T-minus one month till move in day in Vicksburg, Mississippi!  I'm getting very excited to be there and be a Team Leader for the NCCC FEMA Corps Class 20 in the Southern Region!  

The Team Leaders had our first conference call the other day and a lot of great information was given to us.  I feel much better about knowing what to expect in the weeks and days ahead of me in anticipation and preparation for moving down there.  We were introduced to many of the head honchos of the Southern Region campus.  I heard a ton of names and positions in a quick period of time so i'm certain that I will have to be reminded when I get down there.  

Another huge help in getting ready is the Facebook groups that have been put together to get all of us talking and getting to know one another.  The connections are already forming and I've already begun to get to know a few different people within the Team Leader network.  As they stressed in the conference call, Team Green is an important team and we need to stay united and be a resource for one another.  

The transition period between graduating college and moving down south is a fairly monotonous one for me as there is only so much you can do.  It has not really allowed me to have a steady job prior to moving because I realized from the get go that no one would hire me for only a month or two.  I have been fortunate enough to keep busy working here and there on the dairy farm that I've worked on since I was 14 and then been doing odd jobs here and there.  My EMS volunteering has really kept me busy so far as well.  I hope that I can continue to use my skills as an EMT once I begin my time with FEMA.  

I really have a feeling that these next few weeks are going to fly by!  I have a trip planned to visit friends on Long Island for next week that will pass a lot of time with many fun activities.  Even better I get to go and see my first ever New York Yankees game.  Now for those of you who don't know New York State, just because I say I'm from New York doesn't mean i'm within a quick drive of 'the City'.  In fact its about a 6 hour drive for me to get down there (yes there's more to NY than The City).  After I return from this trip I hope to spend some time with close friends and family and then do some last minute preparing and then some EMS shifts.  

I hope to receive my travel itinerary within the next week or so that will allow me to finalize my departure plans.  Thanks to the 'FEMA Corps Style' video on Youtube I got a much better idea of what items I need to bring with me.  I'm going to pack pretty light and see what happens.  I'm going to be on the road for most of the next 10 months so who wants to have a ton of stuff! I'm getting pretty pumped and can hardly believe that I will be saying good bye to New York for at least 5 months (hopefully pending no disasters happen here -- which of course I hope that doesn't happen).  

Well that's all for now I guess, and this may be the last positing until the week or so before I move in.  I've got my fingers crossed for my travel info and I can't wait to be down there and see how it is to live in the "deep south".