For my parents and other "elder" family and friends. What you are current reading is a blog. This is where I will be updating you on my progress out west. (In other words, this is like a faster way of mailing letters, plus it's free.) I know, I know, "You kids and your electronics!" But hey, it saves me money and time. Plus you won't have to get your magnifying glass out to read my small handwriting...Ouch...
Now that we have that cleared up, I would really like to say thank you for all the support you have all given to me so far. Taking a year off of school was very hard to do, but I was given a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I embraced it and am now holding it up like the Lombardi Trophy!
I will be leaving for 10 months. Long time? Yes. But in the grand scheme of things? No. I have explained to almost everyone what I will be doing out west. In case you didn't hear about it, I will give a brief description and catch you up in "The Life of Connor M. Daniels." I have been accepted into AmeriCorps NCCC (Pacific Region, based in Sacramento, CA.) I will be putting in over 1,700 hours of community service, giving back to this beautiful country. I am not certain which states I will be visiting yet, as well as the projects I will be participating in. But I will let you know as soon as I find out! There is SOO much more to explain, but I think I will let the AmeriCorps website explain most of it. So click here to read more on that.
Still have questions about AmeriCorps? Feel free to ask and I'll see what I can do!
I received my flight information and duffel bag all within the past week, making this dream become reality very quickly! All my belongings for an entire year have to fit in this bag:
I'm just lucky to be a very simplistic packer.
I also received my travel information yesterday and found out I'm flying out of the Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee at 7:10a.m. on October 10, 2012. From there, I'll be flown to Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l Airport, where I will meet up with about a dozen other AmeriCorps members and fly together to Sacramento.
It's all coming together at a nice pace, and I'm very excited for October 10 to come. I'm still trying to get around and say my goodbyes to family and friends, which is the hard part. But like I said before, they support me the most, and that makes it so much easier for me to accept this journey.
Thank you for reading and if you have any questions whatsoever, feel free to ask!
Yours Truly,
-Connor
PS:
I will also be making more constant updates on:
1) Twitter- @connordan92
2) Facebook- connordan
