies there. They had musicians playing on the streets, booths of handmade soaps, native american crafts, and everything else you can think of. A couple of weeks later, we went back and I got to go inside of an Asian market by the farmers market. It was the largest one I had ever been in and I got to buy a huge bag of shrimp chips and crab chips, something I had never tried before. The crab chips were amazing!
Another highlight of the farmer's market trip was that I got to try a ginger shot with my team leader! It was very good and had a pretty big kick to it. Enough that my team leader thought there was actualy alcohol in the ginger shot. Luckily there wasn't, but it was defininitely an interesting sensation.
The same day as the first farmer's market trip we got to go to the central library and to a really pretty park!
That next weekend-or so- we got to do an ISP (individual service project/volunteer work, basically) painting for Salvation Army Camp that we were staying in.
Speaking of which, we changed lodging. I'm staying in an extended stay now. I miss being able to go outdoors and get some fresh air, but the hotel has some cool things like a gym, pool, free cookies, along with free hot cocoa, tea, and coffee. It's not as nice as the camp, but it's better than other alternatives!
Some other volunteer work we've done include working at redcross and the atlas race, but I'll get to the race later...
Some of the other awesome places we've been able to go to include a big historical art meseum! It was amazing and beautiful! Some of the things there were so incredibly old. I had originally thought we were going to a modern art mesuem, so this suprised me by a lot!
We also got to have a twenty minute informative interview with OK GO and got to see them live!
Last weekend we got to volunteer at Nile's Home For Children for the National Day Of Service, Global Youth Service Day. We gardened in their organic, no-plow garden! We all had a great time and really enjoyed the work! We also made some new friends, as well...
Now for the Atlas Race! We volunteered there for ten and a half hours. Some of us were handing out medals, water, and t-shirts to the racers, other's were out on the course handing out water out there and giving directions. At the last minute I decided to participate in the race. I ran up to registration and registered for my first race. A 3.5 mile obstacle course with over twenty obstacles. I had five minutes to make it to the start line. I was really nervous about it in the beginning, not sure if I was fit enough to try something like this, but it was the most amazing thing ever! Some of the obstacles I couldn't do, on one another racer helped me up a wall and then some other's helped catch me from the seven-or-so drop. The racers were so sweet and nice! It was great to meet new people! When I crossed the finish line, a lady came up to me and when she found out it was my first race, she put the medal on for me and gave me a hug. It was a great, great experience!
The dog who doesn't like collars(Waffles).
A pug who is blind a deaf.
A paralized cat named Popsicle. 
A cat who had been very abused and was kept in a seperate room for rehabilitation. 
One of the cats in the "diet room".