Yes, I Am Alive and … September 28, 2008
Posted by dianehuhn in Bayou Bound, Hurricanes, Relief Work.trackback
Americorp volunteers after a long day of gutting.
Yes, I am alive and kicking. Well, maybe not kicking, but alive. I arrived on the Bayou 11 days ago. I think it was 11 days ago. It feels like 11 weeks ago, so I can’t be too sure. I wish that I could provide a synopsis of the last week and a half, but I don’t think that’s possible. It would be easier to tell you what I haven’t done, than tell you what I have done. At this point, I can only tell you of a few of the tasks that I have completed since many of my activities are just a blur. A few of these tasks have included unloading hundreds of boxes of supplies, assisting in the preparation of thousands of Red Cross meals, delivering dozens of truckloads of food, diapers, formula, medical supplies, cleaning kits, and clothing, coordinating hundreds of work orders and several volunteer teams to tarp roofs and gut homes, trucking tools and supplies to the teams, and, well, a hundred other things that I just can’t even recall anymore.
My brain and body are completely fried and I’m running on fumes. Thought I might be able to take a day, or even a half a day for myself today to get some laundry done, clean up and organize my new home on wheels, and get some other sundry personal items taken care of since my Americorp team is taking the day off, but I guess there’s no rest for the weary. We’ve got a bunch of folks coming in to help people with their FEMA registrations, and apparently I’m supposed to take some of them out on a work site.
I’ve wanted to get some information up on this site, but I have had very limited Internet access, and probably will continue to have limited access for the near future. So, I’m so sorry this is such a short post in comparison to everything that I want to tell you about, but it’s the best I can do with the 15 minutes I can spare at the moment. Please, please, please stay tuned as I have so much to share once I can get in to a routine and secure more consistent Internet access.
I’ve barely had time to take photos, but you can see a few that I’ve been able to snap here.
Sorry the formatting on this post is messed up, but no time to figure it out. Anything incoherent, just chalk up to sleep deprivation.
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